St. Sisoes the Great, of Egypt (429).
Synaxis of the Saints of Radonezh.
Martyrs Marinus and Martha, their children Audifax and Abbacum (Habakkuk), and those with them at Rome: Cyrinus, the priest Valentine, and Asterius (269). St. Cointus (Quintus) of Phrygia, confessor and wonderworker (ca. 283). Virgin-martyr Lucy, Martyr Rixius, and those with them at Rome: Martyrs Anthony, Lucian, Isidore, Dion, Diodorus, Cutonius, Arnosus, Capicus, Satyrus, and others (301). Hieromartyr Isaurus, deacon, and Martyrs Innocent, Felix, Hermias, Basil, Peregrinus, Rufus, and Rufinus, of Apollonia in Macedonia (284). St. Sisoes of the Kiev Caves (13th c.). Synaxis of St. Arsenius and All Saints of Tver (1483). Sts. Tikhon, Basil, and Nikon, monks of Sokolov (16th c.). Uncovering of the relics of St. Juliana, princess of Olshansk (16th c). St. Gleb Vsevolodovich, prince of Gorodno (ca. 1170). St. Barnabas, elder, of the Gethsemane Skete of St. Sergius Lavra (1906).
New Hieromartyrs Euthymius (Lyubovichev), hieromonk of Optina Monastery (1931), and Theodore (Bogoyavlensky), hieromonk, of Vostryakovo (Moscow) (1943).
St. Monenna, foundress of Killeevy Monastery (Ireland) (ca. 518). St. Goar, hieromonk, hermit, and missionary along the Rhine (Germany) (649). New Monk-martyr Cyril of Hilandar, Mt. Athos, at Thessalonica (1566). Apostles of the Seventy Archippus, Philemon, and Onesimus (1st c.).
Repose of Archimandrite Arsenius (Papacioc) of Romania (2011).
Seventh Sunday After Pentacost. [Rom. 15:1-7; Matt.
9:27-35]
According to your faith be it unto
you, said the Lord to the two blind men, and
immediately their eyes were opened. The greater the faith
is, the greater is the influx of Divine power. Faith is
the receiver, lips, and receptacle of grace. Just as one
person’s lungs are large while another
person’s are small, and the large take in more air,
while the small take in less, so one person has a large
degree of faith, and another a small degree, and one
person’s faith receives more gifts from the Lord,
and another person’s fewer. God is everywhere,
encompasses everything and contains all, and loves to
dwell in human souls. But He does not forcibly enter them,
even though He is Almighty, but enters as if upon
invitation; for He does not want to infringe upon the
power which man has over himself, or infringe upon
man’s right to rule his own house—a right
which He has granted. Whosoever opens himself through
faith, God fills, but whosoever closes himself through
unbelief—God does not enter, though He is near.
Lord! Add to our faith, for faith too is Thy gift. Each of
us should confess: Poor and needy am I (Ps.
69:6).