Fr. Ted Bobosh
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A week ago this past Sunday, we had the Gospel Lesson of the Publican and Pharisee . There were two hymns from the Matins Canon that caught my attention for their theological content.
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Saint Gobnata was renowned for her gift of healing, and there is a story of how she kept the plague from Ballyvourney. She is also famous for her skill as a bee-keeper.
She convened a Council, at which the Iconoclasts were anathematized, and the veneration of icons was reinstated.
Saint Vsevolod ruled as prince at Pskov for only a year. He died on February 11, 1138 at the age of forty-six. All of Pskov gathered at the funeral of the beloved prince, and the chanting of the choir could scarcely be heard over the people’s wailing.
Saint Demetrius of Priluki, Wonderworker, was born into a rich merchant’s family in Pereyaslavl-Zalessk. From his youth the saint was uncommonly handsome.
