Virginmartyr Juliana of Nicomedia, and with her 500 men and 130 women (304).
St. Peter, metropolitan of Kiev and Moscow (1326).
Martyr Theomistocles of Myra in Lycia (251). St. Juliana, princess of Vyazma (Novotorzhok) (1406). Blessed Procopius of Vyatka, fool-for-Christ (1627). St. Philaret (Theodosius in schema), metropolitan of Kiev (1857).
New Hieromartyr Nicetas (Pribytkov), bishop of Belev (1938).
Finding of the relics of New Monk-martyr Ephraim of Nea Makri (1950).
Repose of Blessed Peter “the Nose,” of Kama (ca. 1938), Schemamonk Michael of Harbin (1939), and Mother Stavritsa, missionary in Kenya (2000).
Tuesday. [Heb. 12:25-26, 13:22-25; Mark 10:2-12]
What God hath joined together, let not man put
asunder. With these words the Lord affirms the
integrity of marriage; only one lawful ground for divorce
is indicated—a spouse’s unfaithfulness. But
what should one do if one discovers something like this?
Be patient. We have a universal commandment—to bear
one another’s burdens; even more willingly should
close ones, such as spouses, mutually fulfill this with
respect to one another. Unwillingness to be patient blows
up some unpleasantness out of proportion, and trifles pile
up into a dividing wall. What is the mind given us for? To
smooth out the path of life. Wisdom will work out any
unpleasantness which is met. Because of lack of earthly
wisdom, it not worked out; even more because of an
unwillingness to think over well the state of things, and
even more from not having any goal in life other than
pleasure. Pleasures cease, satisfaction with one another
ceases; on it goes until divorce. The more goals in life
are debased, the more frequent divorces become on the one
hand, and on the other—unlawful temporary
cohabitation. The source of this evil lies in
materialistic views of the world and life.