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Apostles Carpus of the Seventy and Alphaeus (1st c.). 
New Martyr George the New, of Kratovo (Sofia) (1515).
Martyrs Abercius and Helen, children of Apostle Alphaeus (1st c.). St. John the Confessor, of Psycha on the Bosphorus (9th c.). Uncovering of the relics of St. Macarius, founder of Kalyazin Monastery (1521).
Tabynsk Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos. “Lesna” Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos (1683).
St. Augustine, archbishop of Canterbury, evangelizer of England (ca. 605). New Martyr Alexander of Thessalonica, at Smyrna (1794). New Hieromartyrs Milan Banjac and Milan Golubovic, of Drvar, Serbia (1941-1945).
Repose of Archimandrite George (Kapsanis) of Gregoriou (2014).
Thoughts for Each Day of the Year
According to the Daily Church Readings from the Word of God
By St. Theophan the Recluse
The Sunday of Holy Pentacost. [Acts 2:1–11; John 7:37–52; 8:12]
The economy of our salvation is accomplished! The operation of all the Persons of the Most Holy Trinity have now come into effect to accomplish it. What God the Father has willed, the Son of God fulfilled in Himself, and the Holy Spirit has now descended in order to impart it to the faithful. For our salvation is according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the Blood of Jesus Christ (I Pet. 1:2). For this sake we are baptized in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, obliged, to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you (Matt. 28:19–20). Those who do not confess the Most Holy Trinity cannot participate in the saving action of Its Persons and thus receive salvation. Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, the Trinity one in essence and undivided, granting us confession of Itself! “O Father Almighty, and Word, and Spirit, one nature united in three Persons, transcendent and extremely divine! Into Thee have we been baptized, and Thee shall we bless throughout all ages.”
Articles
 Apostle Carpus of the SeventyHe was bishop of Verria in Macedonia. |
 Greatmartyr George the New at Sofia, BulgariaThe Holy Martyr George the New was born into an illustrious Bulgarian family, living in the capital city of Bulgaria, Sredets (now the city of Sofia). |
 Martyrs Abercius and Helen, children of the Apostle AlphæusAccording to Tradition, the Holy Martyrs Abercius and Helen were children of the holy Apostle Alphaeus. |
 Venenerable Confessor John PsykhaϊtēsThe Venerable Confessor John Psykhaϊtēs lived at the end of the VIII or the beginning of the IX century. |
