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22nd Week after Pentecost.
Tone 4.
Fast Day. |
 Wine and oil allowed.
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Martyrs Marcian and Martyrius the Notaries, of Constantinople (355).
St. Tabitha, the widow resurrected by Apostle Peter (1st c.). Martyr Anastasius the Fuller, at Salona in Dalmatia (3rd c.). St. Martyrius, deacon, and St. Martyrius, recluse, of the Kiev Caves (13th-14th c.).
St. Matrona (Vlasova) the Confessor, of Diveyevo (1963).
St. Front, bishop of Perigueux (2nd c.). Martyr Miniatus of Florence (251). Sts. Crispinus and Crispinianus, Romans, martyred under Diocletian at Soissons (289). Martyrs Valentine and Engratia, at Sepulveda (Spain) (ca. 715). St. George, bishop of Amastris (ca. 805). St. Macarius, bishop of Paphos on Cyprus.
Thoughts for Each Day of the Year
According to the Daily Church Readings from the Word of God
By St. Theophan the Recluse
Friday. [I Thess. 2:14-19; Luke 11:23-26]
He that is not with me is against me; and he that gathereth not with me scattereth. It turns out that one can labour an entire age and think that all sorts of good is gathered, but it is all for nothing, if it was not gathered with the Lord. What does it mean to gather with the Lord? To labour and act according to faith in the Lord, according to His commandments, with the help of His grace, being inspired by His promises—to live so that the spirit of life is the spirit of Christ. In the world there are two domains—good and evil, truth and falsehood. Only good and truth make up a true possession which is lasting and valuable; but good and truth come only from the Lord, and are acquired only with His help. It is clear that he who gathers not with the Lord will not gather truth and goodness, he will not gather what could be called a true possession, which is lasting and valuable. No matter what such a person gathers, it all has no use, all is labour in vain, a vain waste of energy and time.
Articles
 Martyr Anastasius the Fuller at Salona in DalmatiaThe Martyr Anastasius the Fuller lived at Salona in Dalmatia during the third century. |
 Venerable Martyrius the Deacon, Recluse of the Kiev CavesSaint Martyrius the Deacon is remembered in the Seventh Ode of the Canon to the Fathers of the Kiev Far Caves. |
 Holy Confessor Matrona (Vlasova)Elena BalashovaHoly Confessor Matrona of Diveyevo spent seventeen years altogether in prison camps. |