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25th Week after Pentecost.
Tone 7.
Eve of the Nativity Fast. |
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Holy and All-Praised Apostle Philip (ca. 81-96).
St. Justinian the Emperor (565) and his wife St. Theodora (548). Repose of St. Alexander Nevsky (Alexis in schema), great prince of Novgorod (1263). St. Gregory Palamas, archbishop of Thessalonica (1360). St. Philip, founder of Irap Monastery (Novgorod) (1527).
New Hieromartyrs Aristarchus (Zaglodin-Kokorev), hieromonk of St. Nicholas Peshnosha Monastery (Moscow), Nicholas Vinogradov, archpriest, of Teryaeva Sloboda (Moscow), Sergius Znamensky, archpriest, of Kashira (Moscow), George Izvekov, archpriest, of Perlovka (Moscow), Sergius Konstantinov, archpriest, of Kimry (Tver), Dimitry Lebedev, archpriest, of Spirovo (Moscow), Basil Likharev, archpriest, of Aksinyino (Moscow), Alexis Nikologorsky, archpriest, of Tver, Basil Nikolsky, archpriest, of Orekhovo-Zuyevo (Moscow), Alexander Pokrovsky, archpriest, of Novo-Vasilevskoye (Moscow), and Sergius Rufitsky, archpriest, of Ivanovo (Moscow) (1937).
St. Dyfrig, bishop in Hereford and Gwent, hermit, of Bardsey Island (ca. 550). St. Malo of Brittany (7th c.). Virgin Martyrs of Emesa (Syria) (779). St. Alberik, bishop of Utrecht (784). St. Fantinus the Younger, of Calabria (ca. 1000). New Martyr Constantine of Hydra, at Rhodes (1800). New Martyr Panteleimon the Youth, of Asia Minor.
Repose of Archimandrite Lazarus (Moore) of Eagle River, Alaska (1992).
Thoughts for Each Day of the Year
According to the Daily Church Readings from the Word of God
By St. Theophan the Recluse
Thursday. [I Tim. 3:1-3; Luke 16:1-9]
The parable is about the denounced unjust steward. Do you see how he managed to disentangle himself from his misfortune! If only we would all manage to arrange for ourselves a peaceful life upon our departure from this life! But no: Children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light. Why did the steward go to such pains? Because disaster was near. The nearness of misfortune aroused energy and quick-wittedness, and he quickly settled everything. But is our misfortune not near? Death could overtake us at any moment, and then: give an account of thy stewardship. Everyone knows this, but almost nobody moves. What is this insanity? Nobody thinks he will die right now, but all suppose that they will live another day or two; they don’t know the time, only that death will come sometime later. This is why misfortune is seen as something in the future. Misfortune is ahead, and any thought about what to do in case of misfortune is put off. Nobody thinks to remain incorrigible his entire life, but he simply puts off changing for the present day. But since one’s entire life is composed of present days and hours, any concern for change just does not come.
Articles
 St. Justinian the EmperorSaint Justinian, a major figure in the history of the Byzantine state, was also a great champion of Orthodoxy, a builder of churches and a Church writer. |
 St. Theodora the EmpressSaint Theodora was the wife of Saint Justinian the emperor, and lived during the sixth century. |
 St. Philip the Abbot of Irap Near NovgorodSaint Philip, Abbot of Irap near Novgorod, in the world Theophilus, was the founder of the Irap wilderness-monastery. |
 Holy Hierarch Dyfrig (Dubricius) of WalesDmitry LapaSt. Dyfrig, also known by the Latin name of Dubricius, was one of the founders of Orthodox monasticism in Wales. |