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Friday, 29 August 2008
Coming Feasts
Sun, 31 August '08

The Deposition of the Girdle of the Holy Mother of God at Constantinople

Mon, 1 September '08

The Beginning of the Indict (New Year)

Sat, 6 September '08

The Archangel Michael.

Feast of our Lady
Mon, 8 September '08

The Nativity of Our Most Holy Lady, the Mother of God and Ever-Virgin Mary.

Sat, 13 September '08

Dedication of the Resurrection Church

The Beheading of St John the Baptist, Prophet and Forerunner

My help cometh from the Lord, Who hath made heaven and the earth.
Verse: I have lifted up mine eyes to the mountains, from whence cometh my help.

Wisdom from the Holy Fathers
In St Paul's holy monastery we met a distinguished Romanian priest-monk and confessor, Father Makarios, who would say that "Those who are able to pray with a cleansed heart are those who labour and are participants in the Holy Mysteries."
On Discernment of Thought

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Service(s) for Friday
The Beheading of St John the Baptist, Prophet and Forerunner
Edwold, King and Hermit of Carne, Dorsetshire, England, Brother of Saint Edmund the Martyr. Sebbi, King of the East Saxons, Monk of London, England. Venerable Theodora of Thessalonika, Theopistis and Joseph the Sanctified of Samaka.

Service(s) for Saturday
Alexander, Paul the New, and John, Patriarchs of Constantinople. Ayle of Ireland (+650), Missionary to Bavaria. Cyril and Makarios, Patriarchs of Serbia. Loarn of Downpatrick, Ireland, Disciple of Saint Patrick. Martyrs Phantinos of Calabria and Januarios. Modan, Hermit of Killmodan, Ulster, Ireland. Repose of Venerable Alexander of Svir. translation of the relics of Alexander Nevsky, prince of Novogorod. Translation of the Relics of Guthlac, Hieromonk of Crowland, Lincolnshire.

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Wisdom of the Fathers is from An Athonite Gerontikon: Sayings of the Holy Fathers of Mount Athos and The Philokalia
Scripture Verses from KJV

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