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Sunday, 5 July 2009
Coming Feasts
Mon, 20 July '09

The Holy Prophet Elijah

Sat, 25 July '09

The Repose of St Anne, the mother of the Most Holy Mother of God

Mon, 27 July '09

The Great-Martyr Panteleimon

Sat, 1 August '09

Procession of the venerable and vivifying Cross

Sun, 2 August '09

The Translation of the Relics of St Stephen, Archdeacon

The Lord is King, He is clothed with majesty.
Verse: The Lord is clothed with strength and He hath girt Himself.
Verse: For He established the world which shall not be shaken.

Wisdom from the Holy Fathers
Love is a holy state of the soul, disposing it to value knowledge of God above all created things. We cannot attain lasting possession of such love while we are still attached to anything worldly.
On Love

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Service(s) for Sunday
Edana (Etaoin), Virgin in West Ireland, whose holy well is at the joining of the rivers Shannon and Boyle. Erfyl, Virgin and Foundress of Llanerfyl Church in Montgomeryshire, Wales. Modwenna, Abbess of Burton-on-Trent, England. Modwenna, Abbess of Polesworth. Modwenna, Abbess of Whitby after Saint Hilda. Probus and Grace of Cornwall. the synaxis of the 23 Martyrs of Lesvos. uncovering of the relics of Venerable Sergios the wonder-worker of Radonezh. Venerable Athanasios the Athonite, founder of the Great Lavra on Athos. Venerable Hieromartyr Cyprian of St George kelli on Athos. Venerable Lampados of Irenoupolis.

Service(s) for Monday
Apostles Archippos, Philemon and Onesimos of the Seventy. Martyrs Lucia, Epimachos and Alexander. Modwenna, Abbess of Burton-on-Trent, England. Moninna (+518), Abbess and Wonderworker in Ireland, Veiled by Saint Patrick Darerca (Monnina), Solitary at Siabh-Guillin. Palladius, Bishop and Apostle of Scotland. Sexburga (Saxburgh), Abbess of Ely, England. Venerable Sisoes the Great. Venerable-Martyr Cyril.

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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 and EMTV

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