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20 Agustus 2021
Friday August 20, 2021 / August 7, 2021
9th Week after Pentecost. Tone seven.
Dormition (Theotokos) Fast. By Monastic Charter: Strict Fast (Bread, Vegetables, Fruits)
1Martyr Dometius of Persia (363) and two disciples.
1Translation of the relics (1832) of St. Metrophanes, first bishop of Voronezh (1703).
0Venerable Anthony of Optina (1865).
oNew Hieromartyrs Alexander, Peter, Michael, John, Demetrius and Alexis priests, Elisey deacon and Hieromartyr Athanasius (1937).
oNew Hieromartyr Basil priest (1938).
0Venerable Poemen (Pimen) the Much-ailing of the Kiev Caves (1110).
0Venerable Pimen, faster of the Kiev Caves (13th c.).
0Venerable Mercurius, bishop of Smolensk (Kiev Caves) (1239).
0Martyrs Marinus the Soldier and Asterius the Senator at Caesarea in Palestine (260).
0Venerable Hor (Horus) of the Thebaid (390).
0Virgin Potamia of Alexandria.
0Venerable Theodosius the New, healer of Peloponnesus (862) (Greek).
0St. Hierotheus of Hungary (10th c.).
0St. Stephen I king of Hungary (1038).
oVenerable Dometius of Philotheou, Mt. Athos (16th c.).
oSt. Theodora of Sihla (18th c.) (Romania).
oHoly Ten Thousand Ascetics of Thebes (Greek).
oHieromartyr Narcissus, patriarch of Jerusalem (213) (Greek).
oVenerable Hyperechius of The Paradise (Greek).
oVenerable Sozon of Nicomedia (Greek).
oVenerable Nicanor, wonderworker of Mt. Callistratus (1519) (Greek).
oMartyr Afra of Augsburg (304).
The Scripture Readings
Yohanes 10:1-9 Matins Gospel
1 Korintus 14:26-40
Matius 21:12-14, 17-20
Ibrani 7:26-8:2 St. Metrophanes
Yohanes 10:9-16 St. Metrophanes