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From the tonsures of the Sisters: Nun Helen, from Moscow;
Nun Nina and Nun Augustine, from Florina, Greece;
Nun Irmengard from Rumania; Nun Jerusalem, from Israel.
August 1, 2001.
“To the Reverend Elder Dionysios.
I would like to ask from You a big ‘Pardon me’, because some years ago I fell into the error of various persons, ill-willed and not, such that, without having anything against You personally, I was seduced into launching base accusations against Your person. As the years went by, I saw by Your work that all those things of which they accused You, not only weren’t true, but they were a horrible delusion…”
July 7, 2001, Florina.
| 1 T †Procession of the Precious Cross, The Seven Maccabees (Dormition Fast begins). | 16 F Holy Mandelion, Timothy, Bishop of Euripos. |
| 2 F Transfer of the relics of the First Martyr Stephen. | 17 S Martyrs Myron, Paul, and Juliana. |
| 3 S Myrrhbearer Salome, Theodore of Thessaloniki. | 18 S †Eighth Sunday of Matthew, Martyrs Florus, Laurus, Leon and Hermos. |
| 4 S †Sixth Sunday of Matthew, The Seven Children of Ephesus. | 19 M Great Martyr Andrew the General and 2,593 Soldiers. |
| 5 M Eusignius, Nonna, Mother of St. Gregory the Theologian. | 20 T †Prophet Samuel, Martyr Lucius. |
| 6 T †Transfiguration of Christ. | 21 W Apostle Thaddaeus, Martyrs Bassa and her three sons. |
| 7 W Hieromartyr Dometios, Narcissus Patriarch of Jerusalem. | 22 T Martyr Agathonikos and those with him. |
| 8 T †Aemilianos of Cyzicus, Myron of Crete. | 23 F †Leavetaking of the Dormition, Irenaeus, Bishop of Lyons. |
| 9 9 †Apostle Matthias, Marie the Patrician. | 24 S †Leavetaking of the Dormition, Irenaeus, Bishop of Lyons. |
| 10 S Archdeacon Lawrence, Hippolytos. | 25 S †Ninth Sunday of Matthew, Apostles Bartholomew & Titus. |
| 11 S †Seventh Sunday of Matthew, Deacon Euplus, Miracle of St. Spiridon. | 26 M Martyrs Adrian and Natalie. |
| 12 M Martyrs Photios, Akinetos & Pamphilos. | 27 T Martyrs Poemen, Anthousa and Phanourios. |
| 13 T Maximos the Confessor, Blessed Dositheos, Empresses Eudocia and Irene. | 28 W Moses the Ethiopian, Diomedes, Martyr Lawrence. |
| 14 W Prophet Micah, Hieromartyr Marcellos. | 29 T †Beheading of John the Baptist (fast). |
| 15 T †Dormition of the Theotokos. | 30 F Alexander, Paul, and John, Patriarchs of Constantinople, New-martyr Niceta. |
| 31 S †The Honorable Sash of the Most Holy Theotokos. |
Saint Maximus says somewhere: “Was it necessary for the Ascension to take place and for Christ to leave and go far away from us? Couldn’t Christ have remained down here on earth?” To which he says, “Yes, but the angels and the angelic powers had need of His presence, they too desired to see Him.” And because they could not have seen him with more interior eyes, but only with their own, face to face, it was therefore necessary that he ascend to the Heavens.
Consider for a moment how beautiful it would have been for Christ to have remained here – and yet how much more important it is for us to know that, if the angelic powers themselves had need of Christ, how is it possible for us not to have need of the sight of Him, of His presence, and how can we live for anything else, except for that one truth? Let us continually implore God, asking that we might have Him for our very own, in our daily life, in our days and in our nights.
EXALTATION OF THE HOLY CROSS MONASTERY
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