Monday, November 9, 2026 Julian: October 27 Tone 6 No fast Our Father among the Saints Nectarius (Nektarios), bishop of Pentapolis, Wonderworker, and founder of the Monastery of the Holy Trinity on Aegina (1920).
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Our Father among the Saints Nectarius (Nektarios), bishop of Pentapolis, Wonderworker, and founder of the Monastery of the Holy Trinity on Aegina (1920).

Our Father among the Saints Nectarius (Nektarios), bishop of Pentapolis, Wonderworker, and founder of the Monastery of the Holy Trinity on Aegina (1920).

Onesiphorus, the friend of Saint Paul, and his servant Porphyrius bore witness to Christ at Parium on the Hellespont and were dragged to death behind wild horses.

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Martyrs Onesiphorus and Porphyrius; Our Venerable Father John the Dwarf (John the Short) (4th c.); Our Holy Mother Matrona (492); Saint Symeon Metaphrastes (960)
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Epistle: 1 Thessalonians 2.20-3.8
Gospel: Luke 12.13-15, 22-31
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When praying, we must truly sorrow for our sins, and truly repent of them. When enumerating the sins specified in the prayers, we must say them feeling them in our heart as if they were our own. Also we must have an ardent desire not to sin in future by the same sins.
St John of Kronstadt, My Life in Christ

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