Thursday, November 5, 2026
Julian: October 23
Tone 5
No fast
Martyrs Galacteon and Wife Epistemis
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The heart's attention and its understanding are gradually deadened in those who do not pray fervently, not from their whole heart; who, seeing, do not see, and, hearing, do not understand, the words of the prayer. "For a pretence, they make long prayers," and, poor creatures, do not think that for increasing the number of their words they "shall receive greater damnation."