Friday October 4
October 17 ns
2025
2025
~ Fast day ~
Holy
Hierótheos,
Bishop of Athens
Bishop of Athens
Holy Hierotheos was a companion of St. Dionysios the Areopagite and received the Christian Faith from the Apostle Paul a short time after Dionysios did. Later, the Apostle appointed him bishop of Athens.
At the time of the Dormition of the Most-holy Theotokos, Hierótheos arrived in Jerusalem and took part in her burial. With his divine chanting he inspired heartfelt worship in many, revealing himself as a man inspired from on high. He labored much in the work of evangelism, converted many pagans to the truth and governed well his rational flock. He finally died a martyr for Christ, Who granted him a twofold crown in His Heavenly Kingdom: the crown of a hierarch and the crown of a martyr.
Philippians 1:27-2:4 KJV
27 Only let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ: that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel;
28 And in nothing terrified by your adversaries: which is to them an evident token of perdition, but to you of salvation, and that of God.
29 For unto you it is given in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him, but also to suffer for his sake;
30 Having the same conflict which ye saw in me, and now hear to be in me.
2 If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies,
2 Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind.
3 Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.
4 Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.
Saint Luke 7:31-35 KJV
31 And the Lord said, Whereunto then shall I liken the men of this generation? and to what are they like?
32 They are like unto children sitting in the marketplace, and calling one to another, and saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned to you, and ye have not wept.
33 For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine; and ye say, He hath a devil.
34 The Son of man is come eating and drinking; and ye say, Behold a gluttonous man, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners!
35 But wisdom is justified of all her children.
"Just as health comes from bitter medicine, so too does the salvation of souls come from bitter experiences"
Saint Paisios the Athonite
"If you knew how quickly people would forget about you after your death, you will not seek in your life to please anyone but God."
St. John Chrysostomos
"Other people's sins are not your business,
sit and cry for your own sins".
St. Gabriel Urgebadze
"A time is coming when men will go mad, and when they see someone who is not mad, they will attack him".
St. Anthony the Great
Great quotes
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