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27 July 2026, Monday
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The memory of the holy Apostle Aquila
14 July The famous Apostle Aquila, one of the seventy, was a pupil of the holy Apostle Paul [His memory 29 June] and was made a bishop by him.
The fourth voice.
4 The capital of Italy, lies on both sides of the Tiber River, at its entrance into the sea. 5 The oldest, most famous and commercial city of Achaia, in the province of Greece; the beginning of Christianity in it was laid by St. Paul during his 2nd tour of Greece (Deuteronomy chapter 18). There are two epistles written by the Apostle Paul to the Corinthians.
8 Jerusalem is the capital of Palestine, at the river Kidron, on the slopes of the three Judean mountains of Acre, Zion, and Moriah. Jerusalem is dear to every Christian, as the center of the great events of Old and New Testament history, as the mother of the Christian churches, from which the word of the gospel has spread throughout the whole universe. 9 That is, the western part of Asia Minor. 10 St. Timothy was the son of a Jewish woman (who had converted to Christianity) and a Gentile, and himself a sincere Christian, approved by the brothers; with his consent, St. Paul circumcised his "Jewish father", since they did not dare to hear the word of God from an uncircumcised father, who was a Gentile (Acts 11:1-2).
The memory of Reverend Elijah
He was brought up in a monastery to serve the Lord, and was brought up in modesty and chastity, and was taught meekness and humility, and received the grace of God, having received the gift of miracles from his youth.
The memory of St. Justus the Martyr
St. Justus, a Roman soldier, had a miraculous vision of a crystal-shaped cross in the air. He believed in Christ and gave all his possessions to the poor. He was captured by the order of the Ecumenical Magnatius, suffered many tortures, and was burned at the stake and died without a hair.