دوم تیموتائوس ۳.۱۶-۴.۴ (رساله)

۱۶تمامی کتبِ مقدّس الهام خداست و برای تعلیم و تأدیب و اصلاح و تربیت در پارسایی سودمند است، ۱۷تا مرد خدا به کمال برای هر کارِ نیکو تجهیز گردد. ۱در برابر خدا و مسیحْ عیسی که بر زندگان و مردگان داوری خواهد کرد، و نظر به ظهور او و پادشاهی‌اش، تو را مکلّف می‌سازم که ۲کلام را موعظه کنی و به گاه و به بیگاه آمادۀ این کار باشی و با صبر بسیار و تعلیم دقیق، به اصلاح و توبیخ و تشویق بپردازی. ۳زیرا زمانی خواهد آمد که مردم به تعلیم صحیح گوش فرا نخواهند داد، بلکه بنا به میل خویش، معلّمان بسیار گِرد خود خواهند آورد تا آنچه را که گوشهایشان طالب شنیدن آن است، از آنان بشنوند؛ ۴و از گوش فرا دادن به حقیقت رویگردان شده، به سوی افسانه‌ها منحرف خواهند گشت.

مرقس ۸.۲۲-۲۶ (انجیل)

۲۲و چون به بِیت‌صِیْدا رسیدند، عده‌ای مردی نابینا را نزد عیسی آورده، تمنا کردند بر او دست بگذارد. ۲۳عیسی دست آن مرد را گرفت و او را از دهکده بیرون برد. سپس آبِ دهان بر چشمان او انداخت و دستهای خود را بر او نهاد و پرسید: «چیزی می‌بینی؟» ۲۴آن مرد سر بلند کرد و گفت: «مردم را همچون درختانی در حرکت می‌بینم.» ۲۵پس عیسی دیگر بار دستهای خود را بر چشمان او نهاد. آنگاه چشمانش باز شده، بینایی خود را بازیافت، و همه چیز را به‌خوبی می‌دید. ۲۶عیسی او را روانۀ خانه کرد و فرمود: «به دهکده بازنگرد.»

نبی حجی

He was born in Babylon, of the priestly tribe of Levi, during the captivity of the Jews. After their return to Jerusalem, the Jews began to rebuild the Temple and to worship there according to the Law, but were discouraged by opposition from the local population (many of them Jews who had not gone into captivity). So God raised up the holy Prophets Haggai and Zechariah (February 8) to stir the people to complete their sacred work. Haggai’s prophecies reveal that the drought that the Hebrews were suffering was brought about by their failure to complete the rebuilding of Jerusalem, and would only end when they rededicated themselves to their work. He is ranked tenth among the minor Prophets.

مقدس ملکه و معجزه‌گر تئوفانو (۸۹۳)

She was born to noble parents in Constantinople. Beautiful and pious, she was chosen by the Emperor Basil (867-886) to be the bride of his son Leo VI the Wise. When Leo ascended the throne, the Empress showed no attraction to the honors and pleasures of the royal life, but devoted her days to prayer and almsgiving. She fulfilled all the duties of her Imperial station while living a life of austerity whenever out of the world’s sight. Beneath her rich garments she wore coarse haircloth, and kept fasts and vigils as if she were living the monastic life. She was humble and respectful to all, and would address even her servants as ‘Master’ or ‘Mistress.’ At night, after her servants had left her alone, she would leave her fine bed and sleep on a mat on the floor, rising often during the night to pray.

After her daughter Eudocia died in 892, she wished to leave the world and enter a monastery, but her spiritual father St Euthymius (August 5) would not give his blessing. Nonetheless, her time in the world was not long: only three years later she died, before she had reached the age of thirty. Immediately after her funeral in the Church of the Holy Apostles, her holy relics became the source of many miracles and healings, and are venerated to this day in the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Constantinople.