The Twenty-Ninth Day of the Month of August

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The Twenty-Ninth Day of the Month of August

Menologion

The Beheading of the Holy Glorius Prophet, Forerunner, and Baptist of Lord John
Acts xiii.25-33. St. Mark vi.14-30.
Ven. Alexander, abbot of Voche
Martyr Anastasius of Bulgaria
Russian New Martyr Peter, metropolitan of Krutitsa (1936)
St. Theodora of Thesslonica
St. Arcadius of Arsinoe on Cyprus, bishop and wonderworker
St. Joseph the Sanctified of Samaka, Translation of the relics

Troparion of St. John the Baptist Tone 2

The memory of the just is celebrated with hymns of praise/ but the Lord's testimony is enough for thee, O Forerunner,/ for thou wast shown to be more wonderful than the Prophets/ since thou wast granted to baptize in the running waters / Him Whom thou didst proclaim./ Then having endured great suffering for the Truth,/ Thou didst rejoice to bring, even to those in hell/ the good tidings that God Who had appeared in the flesh/ takes away the sin of the world/ and grants us the great mercy.

Troparion of St. Theodora Tone 4

Thou didst deny thyself, O Theodora, and take up thy cross as an ascetic./ Wherefore thou didst find rest in the light and joy of heaven./ Pray to Christ our God for those who honour thee.

Kontakion of St. John the Baptist Tone 5

The beheading of the glorious Forerunner/ was a divine dispensation/ that the coming of the Savior might be preached to those in hell./ Lament then, Herodias,/ that thou didst demand a murder/ despising the law of God and eternal life.

Kontakion of St. Theodora Tone 8

Fragrant myrrh streams from thy relics like the river of Eden;/ it sanctifies thy city and all the world, O Theodora./ Wherefore the faithful cry to thee: Rejoice.

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