FORGIVENESS IS BETTER THAN REVENGE
NO ONE HEALS HIMSELF BY WOUNDING ANOTHER
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• συνοδικός • August 31 / August 18 • συνοδικός •
2022 (7530)
dedicated in honor of the Dormition of the Most Holy Theotokos .
Let God’s will abide in everything, but we shall ask for His mercy towards us who are sinful.
Afterfeast of the Dormition : 宿舍斋戒 : sùshè zhāijiè
In today’s hymns at Vespers, the Mother of God is praised as “only created being to pass from earth to heaven in the flesh.”
Troparion — Tone 1
In giving birth you preserved your virginity, / in falling asleep you did not forsake the world, O Theotokos. / You were translated to life, O Mother of Life, / and by your prayers, you deliver our souls from death.
Kontakion — Tone 2
Neither the tomb, nor death could hold the Theotokos, / who is constant in prayer and our firm hope in her intercessions. / For being the Mother of Life, / she was translated to life by the One who dwelt in her virginal womb.
FEASTS and MIRACLES of OUR VIRGIN MARY THE HOLY THEOTOKOS
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• Intercession of the “Don” Icon of the Mother of God against the Tatars Attack in 1591 by church procession with Icon of the Mother of God of the DON (1380) 顿河圣母像纪念日 written by Theophan the Greek
The Don Icon of the Mother of God was written by Theophanes the Greek. On September 8, 1380, the day of the Kulikovo Battle (and the Feast of the Nativity of the Most Holy Theotokos), the Icon was with the Russian army, giving it help, but after the victory it was passed on by the Don Cossacks as a gift to their commander, Great Prince Demetrius of the Don, who then transferred it to Moscow. At first, the icon was at the Kremlin's Dormition Cathedral, and later at the Annunciation Cathedral. In commemoration of the victory on the banks of the River Don it was called the Don Icon. In 1591, Crimean Khan Nuradin and his brother, Murat-Girei, invaded Russia with a large army. Advancing on Moscow, they positioned themselves on the Vorobiev hills. A procession was made around Moscow with the Don Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos in order to guard the city from the enemy. On the day of battle it was in the military chapel in the ranks of the soldiers, and set the Tatars to flight. In 1592, the Don monastery was founded at the very place where the icon had stood amid the soldiers. The wonderworking icon was placed in this monastery, and its feast day was established as August 19. By established custom, once every four years His Holiness the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia performs the rite of the preparation of Holy Chrism in the small cathedral in honor of the Don Icon of the Mother of God.
SAINT MARTYRS AND CONFESSORS in the 20th century
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• Martyr ANDREW 安德列 Stratelates 将军 and 2 593 soldiers beheaded with him in Cilicia (284-305) by the governor Seleucus of Cilicia on the pretext that they had abandoned their military standards
Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀνδρέας ὁ Στρατηλάτης καὶ οἱ σὺν αὐτῷ 2 593 Μάρτυρες
安德魯是一個官員, 一個論壇, 在在皇帝 Maximian 的朝代期間的[羅爾]瑪軍隊。他是一敘利亞由出生並且在敘利亞服務了。當波斯人與在那裡威脅了[羅爾]瑪帝國時軍事, 安德魯與軍隊一起被委托對敵人斗爭。在這個場合期間，安德魯作為一位司令被支持 - Stratelates 。秘密地一克裡斯琴, 盡管他沒被給某人施洗禮, 安德魯在生活的上帝信任了並且, 許多戰士，他僅僅選擇了最好和進入的戰斗。如果他們將在一個的幫助之上調用，他在戰斗前向他的戰士說那, 真實的上帝, 合[利爾]斯托。斯基督主, 他們的敵人將在他們前作為塵土散布。真正, 在安德魯和他的信念充滿了熱情的所有的戰士為幫助調用了合[利爾]斯托。斯基督並且做了襲擊。波斯的軍隊完全被消滅。當勝利的安德魯回到了安提阿一些時, 是羨慕的, 是一克裡斯琴和帝國的代理人的被告的安德魯召集了他到場。安德魯公開地在合[利爾]斯托。斯基督承認了他的不動搖的信念。在痛苦的折磨以後，代理人把安德魯扔了進監獄並且在[羅爾]瑪寫了到皇帝。知道的安德魯的在人民之中並且在軍隊的方面, 皇帝命令了代理人釋放安德魯到自由並且尋求另外的機會和另外一個原因 ( 不他的信念 ) 並且然後殺死他。通過上帝的展現, 安德魯聽說了皇帝的命令並且, 與他一起帶他的忠誠的戰士, 2593 數字在裡面, 在 Cilicia 與他們一起分離了到跗骨並且在那裡, 都被主教撇。特爾彼得給某人施洗禮。由帝國的當局迫害了甚至在那裡, 與他的分開的安德魯更遠撤退了進亞美尼亞人Tavros山。這裡, 在一條溝壑當他們在禱告時，[羅爾]瑪軍隊趕上了他們和所有到最後被斬。不他們之一甚至想要保衛自己但是都為合[利爾]斯托。斯基督渴望一位殉教者的死亡。在這個點上, 殉教者的血的流在此流動了, 從每疾病治好了許多的水爆發了的愈合的一個彈簧。主教撇。特爾彼得秘密地與他的人一起來了並且, 在一樣的點上，值得尊敬地埋葬了殉教者的正文。值得尊敬地死, 他們都與光榮的花環被使圓滿並且在合[利爾]斯托。斯基督的王國在居住上面拿了吾主。
The Martyr Andrew Stratelates was a military commander in the Roman army during the reign of the emperor Maximian (284-305). They loved him in the Roman army because of his bravery, invincibility and sense of fairness. When a large Persian army invaded the Syrian territories, the governor Antiochus entrusted Saint Andrew with the command of the Roman army, giving him the title of “Stratelates” (“Commander”). Saint Andrew selected a small detachment of brave soldiers and proceeded against the adversary.
His soldiers were pagans, and Saint Andrew himself had still not accepted Baptism, but he believed in Jesus Christ. Before the conflict he persuaded the soldiers that the pagan gods were demons and could not help them in battle. He proclaimed to them Jesus Christ, the omnipotent God of Heaven and earth, giving help to all who believe in Him.
The soldiers went into battle, calling on the help of the Savior. The small detachment routed the numerous host of the Persians. Saint Andrew returned from the campaign in glory, having gained a total victory. But jealous men denounced him to the governor Antiochus, saying that he was a Christian who had converted the soldiers under his command to his faith.
Saint Andrew was summoned to trial, and there he declared his faith in Christ. For this they subjected him to torture. He laid himself upon a bed of white-hot copper, but as soon as he sought help from the Lord, the bed became cool. They crucified his soldiers on trees, but not one of them renounced Christ. Locking the saints away in prison, Antiochus sent the report of charges on to the emperor, unable to decide whether to impose the death sentence upon the acclaimed champion. The emperor knew how the army loved Saint Andrew, and fearing a rebellion, he gave orders to free the martyrs. Secretly, however, he ordered that each be executed on some pretext.
After being freed, Saint Andrew went to the city of Tarsus with his fellow soldiers. There the local bishop Peter and Bishop Nonos of Beroea baptized them. Then the soldiers proceeded on to the vicinity of Taxanata. Antiochus wrote a letter to Seleucus, governor of the Cilicia region, ordering him to overtake the company of Saint Andrew and kill them, under the pretext that they had deserted their military standards.
Seleucus came upon the martyrs in the passes of Mount Tauros, where they were evidently soon to suffer. Saint Andrew, calling the soldiers his brothers and children, urged them not to fear death. He prayed for all who would honor their memory, and asked the Lord to create a curative spring on the place where their blood would be shed.
At the time of this prayer the steadfast martyrs were beheaded with swords. During this time, a spring of water issued forth from the ground. Bishops Peter and Nonos, with their clergy, secretly followed the company of Saint Andrew, and buried their bodies. One of the clergy, suffering for a long time from an evil spirit, drank from the spring of water, and at once he was healed. Reports of this spread among the local people and they began to come to the spring. Through the prayers of Saint Andrew and the 2 593 Martyrs suffering with him, they received gracious help from God.
Οἱ στρατιῶτες ἦταν κυριευμένοι ἀπὸ φόβο, λόγω τοῦ ὅτι ὁ ἐχθρὸς ἦταν πολυάριθμος καὶ εἶχε πολλὲς νῖκες στὸ ἐνεργητικό του. Ἡ ἀρχηγία τοῦ μικροῦ σώματος στρατιωτῶν εἶχε ἀνατεθεῖ ἀπὸ τὸν ἀρχιστράτηγο Ἀντίοχο σὲ ἕναν γενναῖο χριστιανὸ ἀξιωματικό, τὸν Ἀνδρέα. Βεβαίωσε λοιπὸν ὁ Ἀνδρέας τοὺς στρατιῶτες του πὼς ὁ θρίαμβος τῆς νίκης θὰ εἶναι μὲ τὸ μέρος τους, ἂν ὅλοι μὲ πραγματικὴ πίστη ἐπικαλεσθοῦν τὸν παντοδύναμο Θεὸ τῶν χριστιανῶν. Διότι ὅλα τὰ κατορθώματα τῶν χριστιανῶν ἐπιτυγχάνονται «σὺν τῇ δυνάμει τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χρίστου». Μὲ τὴ δύναμη, δηλαδή, τοῦ Κυρίου μας Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ.nΠράγματι, τὰ λόγια τοῦ Ἀνδρέα ἀνύψωσαν τὸ ἠθικὸ τῶν στρατιωτῶν, μὲ ἀποτέλεσμα νὰ συντρίψουν τὸ πολυπληθὲς στράτευμα τοῦ ἐχθροῦ. Ὁ Ἀντίοχος ἐπαίνεσε δημόσια τὸ κατόρθωμα αὐτό, ἀλλὰ ὅταν ἔμαθε ὅτι οἱ στρατιῶτες εἰλκύσθηκαν ἀπὸ τὸν Ἀνδρέα στὸ χριστιανισμό, ἔστειλε 1 000 στρατιῶτες νὰ τοὺς ἀφοπλίσουν καὶ νὰ τοὺς στείλουν στὰ σπίτια τους. Ὁ Ἀνδρέας, ὅμως, μετὰ ἀπὸ συζήτηση εἵλκυσε καὶ αὐτοὺς στὸν χριστιανισμό. Ἐξοργισμένος τότε ὁ Ἀντίοχος, ἔστειλε εἰδικὸ σῶμα μὲ ἔμπιστους ἀξιωματικοὺς καὶ σκότωσε ὅλους τους χριστιανοὺς στρατιῶτες.
Ἦταν στὸν ἀριθμὸ 2 593!
• Martyrs TIMOTHY 提摩太 Bishop of Gaza, AGAPIUS 阿伽彼 and THECLA (Thekla) 特克拉 and others of Palestine (304) martyred for Christ during the reign of the wicked Emperor Diocletian. Timothy was burned alive and Agapius and Thecla were thrown before wild beasts
Οἱ Ἅγιοι Τιμόθεος, Ἀγάπιος καὶ Θέκλα οἱ Μάρτυρες
都 3 是為在居心不良的皇帝 Diocletian 的朝代期間的合[利爾]斯托。斯基督的市場年。提摩斐。提摩太活被燒並且統帥更和 Thecla 在野生的野獸前被扔。
The Martyrs Timothy, Agapius and Thekla suffered martyrdom in the year 304. The Martyr Timothy was a native of the city of Caesarea in Palestine. He studied the Holy Scripture, and having received a special gift of eloquence, he became a teacher of the Christian Faith.
During the time of persecution against Christians under the co-emperors Diocletian (284-305) and Maximian (305-311), the martyr was brought to trial by the governor Urban. Saint Timothy fearlessly declared himself a Christian and spoke about the love of the Lord Jesus Christ for mankind and of His coming into the world for their salvation. The martyr was subjected to cruel torture, and when they saw that he still remained steadfast in his love for Christ, they killed him.
And in this same town and year the Martyrs Agapius and Thekla were condemned. They were thrown to be eaten by wild beasts, and suffering in this manner, they received their heavenly crowns.
Οἱ Ἅγιοι Τιμόθεος, Ἀγάπιος καὶ Θέκλα, μαρτύρησαν στὴν Γάζα. Στὴν πόλη αὐτή, ἀπὸ τὰ πρῶτα χρόνια τοῦ χριστιανισμοῦ εἶχε ἱδρυθεῖ ἐκκλησία, τὴν ὁποία συνεχῶς πολεμοῦσαν οἱ εἰδωλολάτρες. Ἀλλὰ ὅσο τὴν πολεμοῦσαν, τόσο αὐτὴ μεγάλωνε καὶ ὅλο καὶ πιὸ πολλοὶ γινόντουσαν χριστιανοί. Κατὰ καιροὺς γινόντουσαν μεγάλοι διωγμοὶ ἐναντίον τους. Σὲ μία τέτοια ἐξέγερση, μὲ ἐντολὴ τοῦ ἐπάρχου Οὐρβανοῦ, συνελήφθη ὁ Τιμόθεος. Ἀφοῦ ὑπεβλήθη σὲ πολλὰ σκληρὰ καὶ ἀπάνθρωπα βασανιστήρια ρίχτηκε στὴν φωτιὰ ὅπου καὶ μαρτύρησε. Βλέποντας ὁ Ἀγάπιος καὶ ἡ Θέκλα τὸ μαρτύριο τοῦ Τιμοθέου, εἶπαν ὅτι θέλουν νὰ μαρτυρήσουν καὶ αὐτοὶ γιὰ τὸν Χριστό τους καὶ οἱ εἰδωλολάτρες τοὺς ἔριξαν στὰ ἄγρια θηρία.
• Martyrs EUTYCHIAN the soldier, STRATEGIOS, MIRON suffered in fire (304)
Οἱ Ἅγιοι Εὐτυχιανὸς καὶ Στρατήγιος οἱ Μάρτυρες
• Hosiosmartyrs LEOVIGILD a monk and pastor in Cordoba in Spain and CHRISTOPHER a monk of the monastery of St Martin de La Rojana near Cordoba, martyred in Cordoba under Abderrahman II (852)
NEW MARTYRS AND CONFESSORS in the 20th century
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• Repose of Abbess MARIA Ushakova of Diveyevo (1904)
• NIKOLAY Lebedev the Confessor, presbiter, priest in Tver (1869-1933)
• Hieromartyr SIMON Mchelidze, archpriest (1865-1924)
• Hieromartyr HERMAN Dzhadzhanidze, archpriest (1868-1924)
• Hieromartyr IERATHEOS Nicoladze, archpriest (1865-1924)
• Hieromartyr VISSARION Kukhianidze, protodeacon (1871-1933)
• Repose of Archimandrite SPYRIDON Efimov (1984) disciple of John of Shanghai and San Francisco
We pray that the seeds they planted will continue to flourish and bring abundant fruit for Orthodox Christians and our fellow men for many decades to come. All founders of Orthodox parishes pray that, by God's Grace, their beloved parish will continue to exist until the Coming of Our Lord! May the Lord grant us the strength, the fortitude, the patience, and the wisdom in His love to faithfully continue this task.
MARTYRS AND CONFESSORS before the 20th century
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• BADULF (Badour, Badolf) (850 ) monk and Abbot of Ainay near Lyons in France
• Venerable BERTULF of Bobbio in Italy, Abbot (640)
He became a monk at Luxeuil in France, then went to Bobbio in Italy where he became abbot on the repose of St Attalas.
• CALLISTRATUS
• CALMINIUS (Calmilius) (690) hermit who founded the monasteries of Villars and Mauzac near Riom in France
• CREDAN (780) 8th Abbot of Evesham in England
• CRESCENTIA (also Criscentia) of Paris (4-5th cent.)
• CUMIN Bishop in Ireland (7th c.)
• DONATUS of Mount Jura (535) of Orléans in France, priest, vicar of Bishop Gallican I of Embrun, hermit on Mt Jura near Sisteron in Provence
• ELAPHIUS (580) Bishop of Châlons-sur-Marne in France
Died of natural causes in Spain while on a pilgrimage to the relics of St Eulalia of Merida.
• ENAN Patron of Drumrath, County of Westmeath (6th cent.)
• Uncovering of the relics of GENNADIUS abbot of Kostroma (1565)
• GUENNINUS (7th cent.) Bishop of Vannes in Brittany (in modern France)
• JULIUS (190) early Martyr in Rome
• MAGNUS of Avignon (660) Bishop of Lérins, France
Married. Father of Saint Agricola of Avignon. Governor of Avignon, France. Widower. Monk at Lérins Abbey.
• Hieromartyr MAGNUS bishop of Trani, Italy (660) beheaded near Fabrateria Vetus, Latium (modern Ceccano, Italy)
• MARIANUS (515) hermit in the forest of Entreaigues in Berry in France
St Gregory of Tours wrote a biography of him.
• MARINUS (800) bishop at the monastery of St Peter in Besalu in Catalonia in Spain
• MOCHTA (Mocheteus, Mochteus, Mochuta) of Louth (535) of Wales, Abbot, Bishop, he founded the monastery of Louth in Ireland; Spiritual student of Saint Patrick
• NAMADIA (700) Wife of St Calminius, as a widow she became a nun at Marsat in France
• Hieromartyr Sainted PITIRIM 彼提林 Bishop of Velikoperm (Great Perm) (1455)
Saint Pitirim, Bishop of Great Perm, was chosen and consecrated to the See of Perm after the suffering and death of Saint Gerasimus of Perm (January 24). Before becoming bishop, Archimandrite Pitirim was head of the Chudov monastery. He later became known as the composer of the Canon to Saint Alexis, Metropolitan of Moscow (February 12), and also wrote his Life.
As bishop, Saint Pitirim first occupied himself with establishing friendly relations between the Zyryani and Voguli peoples. He circulated admonitory letters and messages, seeking to defend the Zyryani from pillage. The Voguli leader Asyka however, taking advantage of princely dissention and the remoteness of the bishop from the capital, plundered Christian settlements and killed defenseless people.
Novgorod landowners held lands at the Rivers Vyg and Dvina, suffering death from the constant pillaging. In the year 1445, they marched out against the Voguli and took Asyka captive. The crafty pagan swore friendship to Perm and vowed to harass Christians no longer. Set free, Asyka waited for a convenient moment to attack Ust’-Vym with the aim of killing Saint Pitirim, to whom he attributed his defeat by the Novgorodians.
During this time Saint Pitirim was twice in Moscow: in 1447 to address an encyclical to Prince Demetrius Shemyaka, having broken a treaty (it is supposed that the writer was Saint Pitirim); and again in the year 1448 for the consecration of Saint Jonah, Metropolitan of Moscow (March 31). Taking advantage of Saint Pitirim’s absence, Asyka again made an attack on a Zyryani settlement near the Pechora, robbing and killing the inhabitants. Not only the Zyryani, but also the Voguli living their nomadic life near the Pechora tributary, had become convinced of the truth of the preachings of Saint Pitirim, and they had begun to accept Baptism.
Embittered by this, Asyka committed a new crime. On August 19, 1456 he murdered Saint Pitirim, when he was out blessing the waters at the point of land formed by the confluence of the Rivers Vaga and Vychegda. The body of the saint remained for 40 days in a grave at the place of his death (since they awaited an answer to the sad news of his death). In spite of the hot weather, decay did not touch him. The Hieromartyr was buried in the Ust’-Vym cathedral church of the Annunciation next to his predecessor Saint Gerasimus. The memory of his repose was already entered into a typikon in the year 1522. In the year 1607 the joint commemoration of the three Great Perm holy Hierarchs: Gerasimus, Pitirim and Jonah, was established (January 29). They succeeded one another at the Ust’-Vym cathedral.
• RUFINUS venerated in Mantua in Italy from early times
• Righteous SARAH (Sarai or Sara) Wife of Abraham and Mother of Isaac; died of natural causes at age 127
Jewish Old Testament Matriarch. Wife of the Patriarch Abraham. A convert from paganism, she was the first female convert to the faith of Abraham. Nomad in the desert of Canaan. When she was aged 90, she heard angels say she would finally become a mother. She laughed at the idea, and when her son was born, she named him Isaac from the word for laughter.
• SEBALD (770) born in England, he lived as a hermit near Vicenza in Italy and then preached with Saint Willibald in the Reichswald in Germany
• Pope SIXTUS III (440)
• Venerable THEOPHANES 德奥梵 the New Wonderworker, from Naoussa in Macedonia and of the monastery Docheiariou on the Mt Athos (15th cent.)
Ὁ Ὅσιος Θεοφάνης ὁ Θαυματουργός ὁ Νέος
Theophanes 在 Ioannia 出生並且, 作為一個年輕的人，都離開了並且去了他是噸肯定的Athos山在 Dochiariu 的社區的一個修道士。他是到在齋戒的所有的修道士的一個例子, 禱告, 通宵的守夜並且所有這些剝奪他自己是不必要的。及時，並且因為這, 他作為修道院院長被選。后來, 因為與修道士的一些誤解, 他離開了Athos山並且, 與他的外甥，去了 Berea [ Beroea ] 都神聖的 Theotokos 在他建立了一個修道院在的馬其頓尊敬。甚麼時候與神的生活的這修道院 blossomed , Theophanes 委托了他的外甥管理它並且他去了他在神聖的天神長的榮譽建立了另外的修道院的 Naousa 。Theophanes 和平地在第 15 個世紀死了。他的工作奇跡遺物, 甚至現在, 在 Naousa 的修養並且表明上帝的大力量。
Saint Theophanes the New, a native of the city of Ioannina, lived during the sixteenth century. As a young man, he received monastic tonsure on Mount Athos at the Docheiariou monastery. He was later chosen igumen of this monastery because of his lofty virtue. With the help of God, the Saint freed from the Turks who had captured Constantinople his own nephew who had been forcibly converted to Islam, gave him refuge in his own monastery, and blessed him to enter the monastic life.
The brethren, fearing revenge on the part of the Turks, began to grumble against the saint. He, not wanting to be the cause of discord and dissension, humbly withdrew with his nephew from the Docheiariou monastery, quit the Holy Mountain and went to Beroea. There, in the skete monastery of Saint John the Forerunner, Saint Theophanes built a church in honor of the Most Holy Theotokos. And as monks began to gather, he gave them a cenobitic monastic rule.
When the monastery flourished, the saint withdrew to a new place at Naousa, where he made a church in honor of the holy Archangels and founded there also a monastery. To the very end of his days Saint Theophanes did not forsake guiding the monks of both monasteries, both regarding him as their common father.
After receiving a revelation foreseeing his own end and giving his flock a final farewell, the saint died in extreme old age at the Beroeia monastery. Even during his life the Lord had glorified his humble saint: saving people from destruction, he calmed a storm by his prayer, and converted seawater into drinking water. Even after death, the saint has never forsaken people who asked for his grace-filled help.
Γεννήθηκε στὰ Ἰωάννινα, στὶς ἀρχὲς τοῦ 16ου αἰώνα. Πῆγε στὸ Ἅγιον Ὄρος, ὅπου στὴ Μονὴ Δοχειαρίου ἐκάρη μοναχὸς καὶ ἀργότερα, λόγῳ τῆς ὁσιακῆς ζωῆς του, ἐξελέγη ἡγούμενος τῆς ἐν λόγῳ Μονῆς. Μετὰ ἀπὸ μία περιπέτεια μὲ τὸν ἀνεψιό του, κατέληξε σ’ ἕνα ὄρος τῆς Νάουσας τῆς Μακεδονίας, ὅπου ἔκτισε Μονὴ καὶ ναὸ στὸ ὄνομα τῶν Ἀρχαγγέλων. Ἡ ζωή του ὑπῆρξε πραγματικὰ ἁγία καὶ γι’ αὐτὸ μετὰ τὸν θάνατό του, ἡ σεβάσμια κάρα του, ποὺ μεταφέρθηκε στὴ Μονὴ τῆς Νάουσας, ἔγινε ἀφορμὴ πολλῶν θαυμάτων.
In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
O God, be merciful to me, a sinner.
愿上帝怜恤我罪人
O Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God,
for the sake of the prayers
of Thy most pure Mother,
our holy and God-bearing fathers and all the saints, have mercy on us.
Amen.
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Blessed be God.
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