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Pray "Tone III" eight-tones Meet Three New Martyrs of Mount Athos byzantine · martyr Meet Joseph of Optina monk Meet Forty-Two Martyrs of Amorion byzantine · martyr Meet Bl. Augustine of Hippo 4th–5th century · bishop Read St. Macarius the Great — Fifty Spiritual Homilies A primary patristic text Meet Domnica of Constantinople monk Read St. Gregory of Nyssa — On Virginity A primary patristic text Read St. Jerome — Lives of the Monks A primary patristic text Step in: The Holy Theotokos A lesson on the path Meet st sabbas the sanctified A witness of the Church Pray "The Third Hour" hours Read St. Athanasius the Great — On the Incarnation A primary patristic text Meet Eusebius of Samosata 4th century · hieromartyr Pray "The Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts" divine-liturgy Council of Constantinople (Photian Council) Constantinople · 879 AD The Lives of the Saints 1,030 witnesses across the calendar Pray "The Founding of a Church" occasional Step in: Holy Unction A lesson on the path Meet Thomas of Mount Maleon 10th century · venerable father Step in: Holy Confession A lesson on the path Second Council of Constantinople Constantinople · 553 AD Step in: The Orthodox and the Others A lesson on the path Read St. Athanasius the Great — On the Life of Antony A primary patristic text Meet Andronicus and Athanasia 6th century · venerable father Read the Psalter 150 psalms, the prayer of the Church Dive into the Philokalia Five volumes of Orthodox spirituality The Seven Ecumenical Councils Where the Gospel was kept intact The Lexicon of Orthodoxy 401 terms with their Greek roots Read St. Athanasius the Great — Festal Letters A primary patristic text