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Venerable Thalaleos, Hermit of Syria Originally from Cilicia, he first labored in the monastery of Sava the Sanctified, where he was ordained to the rank of presbyter. Then he settled in Syria, near the small beautiful town of Gaval, on a hill, where, having arranged cramped housing in which it was not comfortable to sit, lie, or stand, he labored in prayer, fasting, tireless struggle against evil temptations and in unflagging repentance. According to the testimony of the surrounding residents (as Theodoret, Bishop of Cyrus, tells about St. Falaley, 340 the prayers of this ascetic performed many miracles that had such an influence on the people that from being previously wicked, he was enlightened by the Christian faith, and then St. Falaley, on the site of the former pagan temple, erected a temple in honor of the martyrs, and he himself performed daily Divine services in it. After 60 years of labors, which, according to St. Sophrony, accompanied by inexhaustible tears of humble repentance, Rev. Falaley died peacefully at a ripe old age, around 460. Rev. Procopius Decapolitus, confessor Decapolis, that is, the Decapolis, was the name of the district of ten cities beyond the Jordan, of which the most notable were Bethsan (Scythoiol) and Pella. Procopius was born in this country and lived a monastic life. During the time of the iconoclastic king Leo the Isaurian, for his fearless denunciation of heresy, he and his friend, Rev., suffered cruel scourging. Vasily, was kept in prison until the death of the torturer (in July 741). After this, he was released along with other confessors and spent the rest of his life in prayers and desert exploits. † Venerable Titus, presbyter of Pechersk And now I’ll tell you about a miracle that I myself saw,” writes Blessed Simon to Polycarp. “There were two brothers in spirit, the presbyter Titus and the monk Evagrius the deacon. Titus had sincere love for Evagrius, so that everyone marveled at this. But the hater of goodness sowed enmity between them to the point that they began to hate each other, could not look at one another and tried not to meet each other. When one walked around the church with a censer, the other ran from the incense; if the latter did not leave, then he passed by him without censing. So a lot of time passed and they dared to bring St. Gifts and communion without reconciliation and without asking for forgiveness. The brothers tried to reconcile them, but they did not want to hear about it. Now Presbyter Titus became very ill, so that he lost hope of recovery. Then he began to weep bitterly about his sin and sent to Evagrius with a request to forgive him, for the Lord’s sake, for insulting him with anger. But he not only did not forgive, but also scolded him with cruel words. The brethren, seeing Titus already dying, forcibly brought Evagrius to say goodbye to his brother. The sick man, seeing him, immediately got up, fell at his feet and said with tears: “Forgive me and bless me.” Evagrius turned away from his brother and uttered the following words: “I don’t want to say goodbye to him either in this or in the next century.” Having said this, he broke free from the hands of the brethren and immediately fell. The brothers wanted to raise him and found him already lifeless; They could not even bend their arms or close their mouth and eyes. The sick presbyter Titus at the same time arose and became healthy. What happened to you? asked Titus. I saw, he said, angels retreating from me and mourning about my soul; and the dark spirits were delighted that in my anger I did not forgive my brother. And immediately I began to ask my brother for forgiveness. When they brought him to me: I saw an angel with a flaming spear; when he did not want to forgive me, a sinner, an angel hit him and he fell dead, and this angel gave me his hand and healed me.” “Hearing this,” Blessed Simon then says, “we repeated in horror the words: leave it and it will be left to you, for anyone who is angry with his brother is guilty of judgment (Matthew 5:22). Woe to the man overcome by such passion! Observe it too, my brother! Don't give room to the angry demon. Whoever submits to whom will work for him. Bow down to the one who is hostile to you, so that you are not betrayed by an unmerciful angel. – May the Lord protect you from all wrath! He said, “Let not the sun go down on your anger.”341 Kalnofoysky, showing the relics of those resting in the Anthony Cave, writes: “Saint Titus, presbyter, wonderworker, with his brother in Christ Anastasius” 342. So the Monk Titus fully took advantage of the lesson taught to him by heavenly goodness. He adopted for eternity love, which, according to the Apostle, is a union of perfection (Col. 3:14). During the rest of his life, he never missed an opportunity to perfect love within himself through experiments, and he became a miracle worker. Meletius Sirigus in his canon says that Titus, through humility, overthrew the wrathful demon. Otherwise, this means that humility elevated Titus’ soul to complete, selfless love, since without humility such love is unattainable. According to the RCP. Saints, Rev. Father Priest Titus reposed on February 28th. This was, in all likelihood, not before 1190 343. Venerables Asclepius and Jacob “The wondrous Asclepius, the hermit and ascetic of Syria, also belongs to the society of God-lovers,” says the blessed Bishop Theodoret of Cyrus. They say that, while still living with people in the village, Asclepius led an ascetic and abstinent life, and did not suffer any harm from communicating with many.” “Many others imitated his virtues, and not only our city, but also neighboring cities and villages were filled with his wisdom. One of his imitators was blessed Jacob, who was imprisoned in a small house near a village called Nimuz: until the end of his 90-year life, the ascetic remained imprisoned alone, giving answers to those who questioned him through a small hole drilled obliquely, invisible to anyone, never using fire or using the light of a lamp.” The distinctive properties of both podviyashiks were: meekness, love of strangeness, simplicity, love for the greatest poverty. They were able to spend most of their lives in conversation with God. – Both died peacefully in the T century. A contemporary who personally knew Rev. Falaleya. Teraturgima p. 15. Kiow 1636. Pech. Patericon 187. Description. K. laurels 108. Akathists, K. 1674