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July

4 - Independence Day
18 - Holy Fathers of the First Six Ecumenical Councils
20 - Holy Prophet Elias

August

1-15 - Dormition Fast
6 - Transfiguration
15 - Dormition of the Mother of God
29 - Beheading of St. John the Baptist

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Behold! The Wood of the Cross!

Save Your people, O Lord, and bless Your inheritance. Grant victory to Your Church over her enemies, and protect Your people by Your Cross.


Troparion of the Cross

Wisdom from the Church Fathers

But if a person is constantly mindful of God, he will rejoice: as the psalmist says, "I remembered God, and I rejoiced" (Psalms 77:3). For when the intellect is gladdened by the remembrance of God, then it forgets the afflictions of this world, places its hope in Him, and is no longer troubled or anxious.

St. Peter of Damaskos, "JOY" (from "The 24 Discourses), "The Philokalia vol. III," - pp. 260 - 263.
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