August 10, 2013 Postfestive Day of Transfiguration. The Holy Martyr and Archdeacon Lawrence of Rome. (I am done on that side, you can turn me over now) Today is a Postfestive day of the Transfiguration. We also commemorate the holy martyr and archdeacon Lawrence of Rome, who desired the fellowship of Pope Sixtus even in martyrdom. As St. Leo the Great relates, when ordered to hand over the treasures of the Church, he instead showed to the foolish tyrant the poor. As archdeacon, it was his ministry to care for them, and on a great number of whom he had lavished the necessities of life and clothing. The third day after his arrest, he conquered the flames for the sake of the faith of Christ. In honor of his triumph even the instruments of his execution were transformed. His body is buried in Rome in the Campo Verano in the cemetery called by his name. (258) Epistle: 1 Cor. 1:26-29 Gospel: Mat. 20:29-34 According to the Gregorian Calendar for Pascha
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