{"id":339,"date":"2015-06-02T20:22:16","date_gmt":"2015-06-03T00:22:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/orthodoxinsight.com\/?p=339"},"modified":"2015-06-02T20:40:41","modified_gmt":"2015-06-03T00:40:41","slug":"wednesday-june-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orthodoxinsight.com\/?p=339","title":{"rendered":"Wednesday, June 3"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Orthodox Daily Devotional<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n

Life of Saint<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Holy Martyr Dimitri, Tsarevich of Russia (1591)
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He was murdered at the age of eight by the evil designs of Boris Godunov, in the town of Uglich. After his death he appeared to a monk and accurately foretold Boris Godunov’s death. Countless miracles were worked at the grave of the Tsarevich. When his tomb was opened fifteen years after his death, his relics were found whole and incorrupt, and were solemnly buried in the Church of the Archangel Michael in Moscow.
\nThe circumstances of Boris Godunov’s death are worth telling. He first tried to kill the Tsarevich using the strongest poison, but it had no effect. He then had the child publicly beheaded. Not long afterwards a ‘false Dimitri’ arose, claiming to be the Tsarevich, and rallied a great army against Godunov. Godunov was driven to such a desperate position that he took his own life by poison, the ‘remedy’ he had intended for the true Dimitri.<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n

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Scripture Reading<\/span>
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MATTHEW 4 Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. 2\u00a0<\/sup>And when He had fasted forty days and forty nights, afterward He was hungry. 3\u00a0<\/sup>Now when the tempter came to Him, he said, \u201cIf You are the Son of God, command that these stones become bread.\u201d\u00a0 4\u00a0<\/sup>But He answered and said, \u201cIt is written, \u2018Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.\u2019\u201d \u00a05\u00a0<\/sup>Then the devil took Him up into the holy city, set Him on the pinnacle of the temple, 6\u00a0<\/sup>and said to Him, \u201cIf You are the Son of God, throw Yourself down. For it is written: \u2018He shall give His angels charge over you,\u2019 and, \u2018In their<\/em> hands they shall bear you up, Lest you dash your foot against a stone.\u2019\u201d 7\u00a0<\/sup>Jesus said to him, \u201cIt is written again, \u2018You shall not tempt the Lord your God.\u2019\u201d 8\u00a0<\/sup>Again, the devil took Him up on an exceedingly high mountain, and showed Him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory. 9\u00a0<\/sup>And he said to Him, \u201cAll these things I will give You if You will fall down and worship me.\u201d 10\u00a0<\/sup>Then Jesus said to him, \u201cAway with you, Satan! For it is written, \u2018You shall worship the Lord your God, and Him only you shall serve.\u2019\u201d 11\u00a0<\/sup>Then the devil left Him, and behold, angels came and ministered to Him.<\/p>\n

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New Calendar <\/span>Saints<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span>& \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>Lectionary Scriptures<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Old Calendar\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>Saints & Lectionary Scriptures<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/h5>\n
Scripture taken from the New King James Version. \u00a9 1979, 1980, 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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