The Monastery of Saint Theodosios the New, where the relics of Saint Boukolos are held.

Saint Boukolos, First Bishop of Smyrna, pray for us.

Ordained to the episcopacy by St John the Theologian himself, he was perhaps the recipient of the Apostle's letter to Smyrna (Revelation 2:8-11). His relics can be venerated at the Monastery of Saint Theodosios in Argos.

"But whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to sin, it would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck, and he were drowned in the depth of the sea."

Matthew 18:6

? 17 July 1918 ??

☦️?? Mammoth Hermitage, Sosnovsky District, Tambov region, Russia

☦️???? Italo-Greek icon, representing the Holy Trinity, San Giorgio dei Greci ('Saint George of the Greeks'), Venice, Italy

☦️?? Cathedral Square in Kolomna in the evening, Moscow region, Russia.

Why do we judge our neighbors? Because we are not trying to get to know ourselves. Someone busy trying to understand himself has no time to notice the shortcomings of others. Judge yourself — and you will stop judging others. Judge a poor deed, but do not judge the doer. It is necessary to consider yourself the most sinful of all, and to forgive your neighbor every poor deed. One must hate only the devil, who tempted him. It can happen that someone might appear to be doing something bad to us, but in reality, because of the doer's good intentions, it is a good deed. Besides, the door of penitence is always open, and it is not known who will enter it sooner — you, "the judge," or the one judged by you.

St. Seraphim of Sarov