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Sixth Week of Great Lent (Palm Week).
Tone 1.
Великий пост. |
 Monastic rule: xerophagy (bread, uncooked fruits and vegetables).
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St. Cyril, archbishop of Jerusalem (386).
Martyrs Trophimus and Eucarpus of Nicomedia (ca. 300). St. Aninas the Wonderworker, hieromonk, of the Euphrates.
St. Tetricus, bishop of Langres in Gaul (572). St. Daniel, monk, of Egypt (6th c.). St. Edward, martyr and king of England (978). St. Cyril of Astrakhan (1576). St. Maria (Skobtsova), nun, who suffered at Ravensbruck (1945).
Repose of Abbot Mark of Optina Monastery (1909).
Thoughts for Each Day of the Year
According to the Daily Church Readings from the Word of God
By St. Theophan the Recluse
Tuesday.
Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard (Prov. 21:13). And we often marvel why God does not listen to our prayers? Here is the reason! Because there surely have been instances when we have stopped our ears from hearing the entreaties of the needy; so the Lord does not hear us either. It is no great woe if a prayer about something temporal is not heard; but how woeful if the Lord will not listen to us when we start to pray to Him about the forgiveness of our sins. He will not listen if the cry to Him of those whom we have scorned is stronger than our prayers. We must hurry to avert this extreme misfortune, according to the example of Zaccheus, whose wise decision caused the Lord to say, This day is salvation come to this house (Luke 19:9).