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4th Week of Great Lent.
Tone 3.
Великий пост. |
 Monastic rule: xerophagy (bread, uncooked fruits and vegetables).
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St. Zachariah the Recluse, of Egypt (4th c.). St. Artemon, bishop of Seleucia (1st c.-2nd c.).
St. Zachariah, faster of the Kiev Caves (13th c.-14th c.). Martyrs Stephen and Peter, of Kazan (1552).
St. Thomas, abbot, of the monastery of St. Euthymius (542). St. Caimin of Holy Island on Lough Derg (Ireland) (654). St. Severus of Catania (802-811). New Hieromartyr Parthenius, patriarch of Constantinople (1657). St. Sabbas the New, of Kalymnos (1948). St. Martin, monk, of Thebes.
Thoughts for Each Day of the Year
According to the Daily Church Readings from the Word of God
By St. Theophan the Recluse
Wednesday.
Baptism (kreshenie) in the Russian language sounds like cross (krest). This is fortunate consonance, for although the visible action of baptism is submersion, its essence is a co-crucifixion with Christ on the inner, spiritual cross. The Apostle Paul says: our old man is crucified with him in baptism (Rom. 6:6). This is not some sort of mechanical act, but a moral change, or a revolution of thoughts, goals, desires, and sympathies. Before, all of these were stained with self-pleasure; now all are selflessly dedicated to God, in Christ Jesus, by the grace of the Holy Spirit. [If you were baptized as an infant] you will say, “I didn’t understand that when I was baptized.” Now you understand; set it in your conscience to carry out the meaning of baptism, for your baptism is indelible. Even at the judgement its seal will be visible either for you, or against you.