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5th Week of Great Lent.
Tone 4.
Великий пост. |
 Wine and oil allowed.
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St. Hypatius the Wonderworker, bishop of Gangra (ca. 326). St. Jonah, metropolitan of Kiev, Moscow, and all Russia (1461). St. Innocent, metropolitan of Moscow, enlightener of Alaska and Siberia (1879).
St. Apollo, monk, of the Thebaid (4th c.). Hieromartyrs Abdas, bishop of Hormizd-Ardashir, and Benjamin, deacon, of Persia (418-424). St. Hypatius, abbot of Rufinianus in Chalcedon (ca. 446). St. Hypatius the Healer, of the Kiev Caves (14th c.). St. Philaret, abbot, of Glinsk Hermitage (1841).
Iveron Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos (Mt. Athos).
Righteous Joseph the Fair, son of Jacob (ca. ) (ок 1700 b.c.). St. Acacius the Confessor, bishop of Melitene in Pisidia (251). St. Blaise of Amorium and Mt. Athos (ca. 908) (Gr. Cal).
Repose of Archbishop Averky (Taushev) of Syracuse and Holy Trinity Monastery (1976), Schemanun Anastasia (Shevelenko) of Karaganda (1977), and Archimandrite Thaddeus (Tadej) (Shtrbulovich) of Vitovnica Monastery, Serbia (2003).
Thoughts for Each Day of the Year
According to the Daily Church Readings from the Word of God
By St. Theophan the Recluse
Wednesday.
The way of life is above to the wise, that he may depart from hell beneath (Prov. 15:24). It is well-known to all that hell exists, and that anyone can end up there as a result of his deeds. But not all remember this, or live so piously that they are clearly trying to to avoid hell. They live without thinking about it, saying, “Maybe… Maybe we somehow will not end up in hell.” Where is our reason? In earthly affairs one can somehow get away with “maybe,” but in such a decisive affair, which, once accomplished, will abide unto the ages of ages unchanged, “maybe” reveals lack of reason to the utmost degree. Do not pride yourself, O Reason, on your reasonableness, when you do not remember this and do not suggest to us thoughts of life: how to avoid hell in order to be saved.