| Previous day | 
|
Next day |
| Old Style
February 21
|
Monday |
New Style
March 6
|
|
2nd Week of Great Lent.
Tone 4.
Великий пост. |
 Monastic rule: xerophagy (bread, uncooked fruits and vegetables).
|
St. Timothy of Symbola on Mt. Olympus in Bithynia (795). St. Eustathius, archbishop of Antioch (337).
St. George, bishop of Amastris (802-811). St. Macarius, hieroschemamonk of Glinsk Hermitage (1864).
“Kozelshchina” Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos (1881).
Hieromartyr Severian, bishop of Scythopolis (452). St. John the Scholastic, patriarch of Constantinople (577). St. Zachariah, patriarch of Jerusalem (633).
Repose of Blessed Simon (Todorsky), bishop of Pskov (1754).
Thoughts for Each Day of the Year
According to the Daily Church Readings from the Word of God
By St. Theophan the Recluse
Monday (2nd week of Lent).
Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life (Prov. 4:23).[1] Having prepared,[2] confessed and taken communion with the holy mysteries, a Christian renews within himself the grace-filled springs which were opened in him through holy Baptism, and which then so many times were obstructed by carelessness and falls, and so many times cleansed by repentance. Now these springs have been cleansed once again after the most recent falls. Let us keep them, at least from this point onward, from renewed obstruction as a result of thoughtlessness, distractedness, and negligence about those actions which maintain the springs’ purity and proper flow of waters. Let us continue fasting, not give liberty to our feelings, not cease fervent prayers and tears, not forget works of love; let seek to hear the word of God, and most of all, to converse with the Lord, Who is within us. Through this conversation we shall uphold the fear of God and zeal to please Him within ourselves, for in this lies the spring of our spiritual life.
[1]The Slavonic for Prov. 4:23 reads: Keep thy heart more than all things kept; for out of it are the springs of life.
[2]“Having prepared…” in Russian, govenie. See footnote for Tuesday of the 1st week of Great Lent.
Articles
 St. Eustathius the Archbishop of AntiochSaint Eustathius was a learned theologian, and was also distinguished by his broad knowledge in secular sciences. |
 Icon of the Mother of God “Kozelshchansk”The Kozelshchansk Icon of the Mother of God was glorified in the late nineteenth century, though it is older than that. |