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Passion Week.
Великий пост. |
 Monastic rule: xerophagy (bread, uncooked fruits and vegetables).
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St. Mark the Confessor, bishop of Arethusa, and with him Hieromartyr Cyril, deacon, of Heliopolis, and others, who suffered under Julian the Apostate (ca. 363).
St. John, hermit of Egypt (4th c.). St. Eustasius, abbot, of Luxeuil (9th c.). Sts. Mark (15th c.) and Jonah (1480) of the Pskov Caves Monastery.
New Martyrs Priest Paul Voinarsky, and brothers Paul and Alexis Kiryan, of the Crimea (1919).
St. Diadochus, bishop of Photike in Epirus (ca. 486). St. Eustathius the Confessor, bishop of Kios in Bithynia (9th c.).
Repose of Elder Nicetas of the Roslavl Forests, near Bryansk (1793).
Articles
 Hieromartyr Mark the Bishop of Arethusa, who suffered under Julian the ApostateHieromartyr Mark, Bishop of Arethusa, suffered for his faith in Christ under the emperor Julian the Apostate (361-363). |
 Martyr Cyril the Deacon of Heliopolis, who suffered under Julian the ApostateSaint Cyril destroyed many idols and pagan temples in Heliopolis, Phoenicia. |
 Venerable Mark of the Pskov CavesOf the first Elders of the Pskov Caves monastery only Mark is known by name. |
 Venerable Jonah (John) of the Pskov CavesThe priest John (nicknamed “Shestnik”) came to this holy spot, where the first ascetics prayed. |