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March 15
4th Week of Great Lent. Tone 7.
Great Lent.
Monastic rule: xerophagy (bread, uncooked fruits and vegetables).

Совершается служба с полиелеемAppearance of the Kolomenskoye “Reigning” Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos (1917). Cовершается служба, не отмеченная в Типиконе никаким знакомHiero-confessor Theodotus, bishop of Cyrenia on Cyprus (ок 320-326). Совершается служба со славословиемSt. Arsenius, bishop of Tver (1409).

Martyr Troadius of Neo-Caesarea (ca. 249-251). Virgin-martyr Euthalia of Sicily (257). St. Agatho of Egypt, monk (5th c.). 440 Martyrs slain by the Lombards in Italy (ca. 579). St. Sabbatius, monk, of Tver (1434), and his disciple St. Euphrosynus (1460). Sts. Barsanuphius (1459) and Sabbas (1467), abbots, of Tver.

Hieromartyrs Nestor, bishop, and Tribimius, deacon, at Perge in Pamphylia (ca. 250). St. Cointus [Quintus] of Phrygia, confessor and wonderworker (283) Martyr Hesychius the Palatine, of Antioch (ca. 304). St. Chad, bishop of Lichfield (England) (672). New Martyr Theodore Sladic of Komogovina (1788). St. Joachim (Papoulakis), monk of Vatopedi (Mt. Athos) and Ithaca (1868).

Repose of Abbess Philareta of Ufa (1890).

Thoughts for Each Day of the Year
According to the Daily Church Readings from the Word of God
By St. Theophan the Recluse

St. Theophan the Recluse

Thursday.

He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes (Prov. 13:24). Never mind the children—let us work on ourselves. For each of us this means the following: do not spare yourself, chasten yourself earnestly. Self-pity is the root of all our crawling into sin. He who does not indulge himself is always steadfast in good. Most of all you must keep your flesh, that slow-witted slave, in the strictest discipline. When you tire the flesh, it is humble; but give it only a small privilege, and already it begins to show its claws and to rage with passion-loving eyes. But what is amazing is that no matter what is said, everyone stands up for the flesh, and invents all sorts of pleasing things for it. Even science, it seems, would not move forward without this. What sort of science is this?

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Icon of the Mother of God “Enthroned”

The “Enthroned” (or “Reigning”) Icon of the Mother of God appeared on March 2, 1917, the day of Tsar Nicholas’s abdication, in the village of Kolomskoye near Moscow.

Hieromartyr Theodotus the Bishop of Cyrenia

When he heard about this order, the saint did not wait for the soldiers to be sent after him, but immediately went to the governor saying, “I, whom you seek, am here. I have shown myself in order to preach Christ my God.”

St. Arsenius the Bishop of Tver

Saint Arsenius, Bishop of Tver, was born at Tver, and in his early years received monastic tonsure in the Kiev Caves monastery. Even among the monks of this ancient monastery, distinguished for their piety, Arsenius was noted for his saintly life as well as for his strictness in keeping his monastic vows, his knowledge of the Church typikon, his study of Holy Scripture, and his love for work.

Martyr Troadius of Neocaesarea

The Holy Martyr Troadius suffered for Christ in Neocaesarea, Pontus under the emperor Decius (249-251), enduring horrible tortures.

Virginmartyr Euthalia of Sicily

After being baptized with her daughter, she was healed of her infirmity. When Euthalia’s pagan brother Sirmianus learned of the baptism, went into a violent rage.

Venerable Agathon of Egypt

Saint Agathon of Egypt, a contemporary of Saint Macarius the Great (January 19) and a disciple of Saint Lot (October 22), he lived in asceticism in a skete in Egypt.

400 Martyrs slain by the Lombards in Sicily

400 Martyrs Slain by the Lombards in Sicily refused to participate in idol worship and were massacred by the Lombards (a Germanic tribe) in the year 579.

St. Sabbatius of Tver

Saint Sabbatius of Tver pursued asceticism with the blessing of Saint Arsenius, Bishop of Tver, at a distance 15 versts from Tver. Saint Sabbatius established a monastery there, known for the strictness and holiness of its rule.

Holy Hierarch Chad of Lichfield, Apostle of Mercia, Wonderworker

Dmitry Lapa

Pious English people, especially ordinary folk, have deeply loved and venerated this saint for more than 1300 years as one of their protectors. His veneration is similar to that of Sts. Aidan and Cuthbert of Lindisfarne and Swithin of Winchester; he lived absolutely in the same spirit with them.
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