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5th Week of Great Lent. Tone 8.
Great Lent.
Wine and oil allowed.

Cовершается служба, не отмеченная в Типиконе никаким знакомSt. Theophylactus, bishop of Nicomedia (842-845).

Apostle Hermas of the Seventy (1st c.). Hieromartyr Theodoretus, priest, of Antioch (361-363). Sts. Lazarus, founder (1391) and Athanasius, monk (15th c.), of Murmansk Monastery (Karelia). St. Andronicus (Lukash), schema-archimandrite of Tbilisi, Georgia, elder of Glinsk Monastery (1974).

“Kursk Root” Icon of the Sign of the Most Holy Theotokos (1898).

St. Felix of Burgundy, bishop of Dunwich and enlightener of East Anglia (ca. 648). Martyrs Quintilian and Capatolinus, at Nicomedia. St. Julian, archbishop of Toledo (690). St. Paul the Confessor, bishop of Plousias in Bithynia (ca. 840). St. Tarasius the Wonderworker, of Lycaonia.

Repose of Blessed Basiliscus of Uglich (1863) and Archbishop Vitaly (Maximenko) of Eastern America (1960).

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

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.

Articles

St. Theophylactus the Bishop of Nicomedia

Heading the Church of Nicomedia, Saint Theophylactus cared for the flock entrusted to him. He built churches, hospices, homes for wanderers, he generously distributed alms, was the guardian of orphans, widows and the sick, and personally attended those afflicted with leprosy, not hesitating to wash their wounds.

Apostle Hermas of the Seventy

The Holy Apostle Hermas of the Seventy was bishop at Philippopolis, and died a martyr in the first century.

Hieromartyr Theodoritus of Antioch

Saint Theodoritus was a presbyter and keeper of sacred vessels at the cathedral church in Antioch.

Venerable Lazarus of Murom

Saint Lazarus of Murom was a Greek, born at Constantinople. In his native city he became a monk at the High-Mount monastery under the Elder Athanasius Diskotes, builder of many monasteries.

Venerable Athanasius of Murom

Saint Athanasius was igumen at the monastery of Saint Lazarus during the mid-fifteenth century.

The Wonderworking Kursk Icon of the Mother of God "Of the Sign"

The frightened monastic brethren rushed immediately to the cathedral, where they beheld a scene of horrible devastation. The force of the blast had shattered the gilded canopy above the icon. The heavy marble base, constructed of several massive steps, had been jolted out of position and split into several pieces. A huge metal candlestick which stood before the icon and been blown to the opposite side of the cathedral. A door of cast iron located near the icon had been torn from its hinges and cast outside, where it smashed against a wall and caused a deep crack. All the windows in the cathedral and even those in the dome above were shattered. Amid the general devastation, the holy icon remained intact and even the glass within the frame remained whole. Thinking to destroy the icon, the anarchists had, on the contrary, become the cause of its greater glorification.

Icon of the Mother of God “Kursk-Root”

The Kursk Root Icon of the Mother of God “Of the Sign” is one of the most ancient icons of the Russian Church.

St. Felix of Burgundy the Bishop of Dunwich and Enlightener of East Anglia

Saint Felix, the Apostle of East Anglia, was born in the Burgundy region of what is now France. He was a bishop who was sent to England by Saint Honorius of Canterbury (September 30) to evangelize East Anglia.
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