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The Entry of the Lord into Jerusalem— Palm Sunday.
Great Lent. Fish, wine and oil allowed. |
 Fish, wine and oil allowed.
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Martyrs Chrysanthus and Daria, and those with them at Rome: Claudius the Tribune, his wife Hilaria, their sons Jason and Maurus, the priest Diodorus, and the deacon Marianus (283). St. Sophia of Slutsk and Minsk (1612).
Martyr Pancharius, at Nicomedia (ca. 302). St. Bassa, nun, of Pskov Caves (ca. 1473). St. Innocent, founder of Komel Monastery (Vologda) (1511-1522).
Smolensk “Umileniye” (“Tender Feeling”) Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos (1103).
Righteous Maria, wife of Vsevelod III (1206). New Martyr Demetrius, at Constantinople (1564). New Martyr Nicholas Karamanos of Smyrna (1657). St. Symeon (Popovic), archimandrite, of Dajbabe, Montenegro (1941).
Thoughts for Each Day of the Year
According to the Daily Church Readings from the Word of God
By St. Theophan the Recluse
Palm Sunday. [Phil. 4:4–9; John 12:1–18]
Who did not meet the Lord when He, as a king, triumphantly entered into Jerusalem; and who did not cry out then, Hosanna to the Son of David! (Matt. 21:15)? But only four days passed, and the same crowd with the same tongues cried, Crucify Him, crucify Him! (John 19:6). An amazing change! But why should we be surprised? Do we not do the very same thing, when upon receiving the holy Mysteries of the Body and Blood of the Lord, we barely leave the church before forgetting everything—both our reverence and God’s mercy toward us. We give ourselves over as before to self-pleasing deeds—at first small and then also large. Perhaps even before four days have passed, although we do not cry, “Crucify Him!” we will crucify the Lord within ourselves. The Lord sees all of this, and suffers. Glory to Thy longsuffering, O Lord!
Articles
 Martyr Pancharius at NicomediaThe Holy Martyr Pancharius was a friend of the emperor Diocletian. He abandoned Christianity and became a pagan. |
 Icon of the Mother of God of Smolensk the “Sweet-Kissing”The Smolensk “Tenderness” Icon of the Mother of God manifested itself in the year 1103 at Smolensk. |