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2nd Week of Great Lent.
Tone 1.
Great Lent. |
 Monastic rule: xerophagy (bread, uncooked fruits and vegetables).
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Martyr Conon of Isauria (1st c.). Translation of the relics of St. Theodore, prince of Smolensk and Yaroslavl, and his children Sts. David and Constantine (1463).
Martyr Onisius of Isauria (1st c.). Martyr Conon the Gardener, of Pamphylia (3rd c.). St. Mark the Faster, of Egypt (5th c.). St. Hesychius the Faster, of Bithynia (ca. 790). Monk-martyr Adrian (1550), founder of Poshekhonye Monastery (Rostov), and his fellow-ascetic St. Leonid (1549). Virgin-martyr Irais (Rhais) of Antinoe in Egypt. Martyr Eulogius of Palestine. Martyr Eulampius of Palestine.
New Hieromartyrs Theophan (Grafov), hierodeacon of Borisoglebsk Monastery (Vladimir) and Mardarius (Isaev), hieromonk, of Yurievskoe (Yaroslavl) (1938).
St. Theophilus, bishop of Caesarea in Palestine (200). Martyr Archelaus and 152 Martyrs in Egypt (ca. 308). St. Kieran (Ciaran) of Saighir, Munster (5th c.-6th c.). St. Virgil, archbishop of Arles (618). New Martyr John the Bulgarian, at Constantinople (1784). New Hieromartyr Parthenius, bishop of Didymoteichon in Thrace (1805). New Martyr George of Rapsana, at Larissa (1818). St. Nikolai (Velimirovich), bishop of Ochrid and Zhicha, Serbia (1956).
Repose of Metropolitan Cornelius of Novgorod (1698).
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
 Martyr Onesimus of IsauriaThe Holy Martyr Onesimus (Onisius) lived in Palestine. |
 Martyr Conon the Gardener of PamphyliaThe saint suffered for his faith in Christ under the emperor Decius (249-251). |
 St. Mark the Ascetic of EgyptFrom his youth his fondest pursuit was the reading of Holy Scripture. It is said that he knew the whole Bible by heart. |
 St. Hesychius the Faster of BithyniaSaint Hesychius the Faster was born in the eighth century in the coastal city of Adrineia in Bithynia. |
 Martyr Eulogius of PalestineThe Holy Martyr Eulogius was a native of Palestine. |
 Martyr Eulampius of PalestineThe Holy Martyr Eulampius lived in Palestine. He was beheaded for his faith in Christ. |
