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April 6
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4th Week of Great Lent.
Tone 3.
Great Lent. |
 Wine and oil allowed.
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St. Zachariah the Recluse, of Egypt (4th c.). St. Artemon, bishop of Seleucia (1st c.-2nd c.).
St. Zachariah, faster of the Kiev Caves (13th c.-14th c.). Martyrs Stephen and Peter, of Kazan (1552).
St. Thomas, abbot, of the monastery of St. Euthymius (542). St. Caimin of Holy Island on Lough Derg (Ireland) (654). St. Severus of Catania (802-811). New Hieromartyr Parthenius, patriarch of Constantinople (1657). St. Martin, monk, of Thebes.
Thoughts for Each Day of the Year
According to the Daily Church Readings from the Word of God
By St. Theophan the Recluse
Saturday. [Heb. 6:9–12; Mark 7:31–37]
Flesh and blood cannot inherit the Kingdom of God (I Cor. 15:50). Consequently, to receive the kingdom it is necessary to become fleshless and bloodless—that is, to become steadfast in such a nature of life wherein blood and flesh literally do not exist. This is attained by a complete renunciation of deeds that come from flesh and blood. Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like. Having listed all of these, the Apostle adds: I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the Kingdom of God (Gal. 5:19–21). He that has ears to hear, let him hear (cf. Matt. 11:15)!
Articles
 Venerable Zachariah the RecluseSaint Zachariah the Recluse of Egypt because of his concern for the poor and homeless was called “to the outcast.” |
 Martyr Stephen of KazanThe Holy Martyr Stephen of Kazan was a Tatar. |
 Martyr Peter of KazanThe Holy Martyr Peter of Kazan was a newly-baptized Tatar who suffered because he converted to Christianity from Islam. |