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1st Week of Great Lent.
Tone 4.
Great Lent. |
 Monastic rule: xerophagy (bread, uncooked fruits and vegetables).
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St. Timothy of Symbola on Mt. Olympus in Bithynia (795). St. Eustathius, archbishop of Antioch (337).
St. George, bishop of Amastris (802-811). St. Macarius, hieroschemamonk of Glinsk Hermitage (1864).
“Kozelshchanskaya” Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos (1881).
Hieromartyr Severian, bishop of Scythopolis (452). St. John the Scholastic, patriarch of Constantinople (577). St. Zachariah, patriarch of Jerusalem (633).
Repose of Blessed Simon (Todorsky), bishop of Pskov (1754).
Thoughts for Each Day of the Year
According to the Daily Church Readings from the Word of God
By St. Theophan the Recluse
Thursday.
Fear the Lord, and depart from evil (Prov. 3:7). Set this as the goal of your preparation for Holy Communion, so that at the end of this preparation the fear of God will dwell in you, and a firm intention to avoid every evil will take root, even if you should have to lose everything, including your life, in order to do so. Do not limit yourself to an external routine of preparation alone, but focus in particular on yourself, enter within yourself and examine your views, whether they are in agreement in all things with the true word of God. Examine your inclinations and dispositions, whether they are what the Lord demands of you in the Gospels. Examine your whole life, whether it agrees with God’s commandments in every way. Mourn and hate whatever is offensive to God, and set in your mind never to do it again. If you do this, you will be most wise; but you would most unwise not to do this.
Articles
 St. Eustathius the Archbishop of AntiochSaint Eustathius was a learned theologian, and was also distinguished by his broad knowledge in secular sciences. |
 St. George the Bishop of Amastris on the Black SeaSaint George, Bishop of Amastris, was from the city of Kromna, near the city of Amastris close to the Black Sea. |
 Icon of the Mother of God “Kozelshchansk”The Kozelshchansk Icon of the Mother of God was glorified in the late nineteenth century, though it is older than that. |
 St. Zacharias, Patriarch of JerusalemSaint Zacharias, Patriarch of Jerusalem, lived from the end of the sixth to the early seventh centuries. He became Patriarch of Jerusalem in 609. |