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4th Week of Great Lent.
Tone 7.
Great Lent. |
 Monastic rule: xerophagy (bread, uncooked fruits and vegetables).
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Translation of the relics of St. Nicephorus the Confessor, patriarch of Constantinople (846).
Martyrs Africanus, Publius, and Terence, at Carthage (3rd c.). Martyr Alexander of Macedonia (ca. 305). Martyr Christina of Persia (4th c.).
New Hieromartyr Gregory Pospelov, archpriest, of Kronstadt (1921). New Hieromartyr Stephen (Bekh), bishop of Izhevsk (1933). New Hieromartyr Michael Okolovich, archpriest, of Irkutsk (1938).
Hieromartyr Publius, bishop of Athens and disciple of St. Dionysius the Areopagite (2nd c.). St. Gerald, abbot, of Mayo (731). Empress Helen of Constantinople (Ypomoni in monasticism) (1450).
Repose of Elder Ephraim of Valaam (1946) and Bishop Tikhon (Tikhomirov) of Kyrillov (1955).
Thoughts for Each Day of the Year
According to the Daily Church Readings from the Word of God
By St. Theophan the Recluse
Thursday.
He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes (Prov. 13:24). Never mind the children—let us work on ourselves. For each of us this means the following: do not spare yourself, chasten yourself earnestly. Self-pity is the root of all our crawling into sin. He who does not indulge himself is always steadfast in good. Most of all you must keep your flesh, that slow-witted slave, in the strictest discipline. When you tire the flesh, it is humble; but give it only a small privilege, and already it begins to show its claws and to rage with passion-loving eyes. But what is amazing is that no matter what is said, everyone stands up for the flesh, and invents all sorts of pleasing things for it. Even science, it seems, would not move forward without this. What sort of science is this?
Articles
 Translation of the relics of St Nicephorus the Patriarch of ConstantinopleIn the year 846 the holy relics of Patriarch Nicephorus were opened, and were found incorrupt and fragrant. |
 St. Nicephorus the Confessor the Patriarch of ConstantinopleSaint Nicephorus was a dignitary at the court of the Empress Irene (797-802). |
 The Holy Martyrs Africanus, Publius and TerenceThe Holy Martyrs Africanus, Publius and Terence suffered in the third century at Petrium. |
 Martyr Terence and 40 others beheaded at CarthageThe Holy Martyr Terence and his companions suffered under the emperor Decius (249-251). |
 Martyr Alexander of ThessalonicaThe Holy Martyr Alexander was a presbyter in the city of Pidna, not far from Thessalonica. |
 Martyr Christina of PersiaThe Holy Martyr Christina of Persia was scourged to death for confessing her faith in Christ, during the fourth century. |