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Fourth Sunday of Great Lent. Commemoration of St. John of the Ladder (Climacus).
Tone 3.
Great Lent. |
 Wine and oil allowed.
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Commemoration of St. John of the Ladder (Climacus) (649). St. Mark the Confessor, bishop of Arethusa, and with him Hieromartyr Cyril, deacon, of Heliopolis, and others, who suffered under Julian the Apostate (ca. 363).
St. John, hermit of Egypt (4th c.). St. Eustasius, abbot, of Luxeuil (9th c.). Sts. Mark (15th c.) and Jonah (1480) of the Pskov Caves Monastery. St. Nicetas, desert-dweller of the Roslavl Forests, near Bryansk (1793).
New Hieromartyr Michael Viktorov, archpriest, of Boloshnevo (Ryazan) (1933). New Martyrs Priest Paul Voinarsky, and brothers Paul and Alexis Kiryan, of the Crimea (1919).
St. Diadochus, bishop of Photike in Epirus (ca. 486). St. Hesychius of Sinai (ca. 8th c.). St. Eustathius the Confessor, bishop of Kios in Bithynia (9th c.).
Thoughts for Each Day of the Year
According to the Daily Church Readings from the Word of God
By St. Theophan the Recluse
The Fourth Sunday of Lent. [ Heb. 6:13–20; Mark 9:17–31]
In His talks about blessedness, the Lord depicts a heavenly heart (Matt. 5:1–12). It contains: humility; weeping and contrition; meekness and angerlessness; complete love of righteousness; perfect mercifulness; purity of heart; love of peace and peacemaking; suffering misfortunes, false accusations and persecution for the sake of the Christian faith and life. If you want heaven, be like this, and already here on earth you will have a foretaste of heaven, into which you will enter prepared, like a forenamed heir.
Articles
 Hieromartyr Mark the Bishop of Arethusa, who suffered under Julian the ApostateHieromartyr Mark, Bishop of Arethusa, suffered for his faith in Christ under the emperor Julian the Apostate (361-363). |
 Martyr Cyril the Deacon of Heliopolis, who suffered under Julian the ApostateSaint Cyril destroyed many idols and pagan temples in Heliopolis, Phoenicia. |
 Venerable Mark of the Pskov CavesOf the first Elders of the Pskov Caves monastery only Mark is known by name. |
 Venerable Jonah (John) of the Pskov CavesThe priest John (nicknamed “Shestnik”) came to this holy spot, where the first ascetics prayed. |