Martyrs Terence, Africanus, Maximus, Pompeius, and 36 others, including Zeno, Alexander, and Theodore, at Carthage (ca. 249-251).
Hieromartyrs James, priest, and Azadanes and Abdicius, deacons, of Persia (ca. 380). Nun-martyr Anastasia, abbess, and 34 nuns with her, of Uglich (1609). New Hieromartyr Gregory V, patriarch of Constantinople (1821).
New Hieromartyr Flegont Pongilsky, archpriest, of Yaroslavl (1938).
Prophetess Huldah (Olda). St. Miltiades, pope of Rome (314). The Holy Martyrs of Kvabtakhevi Monastery (Georgia), who suffered during the invasion of Tamerlane (1386). New Martyr George of Cyprus, at Acre (Palestine) (1753). New Martyr Demos of Smyrna (1763). New Monk-martyr Chrysanthus of Xenophontos, Mt. Athos (1821).
Consecration of Ioasaph (Bolotov) as Bishop of Kodiak, Alaska (1799).
Friday.
The holy 40 days of Great Lent have come to an end! Now
each of you sit and calculate the result—what was
there in the beginning and what is there now? There was
buying, so what are the gains? Is there at least a small
profit? We have stepped into the arena: so, did we run,
and having run, did we achieve what we expected? A
struggle was announced: so, did we arm ourselves, did we
fight, and having fought did we fall, or conquer?
Attentive and vigilant fasters, having laboured with
contrite and humbled hearts, upon looking back cannot but
rejoice. However, for us, careless and flesh-pleasing,
concerned only with fleshly comforts and things that
please us, there is always only shame. But even this is
lacking. Some take a beating but feel no pain, because
they have a copper forehead and an iron neck.