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Fifth Sunday of Great Lent. Commemoration of St. Mary of Egypt.
Tone 1.
Great Lent. |
 Wine and oil allowed.
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St. Hilarion the New, abbot of Pelecete (ca. 754). St. Stephen the Confessor and Wonderworker, abbot of Tryglia (9th c.).
Martyrs Jonah and Barachisius and those with them in Persia: Zanithas, Lazarus, Maruthas (Marotas), Narses, Elias, Marinus (Mares), Abibus, Sembeeth (Sivsithina), and Sabbas (ca. 330). Hieromartyrs George, bishop of Zagora, Parodus and Peter, priests, and Martyr Prince Enravota-Boyan, of Bulgaria (ca. 830). Monk-martyr Eustratius of the Kiev Caves (1097). St. Hilarion, founder of Pskovoezersk Monastery (Gdov) (1476). St. Jonah, founder of Klimets Monastery (Olonets) (1534).
New Hieromartyr Nicholas Postnikov, archpriest, of Timoshkino (Ryazan) (1931). New Hieromartyr Basil Malinin, archpriest, of Pereslavl (1938). New Hieromartyr Peter Ochryzko, priest, of Chartoviec (Chelm and Podlasie, Poland) (1944).
Sts. Priscus, Malchus, and Alexander, of Caesarea in Palestine (259). St. Hesychius of Jerusalem, disciple of St. Gregory the Theologian (434). St. Dionysius the Merciful, bishop of Larissa (1510). St. John, bishop of Manglisi, Georgia (1751). Apostle Herodion of the Seventy (1st c.). Synaxis of the Saints of Zverinets Monastery (Kiev)
Repose of Abbot Adrian (in schema Alexis) of Konevits (1812) and Blessed Helen of Arzamas (1820), disciple of Abbot Nazarius of Valaam.
Thoughts for Each Day of the Year
According to the Daily Church Readings from the Word of God
By St. Theophan the Recluse
The Fifth Sunday of Lent. [Heb. 9:11–14; Mark 10:32–45]
The sinful woman, upon hearing that the Saviour was in the house of Simon, came there with an alabaster box of ointment. Moving toward the feet of the Lord from behind Him, she started to cry and washed His feet with her tears, then wiped them with her hair, kissed them and anointed them with myrrh (cf. Luke 7:36–39). She did not say anything; she only acted, and through her actions revealed a most tender love for the Lord. Because of this it was spoken of her: Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much (Luke 7:47). Oh, when will we talk less and act more, and through our actions witness our love for the Lord? You might say, “If He were here I would be ready now to do all for Him.” But He is here, invisible in His person, but visible in all Christians, most of all in the needy. Anoint the invisible Lord with loving prayer of the heart and mind; and, for His sake, do everything possible for the needy, and you will be doing this for God.
Articles
 Venerable Hilarion the New the Abbot of PeleceteSaint Hilarion the New, Igumen of Peleke Monastery, from his youth, he devoted himself to the service of God and spent many years as a hermit. |
 Venerable Stephen the Wonderworker the Abbot of TrigliaSaint Stephen the Confessor, Igumen of Triglia Monastery, suffered under the iconoclast emperor Leo the Armenian (813-820). |
 Martyr Enravota - Boyan, the Prince of BulgariaThe Holy Martyr Boyan, Prince of Bulgaria, suffered for Christ around the year 830. |
