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Sixth Week of Great Lent (Palm Week).
Tone 1.
Great Lent. |
 Monastic rule: xerophagy (bread, uncooked fruits and vegetables).
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St. John Climacus of Sinai, author of The Ladder (649). St. Sophronius, bishop of Irkutsk (1771).
Prophet Joad, who dwelt in Bethel (10th c. b.c.). Holy Apostles Sosthenes, Apollos, Cephas, Caesar, and Epaphroditus, of the Seventy (1st c.). St. Eubula, mother of St. Panteleimon (ca. 303). St. John the Silent, of St. Sabbas Monastery (6th c.). St. Zosimas, bishop of Syracuse (ca. 662).
Meeting of the Most Holy Theotokos and St. Elizabeth.
St. John the Hermit, of Cilicia (4th c.). St. John II, patriarch of Jerusalem (5th c.). St. Osburga of Coventry, virgin (ca. 1015). New Hieromartyr Zachariah, metropolitan of Corinth (1684). St. Gabriel, metropolitan of Kishinev and Khotin (Moldova) (1821).
Repose of Blessed Matrona (Mylnikova) the Barefoot, of St. Petersburg (1911).
Thoughts for Each Day of the Year
According to the Daily Church Readings from the Word of God
By St. Theophan the Recluse
Tuesday.
Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard (Prov. 21:13). And we often marvel why God does not listen to our prayers? Here is the reason! Because there surely have been instances when we have stopped our ears from hearing the entreaties of the needy; so the Lord does not hear us either. It is no great woe if a prayer about something temporal is not heard; but how woeful if the Lord will not listen to us when we start to pray to Him about the forgiveness of our sins. He will not listen if the cry to Him of those whom we have scorned is stronger than our prayers. We must hurry to avert this extreme misfortune, according to the example of Zaccheus, whose wise decision caused the Lord to say, This day is salvation come to this house (Luke 19:9).
Articles
 Prophet JoadHoly Prophet Joad came from Samaria and prophesied during the tenth century before Christ (See 1/3 Kings 13). |
 Apostle Sosthenes of the SeventySaint Sosthenes was head of the Corinthian synagogue before his conversion. |
 Apostle Apollos of the SeventySaint Apollos assisted the Apostle Paul. |
 Apostle Cephas of the SeventyAccording to Tradition, Saint Cephas was Bishop of Iconium. |
 Apostle Caesar of the SeventyThe Holy Apostles Sosthenes, Apollos, Cephas, Caesar and Epaphroditus of the Seventy: |
 Apostle Epaphroditus of the SeventySaint Epaphroditus was Bishop of Adrianium (Italy). |
 St. Euboula the Mother of St. PanteleimonSaint Euboula, Mother of the Great Martyr Panteleimon (July 27), died peacefully around 303, before the martyrdom of her son. |
 Venerable John the Silent of St Sava’s MonasterySaint John the Silent Bishop of the city of Colonia, was a model of a good Christian life for his flock. |
 St. Zosimus the Bishop of SyracuseSaint Zosimus, Bishop of Syracuse, was born in answer to the fervent prayers of his parents, who were childless for a long time. |