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1st Week of Great Lent.
Tone 4.
Great Lent. |
 Monastic rule: xerophagy (bread, uncooked fruits and vegetables).
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St. Leo the Great, pope of Rome (461).
St. Agapitus, bishop of Synnada in Phrygia, and Martyrs Victor, Dorotheus, Theodulus, and Agrippa, who suffered under Licinius (4th c.). St. Flavian the Confessor, archbishop of Constantinople (449-450). St. Cosmas, founder of Yakhromsk Monastery (Vladimir) (1492).
New Hiero-confessor Vladimir (Terentiev), abbot, of Zosima Hermitage (1933). Commemoration of the New Martyrs who suffered during the “Holy Night” in St. Petersburg (1932).
Martyrs Leo and Parigorius of Patara in Lycia (ca. 258). St. Helladius, archbishop of Toledo (632). St. Colman, bishop of Lindisfarne (676). St. Blaise of Amorium and Mt. Athos (ca. 908). St. Nicholas, catholicos of Georgia (1591). Finding of the relics of New Martyr Irene of Mytilene (1961),
Repose of Schemamonk Constantine (Cavarnos), spiritual writer (2011).
Thoughts for Each Day of the Year
According to the Daily Church Readings from the Word of God
By St. Theophan the Recluse
Friday.
The Lord scorneth the scorners: but He giveth grace unto the lowly (Prov. 3:34). Particularly remember these words when you go to confession. Nothing like pride binds your tongue to keep it from saying, “I am a sinner.” Humble yourself before the Lord, do not spare yourself, do not fear the face of man. Reveal your shame for it to be washed; show your wounds for them to be healed; tell of all your unrighteousness that you be justified. The more merciless you will be with yourself, the more compassion the Lord will show towards you, and you will leave with a sweet feeling of forgiveness. This is that grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, given from Him to those who humble themselves through sincere confession of their sins.[1]
[1] In Russia people traditionally went to confession on the evening of this first Friday of Great Lent, in preparation for Holy Communion the next day. See the footnote for Tuesday of this week.
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 St. Leo the Great the Pope of RomeSaint Leo I the Great, Pope of Rome (440-461), received a fine and diverse education, which opened for him the possibility of an excellent worldly career. |
