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4th Week of Great Lent. Tone 7.
Great Lent.
Monastic rule: xerophagy (bread, uncooked fruits and vegetables).

Cовершается служба, не отмеченная в Типиконе никаким знакомSt. Sophronius, patriarch of Jerusalem (638-644). Совершается служба со славословиемSt. Euthymius, archbishop of Novgorod (1458).

Hieromartyr Pionius, priest, of Smyrna, and those with him: Asclepiades, Macedonia, Linus, and Sabina (250). St. Sophronius, recluse of the Kiev Caves (13th c.). St. Sophronius, bishop of Vratsa (Bulgaria) (1813). Translation to Constantinople of the relics of Martyr Epimachus of Pelusium. St. Alexis of Goloseyevsky Skete, Kiev Caves (1917).

New Hiero-confessors Patrick (Petrov), hieromonk of Valaam Monastery (1933) and Michael (Galushko), schema-archimandrite, of Svyatogorsk Monastery (1961).

St. George, abbot of Sinai (ca. 545), brother of St. John Climacus. St. Oengus (Angus) the Culdee, bishop, of Clonenagh (Ireland) (824). Hieromartyr Eulogius, metropolitan of Cordoba (859). St. George the New, wonderworker of Constantinople (ca. 970). St. Theodora, queen of Arta, wife of Despot Michael II of Epirus (ca. 1275). Hieromartyrs Trophimus and Thalus, priests, of Laodicea (300).

Slaying of Emperor Paul I of Russia (1801).

Thoughts for Each Day of the Year
According to the Daily Church Readings from the Word of God
By St. Theophan the Recluse

St. Theophan the Recluse

Friday.

The Lord had said unto Abraham: Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto a land that I will show thee (Gen. 12:1). This is an explicit image for the change of heart which occurs in true believers, when they sincerely take upon themselves their cross, and follow Christ. They leave their father—selfishness, crucifying it through self-denial; they leave their kindred—their personal sinful leanings, passions and habits, crucifying them through the resolution to follow unswervingly and in all things the passion-slaying commandments of the Lord; they leave their country, the entire sinful realm, the world with all of its demands, crucifying it with the resolution to be alien to it—although for this it might be necessary to endure not only loss of property and social status, but even to endure death itself.

Articles

St. Sophronius the Patriarch of Jerusalem

Saint Sophronius, Patriarch of Jerusalem, was born in Damascus around 560. From his youth he was distinguished for his piety and his love for classical studies. He was especially proficient in philosophy, and so he was known as Sophronius the Wise.

St. Euthymius the Bishop of Novgorod

Saint Euthymius, in Baptism John, was born in answer to the fervent prayers of the presbyter Micah and his wife Anna. For many years they had been childless, and they vowed that if they had a son, they would dedicate him to God.

Hieromartyr Pionius of Smyrna and those with him

The Hieromartyrs Pionius and Limnus, the Holy Martyrs Sabina, Macedonia, and Asclepiades suffered during the persecution of Christians in the reign of Decius (249-251).

Martyr Macedonia of Smyrna

Saint Macedonia was martyred during the persecution in the reign of Decius (249-251), along with Saints Pionius and Limnus, Sabina, and Asclepiades.

Martyr Limnus of Smyrna

Saint Limnus was martyred during the persecution in the reign of Decius (249-251), along with Saints Pionius and Macedonia, Sabina, and Asclepiades.

Venerable Sophronius the Recluse of the Kiev Caves

Saint Sophronius the Hermit of the Caves was an ascetic of the Far Caves (the Theodosiev Caves), during the thirteenth century.

Translation of the relics of the Martyr Epimachus of Pelusium

The Holy Martyr Epimachus of Alexandria was a native of Egypt.
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