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4th Week of Great Lent. Fourth Saturday of Great Lent. Commemoration of the Dead. Tone 7.
Great Lent.
Wine and oil allowed.

Cовершается служба, не отмеченная в Типиконе никаким знакомSt. Theophanes the Confessor, of Sigriane (818).

Righteous Phineas, grandson of Aaron (ca. 1500 b.c.). St. Gregory the Dialogist, pope of Rome (604). Sts. Symeon the New Theologian (1021), and his elder, Symeon the Reverent, of the Studion (987).

New Hieromartyr Vladimir (Volkov), archimandrite, of Islavskoe (Moscow) (1938).

Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos “Not-Made-by-Hands” (on the Pillar) at Lydda (1st c.).

Righteous Aaron the High Priest, brother of Prophet Moses the God-seer (ca. 1530 b.c.). St. Cyrus, monk, of Alexandria (6th c.). St. Paul Aurelian, bishop of Leon in Brittany (572). St. Alphege, bishop of Winchester, England (951). St. Nicodemus of Mammola in Calabria (990). Martyr Demetrius the Devoted, king of Georgia (1289). St. Dragutin (monk Theoctistus) of Serbia (1316).

Repose of Schemamonk Anthony the Gorge-dweller, of Zelenchug Monastery in Kuban (1908).

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

Saturday. [Heb. 6:9–12; Mark 7:31–37]

   Flesh and blood cannot inherit the Kingdom of God (I Cor. 15:50). Consequently, to receive the kingdom it is necessary to become fleshless and bloodless—that is, to become steadfast in such a nature of life wherein blood and flesh literally do not exist. This is attained by a complete renunciation of deeds that come from flesh and blood. Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like. Having listed all of these, the Apostle adds: I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the Kingdom of God (Gal. 5:19–21). He that has ears to hear, let him hear (cf. Matt. 11:15)!

Articles

Venerable Theophanes the Confessor of Sigriane

Theophanes grew up at the court and became a dignitary under the emperor Leo IV the Khazar (775-780). His position obliged him to enter into marriage, but he persuaded his bride to live with him in virginity.

Righteous Phineas the grandson of Aaron

The Righteous Phineas, grandson of the High Priest Aaron (also commemorated today) and son of the High Priest Eleazar, was also a priest and zealous in his service.

St. Gregory the Dialogist, pope of Rome

Wisely governing the Church, Hierarch Gregory tirelessly planted the Word of God. Saint Gregory compiled in the Latin tongue the order of the Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts (used during Great Lent), which before him was known only in oral tradition.

How St. Gregory the Dialogist Stopped a Laughing Woman

Ilya Timkin

St. Gregory was one of the most gifted people of his time. Brilliantly educated, the future Roman primate even once worked as the head of the city administration of the “eternal city.” Admittedly, it was a special time—the Middle Ages.

Venerable Simeon the New Theologian

Saint Simeon the New Theologian was born in the year 949 in the city of Galatea (Paphlagonia), and he was educated at Constantinople. His father prepared him for a career at court, and for a certain while the youth occupied a high position at the imperial court.

The Venerable Poet on the Prose of Life

Deacon Pavel Serzhantov

There are considerations of both high and more ordinary things in St. Symeon’s hymns. These reflections put the mundane into a spiritual perspective, prompting me to think about who I am, and whether I have found my place.

Icon “Not Made by Hands” from Lydda

According to Tradition, the Apostles Peter and John were preaching in Lydda (later called Diospolis) near Jerusalem. There they built a church dedicated to the Most Holy Theotokos, then went to Jerusalem and asked her to come and sanctify the church by her presence.

Saturday of the Commemoration of the Dead

Saturday of the Commemoration of the Dead
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