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5th Week of Great Lent. Tone 8.
Great Lent.
Monastic rule: xerophagy (bread, uncooked fruits and vegetables).

Cовершается служба, не отмеченная в Типиконе никаким знакомSt. Cyril, archbishop of Jerusalem (386).

Martyrs Trophimus and Eucarpus of Nicomedia (ca. 300). St. Aninas the Wonderworker, hieromonk, of the Euphrates.

10,000 Martyrs at Nicomedia. St. Tetricus, bishop of Langres in Gaul (572). St. Daniel, monk, of Egypt (6th c.). St. Edward, martyr and king of England (978). St. Cyril of Astrakhan (1576). St. Maria (Skobtsova), nun, who suffered at Ravensbruck (1945).

Repose of Abbot Mark of Optina Monastery (1909).

Articles

St. Cyril the Archbishop of Jerusalem

As Patriarch of Jerusalem, Saint Cyril zealously fought against the heresies of Arius and Macedonius. In so doing, he aroused the animosity of the Arian bishops, who sought to have him deposed and banished from Jerusalem.

Martyrs Trophimus and Eucarpus of Nicomedia

The Holy Martyrs Trophimus and Eucarpion were soldiers at Nicomedia during the persecution against Christians under the emperor Diocletian (284-305).

Venerable Aninas of the Euphrates

Saint Aninas was born at Chalcedon into a Christian family. After the death of his parents, he withdrew at age fifteen into a monastery, where he received monastic tonsure.

Saint Edward the Martyr, King of England

Dmitry Lapa

St. Edward ascended the English throne in 975 at the age of only thirteen (or sixteen) after the sudden death of his father St. Edgar aged only thirty-two.
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