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4th Week of Great Lent.
Tone 3.
Great Lent. |
 Monastic rule: xerophagy (bread, uncooked fruits and vegetables).
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St. Mark the Confessor, bishop of Arethusa, and with him Hieromartyr Cyril, deacon, of Heliopolis, and others, who suffered under Julian the Apostate (ca. 363).
St. John, hermit of Egypt (4th c.). St. Eustasius, abbot, of Luxeuil (9th c.). Sts. Mark (15th c.) and Jonah (1480) of the Pskov Caves Monastery. St. Nicetas, desert-dweller of the Roslavl Forests, near Bryansk (1793).
New Hieromartyr Michael Viktorov, archpriest, of Boloshnevo (Ryazan) (1933). New Martyrs Priest Paul Voinarsky, and brothers Paul and Alexis Kiryan, of the Crimea (1919).
St. Diadochus, bishop of Photike in Epirus (ca. 486). St. Hesychius of Sinai (ca. 8th c.). St. Eustathius the Confessor, bishop of Kios in Bithynia (9th c.).
Thoughts for Each Day of the Year
According to the Daily Church Readings from the Word of God
By St. Theophan the Recluse
Thursday.
He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes (Prov. 13:24). Never mind the children—let us work on ourselves. For each of us this means the following: do not spare yourself, chasten yourself earnestly. Self-pity is the root of all our crawling into sin. He who does not indulge himself is always steadfast in good. Most of all you must keep your flesh, that slow-witted slave, in the strictest discipline. When you tire the flesh, it is humble; but give it only a small privilege, and already it begins to show its claws and to rage with passion-loving eyes. But what is amazing is that no matter what is said, everyone stands up for the flesh, and invents all sorts of pleasing things for it. Even science, it seems, would not move forward without this. What sort of science is this?
Articles
 Hieromartyr Mark the Bishop of Arethusa, who suffered under Julian the ApostateHieromartyr Mark, Bishop of Arethusa, suffered for his faith in Christ under the emperor Julian the Apostate (361-363). |
 Martyr Cyril the Deacon of Heliopolis, who suffered under Julian the ApostateSaint Cyril destroyed many idols and pagan temples in Heliopolis, Phoenicia. |
 Venerable Mark of the Pskov CavesOf the first Elders of the Pskov Caves monastery only Mark is known by name. |
 Venerable Jonah (John) of the Pskov CavesThe priest John (nicknamed “Shestnik”) came to this holy spot, where the first ascetics prayed. |