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5th Week of Great Lent.
Tone 4.
Great Lent. |
 Monastic rule: xerophagy (bread, uncooked fruits and vegetables).
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St. Nicetas the Confessor, abbot, of Medikion (824).
Martyrs Elpidephorus, Dius, Bithonius, and Galycus (3rd c.). Virgin-martyr Theodosia of Tyre (307-308). St. Illyrius, monk of Mt. Myrsinon in the Peloponnese. St. Philip I, metropolitan of Moscow (1473). St. Nectarius, founder of Bezhetsk Monastery (Tver) (1492).
Icons of the Most Holy Theotokos “The Unfading Flower” and Iveron.
Martyrs Cassius, Philip, and Eutychius, of Thessalonica (304). Martyr Ulphianus of Tyre (306). Martyrs Evagrius, Benignus, Chrestus, Arestus, Kinnudius, Rufus, Patricius, and Zosima, at Tomis in Moesia (ca. 310). St. Fara (Burgundofara) of Eboriac (now Faremoutiers) (7th c.). St. Joseph the Hymnographer, of Sicily (883). New Martyr Paul the Russian, at Constantinople (1683). St. Amphilochius (Makris), elder, of Patmos (1970).
Thoughts for Each Day of the Year
According to the Daily Church Readings from the Word of God
By St. Theophan the Recluse
Tuesday.
Hell and destruction are before the Lord:[1] how much more then the hearts of the children of men? (Prov. 15:11). But the sinner thinks that nobody sees him. Concealing himself from human eyes, in the darkness of night or in a deserted place, he supposes that he is not noticed by anyone. But God’s eye has seen everything; his guardian angel and conscience were witnesses. At some time you will stand at the judgement: then all that is hidden will be laid bare: uncompromising witnesses will be present—and you shall be speechless. The verdict will not be subject to appeal. There is only one way to prevent this ultimate inevitability: repentance. The door to repentance is open. Hurry to enter, before the hour strikes … and it will strike. When? You do not know. But it will put an end to your sins, or to any hope of pardon.
[1]The Slavonic for Prov. 15:11 reads: Hell and destruction are manifest before the Lord…
Articles
 Venerable Nicetas the Confessor the Abbot of MedikionSaint Nicetas the Confessor was born in Bithynian Caesarea (northwest Asia Minor) of a pious family. |
 Martyrs Elpidephorus, Dius, Bithonius, and GalycusThe Holy Martyrs Elpidephorus, Dius, Bithonius, and Galycus suffered for their faith in Jesus Christ. |
 St. Illyricus the Monk of Mt. Myrsinon in the PeloponnesusSaint Illyricus the Wonderworker devoted himself to ascetic struggles on Mount Myrsinon in the Peloponnesus. |
 Icon of the Mother of God “the Unfading Bloom”On this icon the Most Holy Theotokos holds Her Divine Son upon Her right arm, and in Her left hand is a bouquet of white lilies. |