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Fifth Sunday of Great Lent. Commemoration of St. Mary of Egypt.
Tone 5.
Great Lent. |
 Wine and oil allowed.
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Commemoration of St. Mary of Egypt. 
Holy Apostles of the Seventy: Herodion, Agabus, Asyncritus, Rufus, Phlegon, Hermes, and those who suffered with them (1st c.).
Martyr Pausilipus of Thrace (ca. 117-138). St. Celestine, pope of Rome (432). St. Niphont, bishop of Novgorod (1156). St. Rufus the Recluse, of the Kiev Caves (14th c.).
New Hieromartyr Sergius Rodakovsky, archpriest, of Tal (Belorussia) (1933).
Spanish Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos (792).
Monk-martyrs Josiah and Joseph, of Mt. Kharasam, Persia (ca. 341). St. Philaret of Seminara, Calabria (ca. 1070). New Martyr John (Koulikas) (1564). Synaxis of the Saints of Zverinets Monastery (Kiev). New Martyr John Naukliros (“the Navigator”), on Kos (1699).
Repose of Helen Voronova, disciple of Elder Barsanuphius of Optina (1916).
Thoughts for Each Day of the Year
According to the Daily Church Readings from the Word of God
By St. Theophan the Recluse
The Fifth Sunday of Lent. [Heb. 9:11–14; Mark 10:32–45]
The sinful woman, upon hearing that the Saviour was in the house of Simon, came there with an alabaster box of ointment. Moving toward the feet of the Lord from behind Him, she started to cry and washed His feet with her tears, then wiped them with her hair, kissed them and anointed them with myrrh (cf. Luke 7:36–39). She did not say anything; she only acted, and through her actions revealed a most tender love for the Lord. Because of this it was spoken of her: Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much (Luke 7:47). Oh, when will we talk less and act more, and through our actions witness our love for the Lord? You might say, “If He were here I would be ready now to do all for Him.” But He is here, invisible in His person, but visible in all Christians, most of all in the needy. Anoint the invisible Lord with loving prayer of the heart and mind; and, for His sake, do everything possible for the needy, and you will be doing this for God.
Articles
 Apostle Rodion of the SeventySaint Rodion, or Herodion (April 8), was a kinsman of the Apostle Paul (Romans 16:11), and left the bishop’s throne at Patras to go to Rome with the Apostle Peter. |
 Apostle Hermas of the SeventyThe Holy Apostle Hermas was a bishop in Philippopolis, Thrace. |
 Martyr Pausilippus of Heraclea in ThraceThe Holy Martyr Pausilippus suffered under the emperor Hadrian (117-138). |
 St. Celestine the Pope of RomeSaint Celestine, Pope of Rome, a zealous champion of Orthodoxy, lived during the reign of the holy Emperor Theodosius the Younger. |
 Venerable Rufus the Obedient of the Kiev Far CavesSaint Rufus the Obedient, Hermit of the Caves, lived at the Kiev Caves monastery during the fourteenth century. |