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3rd Week of Great Lent.
Tone 5.
Great Lent. |
 Monastic rule: xerophagy (bread, uncooked fruits and vegetables).
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St. Gerasimus of the Jordan (451). St. Gerasimus of Vologda, founder of the Holy Trinity Monastery (1178). St. Daniel, great prince of Moscow (1303).
Martyrs Paul and his sister Juliana, and Quadratus, Acacius, and Stratonicus, at Ptolemais in Syria (ca. 273). St. James the Faster, of Phoenicia (Syria) (6th c.). Translation of the relics of Martyr Wenceslaus (Vyacheslav), prince of the Czechs (929-935). Blessed Basil (Vasilko), prince of Rostov (1238). Saints of Pskov martyred by the Latins: St. Ioasaph of Snetogorsk Monastery and St. Basil of Mirozh Monastery (1299). St. Gregory, bishop of Constantia on Cyprus. St. Peter (Michurin) of Tomsk (Siberia) (1820).
New Hieromartyrs Archpriest Dimitry Ivanov of Kiev (1933) and Priest Vyacheslav Leontiev of Nizhegorod (1937).
St. Julian, bishop of Alexandria (189). St. Gregory, bishop of Assos near Ephesus (1150). New Martyr John of al-Sindiyana (Palestine) (1937).
Repose of Schemamonk Mark of Glinsk Hermitage (1893) and Schemanun Agnia (Starodubtseva), eldress, of Karaganda (1976).
Thoughts for Each Day of the Year
According to the Daily Church Readings from the Word of God
By St. Theophan the Recluse
Monday (3rd week of Lent).
The fear of the Lord is to hate evil (Prov. 8:13);[1] and if it hateth evil, it will drive it away; if it drives it away, the soul will be cleansed of it, and will thus appear righteous
before the Lord. This is everything that we now seek with such effort. Thus, restore the fear of God in yourself and maintain it, and you will possess the most powerful means for self-healing. The fear of the Lord will not allow you to sin, and it will force you to do every good thing on every possible occasion. Then you will fulfil the commandment: Depart from evil and do good (Ps. 34:14), which the prophet gives to those seeking true life. How can one attain fear of God? Seek and ye shall find (cf. Matt. 7:7). We cannot say in this regard, “Do this,” or “Do that;” the fear of God is a spiritual feeling, secretly conceived in the heart that is turning to God. Reflection helps, and the effort to have this feeling helps; but in fact it is given from the Lord. Search it out like a gift and it will be given to you. When it is given, then listen to it without contradicting, and it will correct all evil within you.[2]
[1]The Slavonic for Prov. 8:13 reads: The fear of the Lord hateth evil.
[2]“All evil within you”—here St. Theophan refers to the word in the quote from Prov. 8:13, which in the KJV slightly differs from the Slavonic.
Articles
 Right-believing Prince Daniel of MoscowHoly Prince Daniel of Moscow was born at Vladimir in the year 1261. He was the fourth son of St Alexander Nevsky. |
 The Holy Martyr Paul and his sister JulianaThe Holy Martyr Paul and his sister Juliana were executed under the emperor Aurelian (270-275) in the Phoenician city of Ptolemais. |
 St. James the Faster of Phoenicia, SyriaSaint James the Faster lived a life of asceticism near the Phoenician city of Porphyrion in the sixth century. |
