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Sixth Week of Great Lent (Palm Week). Lazarus Saturday. Tone 8.
Great Lent. Caviar, wine and oil allowed.
Caviar, wine and oil allowed.

Совершается служба со славословиемLazarus Saturday Cовершается служба, не отмеченная в Типиконе никаким знакомSt. John Climacus of Sinai, author of The Ladder (649). Cовершается служба, не отмеченная в Типиконе никаким знакомSt. Sophronius, bishop of Irkutsk (1771).

Prophet Joad, who dwelt in Bethel (10th c. b.c.). Holy Apostles Sosthenes, Apollos, Cephas, Caesar, and Epaphroditus, of the Seventy (1st c.). St. Eubula, mother of St. Panteleimon (ca. 303). St. John the Silent, of St. Sabbas Monastery (6th c.). St. Zosimas, bishop of Syracuse (ca. 662).

St. John the Hermit, of Cilicia (4th c.). St. John II, patriarch of Jerusalem (5th c.). St. Osburga of Coventry, virgin (ca. 1015). New Hieromartyr Zachariah, metropolitan of Corinth (1684). St. Gabriel, metropolitan of Kishinev and Khotin (Moldova) (1821).

Repose of Blessed Matrona (Mylnikova) the Barefoot, of St. Petersburg (1911).

Thoughts for Each Day of the Year
According to the Daily Church Readings from the Word of God
By St. Theophan the Recluse

St. Theophan the Recluse

Saturday. [Heb. 12:28–13:8; John 11:1–45]

         To whomever has work-loving Martha, who symbolizes comprehensive good works, and who has Mary sitting at Jesus’ feet, symbolizing an attentive and warm appeal to the Lord with all the heart, the Lord Himself will come and will resurrect Lazarus, who symbolizes his spirit, and will release him from all his emotional and fleshly bonds. Then a truly new life will begin in him, bodiless in the body and unearthly on the earth. It will be a true resurrection in the spirit before the future resurrection, which will be together with the body!

Articles

Lazarus Saturday

The Raising of Lazarus (Lazarus Saturday)

Lazarus Saturday is a unique day: on a Saturday a Matins and Divine Liturgy bearing the basic marks of festal, resurrectional services, normally proper to Sundays, are celebrated.

St. John of the Ladder (Climacus)

It is known from St. John's life that he ate what was allowed by the rule of fasting, but within measure. He did not go without sleep at night, although he never slept more than was needed to support his strength for ceaseless vigilance, and so as not to negatively affect his mind. "I did not fast beyond measure," he said of himself, "and I did not conduct intensified night vigil, nor did I sleep on the ground; but I humbled myself…, and the Lord speedily saved me.

Climacus

Archpriest Andrei Tkachev

The Ladder is not the Typikon; it has a different value. There are no prayer rules written there, no defined number of prostrations or amount of food to partake of. More important things are disclosed there, the effect of which is not revealed to the superficial gaze. In fact, the reading of such books is healing from blindness. And we ourselves, no matter how many years the Lord metes out to us, will never understand our inner life with such depth and clarity as did Abbot John of Mt. Sinai.

Translation of the relics of St Sophronius the Bishop of Irkutsk

Saint Sophronius, Bishop of Irkutsk and All Siberia, reposed on March 30, 1771, the second day of Holy Pascha. While they awaited a decision of the Holy Synod concerning the burial, his body remained unburied for six months, and during this time it was not subject to decay.

St. Sophronius the Bishop of Irkutsk

On the night after his monastic tonsure, Saint Sophronius heard a Voice in the Protection church predicting his future service: “When you become bishop, build a church dedicated to All Saints.”

St. Sophronius the Wonderworker, Bishop of Irkutsk and All Siberia

Holy Hierarch Sophrony recognized that his calling to Apostolic service in that land required more than education of the faithful Christians; it also meant that he had to bring to the Faith the idol worshipers, of whom there was a great number in Siberia.

Prophet Joad

Holy Prophet Joad came from Samaria and prophesied during the tenth century before Christ (See 1/3 Kings 13).

Apostle Sosthenes of the Seventy

Saint Sosthenes was head of the Corinthian synagogue before his conversion.

Apostle Apollos of the Seventy

Saint Apollos assisted the Apostle Paul.

Apostle Cephas of the Seventy

According to Tradition, Saint Cephas was Bishop of Iconium.

Apostle Caesar of the Seventy

The Holy Apostles Sosthenes, Apollos, Cephas, Caesar and Epaphroditus of the Seventy:

Apostle Epaphroditus of the Seventy

Saint Epaphroditus was Bishop of Adrianium (Italy).

St. Euboula the Mother of St. Panteleimon

Saint Euboula, Mother of the Great Martyr Panteleimon (July 27), died peacefully around 303, before the martyrdom of her son.

Venerable John the Silent of St Sava’s Monastery

Saint John the Silent Bishop of the city of Colonia, was a model of a good Christian life for his flock.

St. Zosimus the Bishop of Syracuse

Saint Zosimus, Bishop of Syracuse, was born in answer to the fervent prayers of his parents, who were childless for a long time.
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