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February 13
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Thursday |
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February 26
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1st Week of Great Lent.
Tone 4.
Great Lent. |
 Monastic rule: xerophagy (bread, uncooked fruits and vegetables).
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St. Seraphim (Sobolev), archbishop of Bogucharsk, Bulgaria (1950). 
St. Martinian, monk, of Caesarea in Palestine (5th c.), and Sts. Zoe of Bethlehem and the virgin Photina (5th c.).
St. Eulogius, patriarch of Alexandria (607-608). St. Symeon the Myrrh-gusher, prince of Serbia (1200). Synaxis of the Saints of Omsk. St. Joseph, founder of Volokolamsk (Volotsk) Monastery (1515). St. Seraphima (Euthymia in schema), abbess, of Sezenovo (1877).
New Hieromartyrs Leontius Grimalsky, archpriest, of Gzhel (Moscow) and Zosima Trubachev, archpriest, of Maloyaroslavets (1938).
Apostle Aquila of the Seventy, and St. Priscilla (1st c.) St. Timothy, archbishop of Alexandria (385). St. Castor of Karden, hieromonk and missionary (Germany) (ca. 400). St. Modomnoc, bishop of Ossory (Ireland) (6th 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.
Fear the Lord, and depart from evil (Prov. 3:7). Set this as the goal of your preparation for Holy Communion, so that at the end of this preparation the fear of God will dwell in you, and a firm intention to avoid every evil will take root, even if you should have to lose everything, including your life, in order to do so. Do not limit yourself to an external routine of preparation alone, but focus in particular on yourself, enter within yourself and examine your views, whether they are in agreement in all things with the true word of God. Examine your inclinations and dispositions, whether they are what the Lord demands of you in the Gospels. Examine your whole life, whether it agrees with God’s commandments in every way. Mourn and hate whatever is offensive to God, and set in your mind never to do it again. If you do this, you will be most wise; but you would most unwise not to do this.
Articles
 “No Prayerful Tear Is in Vain”Yanina AlexeyevaMiracles through the prayers of this wondrous saint began to occur even during his lifetime, and in great abundance after his repose. |
 Venerable Martinian of Caesarea, in PalestineSaint Martinian went to live in the wilderness at the age of eighteen, not far from the city of Caesarea in Palestine. |
 St. ZoeSaint Zoe remained on the island, where she spent six years in solitude, and then she gave up her soul to God. |
 St. PhotinaSaint Photina remained on the island, where she spent six years in solitude, and then she gave up her soul to God. |
 St. Eulogius the Archbishop of AlexandriaSaint Eulogius, Patriarch of Alexandria, was one of the enlightened hierarchs of the sixth century. |
