A Time of Healing

Words from Patriarch Kirill on Great Lent

His Holiness Patriarch Kirill

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A Time of Healing

Words from Patriarch Kirill on Great Lent

His Holiness Patriarch Kirill

Great Lent is the time when, reflecting upon our inner life, testing our conscience, we must begin to heal ourselves, through the correction of our mind, through the training of our senses, and through the training of our will.

Martyrs Eutropius and Cleonicus of Amasea, and Basiliscus of Comana

Commemorated on March 3/16

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Martyrs Eutropius and Cleonicus of Amasea, and Basiliscus of Comana

Commemorated on March 3/16

The Holy Martyrs Cleonicus, Eutropius and Basiliscus suffered in the city of Pontine Amasea (Asia Minor) in about the year 308.

Icon of the Mother of God “Enthroned”

Commemorated on March 2/15

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Icon of the Mother of God “Enthroned”

Commemorated on March 2/15

The “Enthroned” (or “Reigning”) Icon of the Mother of God appeared on March 2, 1917, the day of Tsar Nicholas’s abdication, in the village of Kolomskoye near Moscow.

St. Sabbatius of Tver

Commemorated on March 2

St. Sabbatius of Tver
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St. Sabbatius of Tver

Commemorated on March 2

Saint Sabbatius of Tver pursued asceticism with the blessing of Saint Arsenius, Bishop of Tver, at a distance 15 versts from Tver. Saint Sabbatius established a monastery there, known for the strictness and holiness of its rule.

Virginmartyr Euthalia of Sicily

Commemorated on March 2

Virginmartyr Euthalia of Sicily
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Virginmartyr Euthalia of Sicily

Commemorated on March 2

After being baptized with her daughter, she was healed of her infirmity. When Euthalia’s pagan brother Sirmianus learned of the baptism, went into a violent rage.