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Passion Week.
Great Lent. |
 Monastic rule: xerophagy (bread, uncooked fruits and vegetables).
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Monk-martyr Nicon and 199 disciples, in Sicily (251).
Martyrs Philetas the Senator, his wife Lydia, their sons Macedon and Theoprepius, the notary Cronides, and Amphilochius the Captain, in Illyria (117-138). St. Nicon, abbot of the Kiev Caves (1088). Martyr Basil of Mangazeya in Siberia (1600).
New Hieromartyr Macarius Kvitkin, archpriest, of Orenburg (1931). New Hieromartyr Elijah (Vyatlin), hieromonk of the Lukianov Monastery of the Nativity of the Theotokos (Vladimir) (1938). New Hieroconfessor Sergius (Srebryansky), archimandrite, of Tver (1948).
Martyr Dometius in Phrygia (360-361). St. Bassian, archbishop of Rostov (1481). New Monk-martyr Luke the New, of Adrianople and Mt. Athos, at Mytilene (1802). New Martyr Panagiotis, at Jerusalem (1820). St. Helen, nun of the Florovsk Ascension Convent in Kiev (1834).
Repose of Elder Porphyrius of Glinsk Hermitage (1868).
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 Righteous Basil of Mangazea in SiberiaAs a child, Basil spent much of his time in church, praying fervently and participating in the divine services. |