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3rd Week of Great Lent. Third Saturday of Great Lent. Commemoration of the Dead.
Tone 6.
Great Lent. |
 Wine and oil allowed.
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Martyr Conon of Isauria (1st c.). Translation of the relics of St. Theodore, prince of Smolensk and Yaroslavl, and his children Sts. David and Constantine (1463).
Martyr Onisius of Isauria (1st c.). Martyr Conon the Gardener, of Pamphylia (3rd c.). St. Mark the Faster, of Egypt (5th c.). St. Hesychius the Faster, of Bithynia (ca. 790). Monk-martyr Adrian (1550), founder of Poshekhonye Monastery (Rostov), and his fellow-ascetic St. Leonid (1549). Virgin-martyr Irais (Rhais) of Antinoe in Egypt. Martyr Eulogius of Palestine. Martyr Eulampius of Palestine. Sts. Basil (1249) and Constantine (1257), princes of Yaroslavl.
New Hieromartyrs Theophan (Grafov), hierodeacon of Borisoglebsk Monastery (Vladimir) and Mardarius (Isaev), hieromonk, of Yurievskoe (Yaroslavl) (1938).
St. Theophilus, bishop of Caesarea in Palestine (200). Martyr Archelaus and 152 Martyrs in Egypt (ca. 308). St. Kieran (Ciaran) of Saighir, Munster (5th c.-6th c.). St. Virgil, archbishop of Arles (618). New Martyr John the Bulgarian, at Constantinople (1784). New Hieromartyr Parthenius, bishop of Didymoteichon in Thrace (1805). New Martyr George of Rapsana, at Larissa (1818). St. Nikolai (Velimirovich), bishop of Ochrid and Zhicha, Serbia (1956).
Repose of Metropolitan Cornelius of Novgorod (1698).
Thoughts for Each Day of the Year
According to the Daily Church Readings from the Word of God
By St. Theophan the Recluse
Saturday. [Heb. 10:32–38; Mark 2:14–17]
I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance (Mark 2:17). Through the mouth of Wisdom the Lord called the foolish to Himself. He Himself wandered upon the earth, calling sinners. Neither the proud, “clever ones,” nor the self-willed and righteous have a place with Him. Let intellectual and moral weakness rejoice! Mental and active power, step aside! Total weakness that acknowledges itself as such and hastens with faith to the Lord Who healeth the weak and filleth the impoverished, will become strong both intellectually and morally, but will continue to acknowledge both its intellectual poverty and evil inclinations. The power of God, under this unprepossessing cover and made perfect in weakness, invisibly creates a different person who is bright mentally and morally. This brightness is often manifest here, but it is always manifest there, in heaven. Behold what is hidden from the wise and prudent and is revealed only to babes (cf. Matt. 11:25)!
Articles
 Martyr Onesimus of IsauriaThe Holy Martyr Onesimus (Onisius) lived in Palestine. |
 Martyr Conon the Gardener of PamphyliaThe saint suffered for his faith in Christ under the emperor Decius (249-251). |
 St. Mark the Ascetic of EgyptFrom his youth his fondest pursuit was the reading of Holy Scripture. It is said that he knew the whole Bible by heart. |
 St. Hesychius the Faster of BithyniaSaint Hesychius the Faster was born in the eighth century in the coastal city of Adrineia in Bithynia. |
 Martyr Eulogius of PalestineThe Holy Martyr Eulogius was a native of Palestine. |
 Martyr Eulampius of PalestineThe Holy Martyr Eulampius lived in Palestine. He was beheaded for his faith in Christ. |
 Saturday of the Commemoration of the DeadSaturday of the Commemoration of the Dead |