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April 17
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5th Week of Great Lent.
Tone 4.
Great Lent. |
 Wine and oil allowed.
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St. Joseph the Hymnographer, of Sicily (883). St. George, monk, of Mt. Maleon in the Peloponnese (5th c.-6th c.).
Martyrs Pherbutha (virgin) and her sister and servants, of Persia (341-343). St. Zosimas, hieromonk, of Palestine (560). St. Joseph the Much-ailing, of the Kiev Caves (14th c.). St. Zosimas, founder and abbot of the Annunciation Monastery at Lake Vorbozoma (ca. 1550). St. James, monk of Starotorzhok in Galich, Kostroma (15th c.-16th c).
New Hieromartyrs Benjamin (Kononov), archimandrite, and Nicephorus (Kuchin), hieromonk, both of Solovki Monastery (1928). New Hieromartyr Nicholas (Karaulov), bishop of Velsk, New Nun-martyr Maria (Lelyanova) of Gatchina (1932).
“Life-giving Spring” Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos. Icon of the Theotokos: “I Am with You, and No One Is against You.”
St. Isidore, bishop of Seville (636). St. Theonas, metropolitan of Thessalonica (1541). New Hieromartyr Nicetas the Albanian, of Mt. Athos (1808). St. Elias, schemamonk, of Makeyevka (Ukraine) (1949).
Repose of Elder Savvas of Little St. Anne’s Skete, Mt. Athos (1908) and Archimandrite John (Maitland- Moir) of Edinburgh, Scotland (2013).
Thoughts for Each Day of the Year
According to the Daily Church Readings from the Word of God
By St. Theophan the Recluse
Wednesday.
The way of life is above to the wise, that he may depart from hell beneath (Prov. 15:24). It is well-known to all that hell exists, and that anyone can end up there as a result of his deeds. But not all remember this, or live so piously that they are clearly trying to to avoid hell. They live without thinking about it, saying, “Maybe… Maybe we somehow will not end up in hell.” Where is our reason? In earthly affairs one can somehow get away with “maybe,” but in such a decisive affair, which, once accomplished, will abide unto the ages of ages unchanged, “maybe” reveals lack of reason to the utmost degree. Do not pride yourself, O Reason, on your reasonableness, when you do not remember this and do not suggest to us thoughts of life: how to avoid hell in order to be saved.
Articles
 Venerable Joseph the HymnographerSaint Joseph the Hymnographer, “the sweet-voiced nightingale of the Church,” was born in Sicily in 816 into a pious Christian family. |
 Venerable George of Mt. Maleon in the PeloponnesusSaint George lived during the ninth century. His parents arranged a marriage for him, but he refused to marry the woman they had chosen. |
 Virginmartyr Pherbutha (Phermoutha) of Persia, with her sister and servantThe Holy Martyr Pherbutha (Phermoutha) and her sister and servants were martyred for Christ between the years 341 and 343. |
 Venerable Zosimas of PalestineSaint Zosimas was born near the end of the fifth century, and lived in a monastery by the Jordan River. |
 Venerable Joseph the Much-Ailing, of the Kiev Far CavesSaint Joseph the Much-Ailing lived during the fourteenth century. |
 St. Isidore the Bishop of SevilleSaint Isidore was born in the middle of the sixth century, and was related to the Visigoth royal family who converted to Orthodoxy from Arianism during his lifetime. |
 Venerable Theonas the Archbishop of ThessalonicaSaint Theonas was a disciple of Saint James of Kastoria (November 1), and lived at the beginning of the sixteenth century. |
