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Passion Week.
Great Lent. |
 Monastic rule: xerophagy (bread, uncooked fruits and vegetables).
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Hieromartyr Symeon, bishop in Persia, and those with him: Hieromartyrs Abdechalas and Ananias, priests; Martyrs Ustazad and Azat, eunuchs; Fusicus, Ascitrea, and 1,150 others (341). St. Acacius, bishop of Melitene (ca. 435). 
St. Zosimas of Solovki (1478).
Martyr Adrian of Corinthus in Persia (251). St. Agapitus, pope of Rome (536). Uncovering of the relics of St. Alexander, founder of Svir Monastery (1641). St. Paisius, fool-for-Christ, of Kiev (1893).
New Hieromartyr Michael Novitsky, archpriest, of Uzda (Belorussia) (1935).
Monk-martyr Donnan of Eigg and those with him (Scotland) (618). St. Ephraim the Great, bishop of Atsquri, Georgia (9th c.). St. Macarius of Corinth (1805). St. Hierotheus, bishop of Ostrog (Ukraine) (1871).
Repose of Hieroschemamonk Constantine of Ekaterinburg (1960).
Articles
 Martyr Azades (Azat) the Eunuch of PersiaSaint Azades (Azat) was a wealthy man who served in the household of King Shapur II of Persia, and enjoyed his confidence. |
 St. Acacius the Bishop of MeliteneSaint Acacius, Bishop of Melitene, was born into a pious family in the Armenian city of Melitene. |
 Venerable Zosimas the Abbot of SolovkiSaint Zosimas, Igumen of Solovki a great luminary of the Russian North, was the founder of cenobitic monasticism on Solovki Island. |
 Martyr Adrian of CorinthThe Holy Martyr Adrian suffered during the time of the reign of the emperor Decius (249-251). |
 St. Agapitus the Pope of RomeSaint Agapitus, Bishop of Rome, was a zealous adherent of Orthodoxy. By his pious life he won the general esteem and was elevated to the See of Rome in the year 535. |
