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5th Week of Great Lent.
Tone 7.
Great Lent. |
 Monastic rule: xerophagy (bread, uncooked fruits and vegetables).
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Martyrs Chrysanthus and Daria, and those with them at Rome: Claudius the Tribune, his wife Hilaria, their sons Jason and Maurus, the priest Diodorus, and the deacon Marianus (283). St. Sophia of Slutsk and Minsk (1612).
Martyr Pancharius, at Nicomedia (ca. 302). St. Bassa, nun, of Pskov Caves (ca. 1473). St. Innocent, founder of Komel Monastery (Vologda) (1511-1522). St. Symeon (Popovic), archimandrite, of Dajbabe, Montenegro (1941).
Smolensk “Umileniye” (“Tender Feeling”) Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos (1103).
Righteous Maria, wife of Vsevelod III (1206). Martyr Alcmund, prince of Northumbria (800). New Martyr Demetrius, at Constantinople (1564). New Martyr Nicholas Karamanos of Smyrna (1657).
Thoughts for Each Day of the Year
According to the Daily Church Readings from the Word of God
By St. Theophan the Recluse
Tuesday.
Hell and destruction are before the Lord:[1] how much more then the hearts of the children of men? (Prov. 15:11). But the sinner thinks that nobody sees him. Concealing himself from human eyes, in the darkness of night or in a deserted place, he supposes that he is not noticed by anyone. But God’s eye has seen everything; his guardian angel and conscience were witnesses. At some time you will stand at the judgement: then all that is hidden will be laid bare: uncompromising witnesses will be present—and you shall be speechless. The verdict will not be subject to appeal. There is only one way to prevent this ultimate inevitability: repentance. The door to repentance is open. Hurry to enter, before the hour strikes … and it will strike. When? You do not know. But it will put an end to your sins, or to any hope of pardon.
[1]The Slavonic for Prov. 15:11 reads: Hell and destruction are manifest before the Lord…
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 Martyr Pancharius at NicomediaThe Holy Martyr Pancharius was a friend of the emperor Diocletian. He abandoned Christianity and became a pagan. |
 Icon of the Mother of God of Smolensk the “Sweet-Kissing”The Smolensk “Tenderness” Icon of the Mother of God manifested itself in the year 1103 at Smolensk. |