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Священномученик Василий Анкирский Прп. Исаакий Далматский
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5th Week of Great Lent. Tone 7.
Great Lent.
Monastic rule: xerophagy (bread, uncooked fruits and vegetables).

Cовершается служба, не отмеченная в Типиконе никаким знакомHieromartyr Basil, priest, of Ancyra (363).

Virgin-confessor Drosis of Antioch, daughter of Emperor Trajan, and with her five Virgin-martyrs (ca. 104-117). St. Isaac the Confessor, founder of the Dalmatian Monastery at Constantinople (4th c.). New Confessor Schema-abbess Sophia (Grineva) of Kiev (1941).

Martyrs Callinica and Basilissa, of Rome (2nd c.). St. Paul, bishop of Narbonne, Brittany (3rd c.). New Monk-martyr Euthymius of Demitsana and Mt. Athos, at Constantinople (1814). St. Artemon, bishop of Seleucia (1st c.).

Articles

Hieromartyr Basil of Ancyra

Saint Basil openly continued to preach and denounce the Arians. Therefore, he became the victim of persecution and was subjected to punishment as a man dangerous to the state.

Martyr Drosis the Daughter of the Emperor Trajan

Saint Drosis was daughter of the emperor Trajan (98-117), a fierce persecutor of Christians.

Venerable Isaac the Founder of the Dalmatian Monastery at Constantinople

Saint Isaac lived during the fourth century, received monastic tonsure and pursued ascetic labors in the desert.

Venerable Isaac the Ascetic of the Dalmatian Monastery at Constantinople

When Saint Isaac heard about how the Emperor Valens had fallen into the Arian heresy and was persecuting the Orthodox Christians, he left his monastery and traveled to Constantinople to confront the emperor.

Holy Schema-Abbess Sophia of Kiev (1873–1941)

Maria Tobolova

Sonya broadly made the sign of the cross over the wolf and began praying aloud. The wolf stood as if listening, then slowly retreated and disappeared into the ravine.

Holy Schema-Abbess Sophia of Kiev (1873–1941)

Maria Tobolova

That night she was arrested for the third time, but was only interrogated on July 3, 1932, ten months later. Abbess Sophia was accused of counter-revolutionary activity.

Monkmartyr Euthymius of Prodromou of Mt Athos

This holy New Martyr of Christ was born in Demitsana in the Peloponnesos. His parents were Panagiotes and Maria, and he was given the name Eleutherius in Baptism.
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