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Sixth Week of Great Lent (Palm Week).
Tone 8.
Great Lent. |
 Monastic rule: xerophagy (bread, uncooked fruits and vegetables).
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St. Mark the Confessor, bishop of Arethusa, and with him Hieromartyr Cyril, deacon, of Heliopolis, and others, who suffered under Julian the Apostate (ca. 363).
St. John, hermit of Egypt (4th c.). St. Eustasius, abbot, of Luxeuil (9th c.). Sts. Mark (15th c.) and Jonah (1480) of the Pskov Caves Monastery. St. Nicetas, desert-dweller of the Roslavl Forests, near Bryansk (1793).
New Hieromartyr Michael Viktorov, archpriest, of Boloshnevo (Ryazan) (1933). New Martyrs Priest Paul Voinarsky, and brothers Paul and Alexis Kiryan, of the Crimea (1919).
St. Diadochus, bishop of Photike in Epirus (ca. 486). St. Hesychius of Sinai (ca. 8th c.). St. Eustathius the Confessor, bishop of Kios in Bithynia (9th c.).
Thoughts for Each Day of the Year
According to the Daily Church Readings from the Word of God
By St. Theophan the Recluse
Friday.
The holy 40 days of Great Lent have come to an end! Now each of you sit and calculate the result—what was there in the beginning and what is there now? There was buying, so what are the gains? Is there at least a small profit? We have stepped into the arena: so, did we run, and having run, did we achieve what we expected? A struggle was announced: so, did we arm ourselves, did we fight, and having fought did we fall, or conquer? Attentive and vigilant fasters, having laboured with contrite and humbled hearts, upon looking back cannot but rejoice. However, for us, careless and flesh-pleasing, concerned only with fleshly comforts and things that please us, there is always only shame. But even this is lacking. Some take a beating but feel no pain, because they have a copper forehead and an iron neck.
Articles
 Hieromartyr Mark the Bishop of Arethusa, who suffered under Julian the ApostateHieromartyr Mark, Bishop of Arethusa, suffered for his faith in Christ under the emperor Julian the Apostate (361-363). |
 Martyr Cyril the Deacon of Heliopolis, who suffered under Julian the ApostateSaint Cyril destroyed many idols and pagan temples in Heliopolis, Phoenicia. |
 Venerable Mark of the Pskov CavesOf the first Elders of the Pskov Caves monastery only Mark is known by name. |
 Venerable Jonah (John) of the Pskov CavesThe priest John (nicknamed “Shestnik”) came to this holy spot, where the first ascetics prayed. |