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Beggining of The Great Lent

Beggining of The Great LentOn the Monday following the Sunday of Cheesefare, we formally begin the 40-day Great Lent and, of course, one of its features is its rigorous fasting. In addition, there are some special features of the liturgical Services. The usual Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom is not served on the weekdays of Great Lent (with the exception of the Feast of the Annunciation), but is replaced by the special Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts, at which the faithful commune of the Holy Gifts which were presanctified at the previous Sunday's Liturgy.

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The Holy Martyr Maurice and the 70 soldiers with him

The Holy Martyr Maurice and the 70 soldiers with himThere was a great persecution of Christians in the time of the Emperor Maximian. Maurice was in charge of the local army in the town of Apamea in Syria, and pagans reported him to the Emperor as a Christian and a spreader of Christianity among the soldiers. The Emperor himself came and took him for questioning. Seventy soldiers were brought before the Emperor with Maurice, among them his son, Photinus. The Emperor was unable to make the heroes waver either with flattery or with threats. To them, they replied: "O Emperor, there in no fear in the wise and strong souls of those who love the Lord." When the Emperor ordered that their military belts and clothing be stripped from them, they said: "Our God will clothe us with raiment and girdles that are uncorrupting, and with eternal glory". When the Emperor rebuked them for holding in contempt the military status he had given them, they replied: "Thine honour is dishonourable, for thou hast forgotten God, who gave thee this royal power." Then the Emperor ordered that Maurice"s son be slain before his eyes, that he might thus intimidate the father and the others. But Maurice said: "Thou hast fulfilled our desire, O torturer, and sent Photinus the soldier of Christ, on before us." Then the Emperor sentenced them to a most inhuman death: he had them taken to a marshy place, stripped, bound to trees and smeared with honey, for the mosquitoes, wasps and hornets to eat. They gave their souls to God in terrible torment after ten days, and went to eternal rejoicing with the holy angels in heaven. Christians secretly took their bodies and buried them. These courageous soldiers of Christ suffered in about 305.

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The Many Martyrs of Eugenius, near Constantinople

The Many Martyrs of Eugenius, near ConstantinopleIn the time of the Emperor Arcadius, the relics of many Christian martyrs were excavated, among which were those of the Apostle Andronicus and his helper, Junia (Rom. 16:7). These relics were discovered by a revelation from God to a certain cleric, Nicolas Calligraphus. "God alone knows their names, and He has written them in the Book of Life in heaven." The Emperor Andronicus the First built a fine church over the relics of his namesake in the 12th century.

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Our Holy Fathers Thalassius and Limnaeus

Our Holy Fathers Thalassius and LimnaeusSyrian hermits, one of their especial ascetic practices was of silence. After the death of St Thalassius in 440, Limnaeus joined St Maron and lived with him on a mountain top beneath the open sky.

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St Papius of Hierapolis

He was a disciple of the holy apostles and a Patristic writer. From him we have testimony concerning the Gospels of Matthew and Mark, the four Maries and the Lord"s brothers, as well as one incomplete manuscript: "A Commentary on the Words of the Lord." He died in about 130.

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June 2929
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   Saints 13 monk-martyrs and confessors of Cyprus
1
fish		+++ The Ascension of Our Lord Jesus Christ
2
fast-free		Venerable Agapitus, abbot of Markushev (Vologda) (1578)
3
fish		Martyr Sophia the Healer
4
fast-free
Evgeny Rodionov, the New Martyr of Chechnya
5
fast-free		12 Martyred Tribunes who suffered in Galatia
6
fast-free		St. Olbian, monk
7
fast-free		Martyrs Abercius and Helen (1st c.)
8
oil		Venerable Therapontes, abbot of Byelozersk (1426)
9
fast-free		St. Andrew the fool-for-Christ of Constantinople (911)
10
oil		Hieromartyr Olbian, bishop of Aneus, and his disciples
11
fast-free
+++ Тhe descent of the Holy Ghost - Pentecost - Trinity Sunday
12
fast-free		+++ Monday of the Holy Spirit, Pentecost Monday
13
fast-free		+++ Tuesday of the Holy Spirit, Pentecost Tuesday
14
fast-free		20,000 Martyrs with saint Erasmus (303)
15
fast-free		Venerable Athanasius, the wonderworker of Cilicia
16
fast-free		Hieromartyr Ioannicus, metropolitan of Montenegro and Littoral (1945)
17
fast-free		Martyrs Marcian, Nicander, Hyperechius, Apollonius, Leonides, Arius, Gorgias, Selenias, Irenaeus, and Pambo, of Egypt (305-311)
18
fast-free
Venerable Jonah, abbot of Klimetz (1534)
19
fast-free		St. Sebastian the Wonderworker
20
water		Holy Hieromartyr Tevdore of Kvelta (1609)
21
oil		St. John of Shavtel-Gaenati, Georgia (13th c.)
22
water		St. Canides, monk, of Cappadocia (460)
23
oil		St. Barnabus of Basa near Limasol in Cyprus
24
oil		Venerable John (Tornike) of Mt. Athos (998)
25
fish
St. Anthimus, Metropolitan of Wallachia (1716)
26
fish		St. Mstislav-George, prince of Novgorod (1180)
27
water		Venerables Gregory and Kassian of Avnezh
28
oil		St. Kaikhosro the Georgian (1612)
29
water		Martyr Shalva of Akhaltsikhe (1227)
30
oil		  
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