The First Week of Great Lent
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The First Week of Great Lent

Give Rest, O Lord!
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Give Rest, O Lord!

Ksenia Manyakova

A candle burns on the table for the reposed, weeping waxen tears. My heart also weeps vaguely... how are you over there? How are you?...Give rest, O Lord!...

On the Commemoration of the Dead
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On the Commemoration of the Dead

Hieromonk Job (Gumerov)

How can we help our loved ones who have departed this life? Hieromonk Job (Gumerov) talks about the commemoration of the dead.

Martyr Agatha of Palermo in Sicily
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Martyr Agatha of Palermo in Sicily

Commemorated on February 5

During her interrogation under Quintianus, the holy martyr was swayed neither by the flattery, nor by the threats, and she was subjected to cruel torments.

The Prodigal Son: The Only Aim of Great Lent
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The Prodigal Son: The Only Aim of Great Lent

Bishop Tikhon (Shevkunov) of Egorievsk

The prodigal son found the path away from his destruction. From the spiritual point of view the older brother has only one way out—the one that the holy fathers of the Church suggest to us.