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Sunday, April 2, 2056 / March 20, 2056 (Church Calendar)

2056

The Entry of the Lord into Jerusalem. Great Lent. Fish Allowed The Holy Fathers who were slain at the Monastery of St.Sabbas: Venerables John, Sergius, Patrick, and others (796). New Hieromartyr Vladimir priest (1918). New Hieromartyr Basil deacon (1938). New Hieromartyr Priest Nicholas Holz of Novosiolki (Chelm and Podlasie, Poland) (1944). Suffering of Venerable Euphrosynus of Blue-Jay Lake (Valaam) (1612). Martyr Photina (Fatima, Svetlana) the Samaritan Woman and her sons: Martyrs Victor named Photinos, and Josiah with Anatolia, Photo, Photida, Paraskeva, Kyriakia, Domnina and Sebastian (66). Seven Virgin-martyrs of Amisus (Samsun): Alexandra, Claudia, Euphrasia, Matrona, Juliana, Euphemia, and Theodosia (310). St. Nicetas the Confessor, bishop of Apollonias in Bithynia (813). New Martyr Myron of Crete (1793). St. Martin of Braga in Iberia (580). St. Wulfram, missionary (703) (Neth.). St. Cuthbert of Lindisfarne, bishop (687) (Celtic & British). Righteous Abel, first martyr in history of mankind. St. Austreigiselis, bishop of Bourges (624) (Neth.). Martyr Michael the Sabbaite, who suffered at Jerusalem (691). St. Archil II, king of Georgia (744). St. Herbert, hermit of Derwentwater. Martyrs Rodion, Aquila the Eparch, Longinus, and Emmanuel (Greek). The Scripture Readings Matthew 21:1-11, 15-17 (Matins Gospel) Philippians 4:4-9 John 12:1-18 HIDE TROPARION Entry of our Lord into Jerusalem, or Palm Sunday, Troparion, Tone I — Thou didst give a pledge of the general resurrection before Thy Passion, O Christ our God, by raising Lazarus from the dead. Therefore, we too, like the children, carry the symbols of victory and cry to Thee, the Vanquisher of death: Hosanna in the Heights! Blessed is He Who comes in the Name of the Lord. Another Troparion, Tone IV — As by Baptism we were buried with Thee, O Christ our God, so by Thy Resurrection we were granted immortal life, and praising Thee, we cry: Hosanna in the Heights! Blessed is He Who comes in the Name of the Lord. Kontaklon, Tone VI — On the throne in heaven and riding a colt on earth, O Christ our God, Thou didst receive the praise of Angels and the chorus of the children who cried to Thee: Blessed art Thou Who comest to recall Adam. Fathers Slain in the Monastery of St. Sabbas — No Troparion given in the Menaion. Kontakion, Tone IV "Having been lifted up" — Having manifestly disdained the pleasure of earthly and corruptible things,/ and chosen a life in the desert,/ despising the most beautiful things of this world/ and food which passeth away, O all-blessed ones,/ ye hence were accounted worthy of the kingdom of heaven/ and make merry with the choirs of martyrs and fasters.// Wherefore, honoring your memory, we earnestly cry out to you: Deliver us from tribulations, O fathers!

– Full abstention from food
– Strict Fast (Bread, Vegetables, Fruits)
– Food without Oil
– Food with Oil
– Fish Allowed
– Caviar Allowed
– Meat is excluded
– Fast-free

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– vigil for great feasts; a more festive service where all of the unfixed hymns are dedicated to the feast.
– "vigil" to a certain saint when All Night vigil is celebrated. The order of the service is similar to a “Polyeleos” (magnification) service, in that small vespers, great vespers and matins are combined (from this comes the vigil) and that there is the blessing of breads and the anointing with oil at the end of matins.
– "cross", "Polyeleos", "with the Polyeleos", "Polyeleos service", that is the type of service during which the "Polyeleos" (Praise/Magnification) is sung during matins (the majestic singing of the 134 and 135 psalms with verses); in addition, during this service there is a reading from the Gospel, the prokeimenon, gradual antiphons, the canon with 8 troparions, the praises and Great Doxology are sung, and during vespers "Blessed is the man" is sung (first "Glory" of the 1st kathisma), there is an entrance, Old Testament readings (parameia) and during lityia all of the verses may be sung to the saint.
– "doxology", "with doxology" during this service to the saint it is proper to sing the Great Doxology at the end of matins (in services of a lower rank, the doxology is read), also at this service are sung several Sunday Theotokions, sedalions after the kathisma (psaltery reading) to the saint, the katavasia during the canon, also at the end of matins are sung the praise verses, the Great Doxology, and the entire ending of matins follows the order of a feast.
– "six verse", "up to six"; all six stikhera of "Lord, I cry" are sung to the saint, there is a stikhera for "Glory" of the Apotischa for both vespers and matins; troparion to the saint, and the canon of matins is sung to the saint in six troparions.
, , no sign – "without a sign"; the most ordinary, daily service to a saint, to whom it is customary to sing only three stikhera at "Lord I cry" and the canon of matins in four troparions. There may not be a troparion to the saint.

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