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Synaxarion for the First Saturday of Great Lent
Synaxarion for the Saturday of the First Week of the Great Lent.
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Synaxarion for the Saturday of the First Week of the Great Lent.
Brethren and fathers, the season of Lent, when compared to the whole year, may be likened to a storm-free harbour, in which all who are sailing together enjoy a spiritual calm. For the present season is one of salvation not for monks and nuns only, but also for lay people, for great and small, for rulers and ruled, for emperors and priests, for every race and for every age. For cities and villages reduce their hubbub and bustle, while psalmody and hymns, prayers and entreaties take their place, by which our good God is propitiated and so guides our spirits to peace and pardons our offenses, if, with a sincere heart, we will only fall down before him with fear and trembling and weep before him, promising improvement for the future.
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Synaxarion for the First Sunday of the Great Lent.
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