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"Today He Who hung the earth upon the waters is hung upon the Cross" (Sticheron of the Ninth Hour, Great and Holy Friday).
In his catechism an Elder used to say: "Many set out, but they didn’t reach the end, because they didn’t seek it with all their hearts." But you have God’s signature on this.
Monk Gervasios Simonopetrite 26 September 1999
| 1 S + Mary of Egypt. Gerontios. | 16 S + THE 5TH SUNDAY OF LENT. St. Mary of Egypt. |
| 2 S + SUNDAY OF THE VENERATION OF THE HOLY CROSS. Blessed Titus. Theodora, Virgin & Martyr. | 17 M Macarius of Corinth. Adranos. Symeon, Bishop of Persis. |
| 3 M Nicetas, Joseph the Hymnographer. | 18 T Blessed John. Cyril, New-martyr Athanasia. |
| 4 T George in Malaeo. Platon. | 19 W + Paphnoutios, Martyr Philip. |
| 5 W + Claudius. Diodoros. Didymus & companions. | 20 T Apostle Zacchaeus, Athanasios, Founder of Great Meteora. |
| 6 T Eutychius of Constantinople. Gregory of Sinai. | 21 F + Hieromartyr Januarios, Anastasios. |
| 7 F + 4th STANZA OF SALUTATIONS. Calliopos & Akylina. | 22 S + The Resurrection of Lazarus. Apostle Nathanael. Theodore. |
| 8 S + Herodion, Agabos, & Rufus of the Seventy. | 23 S + PALM SUNDAY. |
| 9 S + THE 4TH SUNDAY OF LENT. St. John of the Ladder. | 24 M + Holy Monday. Joseph the All-fair. |
| 10 M Terentios, Gregory V of Constantinople. | 25 T + Holy Tuesday. The parable of the ten Virgins. |
| 11 T Antypas of Pergamus, Tryphaene, Nun & Martyr. | 26 W + Holy Wednesday. The woman anointing the Lord. |
| 12 W + THE GREAT CANON. Blessed Anthousa. | 27 T + Holy Thursday. The Last Supper. |
| 13 T Martin of Rome, Confessor. | 28 F + Holy Friday. The Lord’s sacred Passion. |
| 14 F + THE AKATHIST HYMN. Aristarchos. | 29 S + Holy Saturday. Christ’s descent into Hell. |
| 15 S + Crescent. Hieromartyr Leonidas, Bishop of Athens. | 30 S + HOLY PASCHA. The Resurrection of the Lord. |
May the books and the Word of God be clasped in our arms. And then, it will be easy for us to learn languages, if not the languages of God, the language of God, the language of His love, wisdom and holiness. And then, we will have the appetite to cathechize and with only a sentence, the slightest little conversation, with one word to a person, it will suffice him to live all the rest of the years of his life.
The Church is not a school; it’s life. It’s a manger. It’s a Golgotha. It’s an empty tomb that speaks by its emptiness and by its newness. And because it was the theme of our Retreat, let’s cultivate the Sacrament of Confession in ourselves and each other.
EXALTATION OF THE HOLY CROSS MONASTERY
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