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Propers for March 26

Mar. 26 – 4th Sunday of the Great Lent Tone 8

Venerable John Listvychnyk (The Ladder). Translation of the relics (846) of St. Nicephorus the Confessor, patriarch of Constantinople (829). Martyr Sabinus (Abibus) of Egypt (303). Martyrs Africanus, Publius, and Terence of Carthage (3rd c.). Martyr Alexander of Macedonia (305). Martyr Christina of Persia (4th c.). Venerable Aninas the Presbyter of the Euphrates.

Heb. 6:13-20; Mk. 9:17-31;
Eph. 5:8-19; Mt. 4:25 - 5:12;

Liturgy of St. Basil the Great.

Propers for March 19

Mar. 19 – 3rd Sunday of the Great Lent. Adoration of Cross. Tone 7

The 42 Martyrs of Ammoria in Phrygia, including: Constantine, Aetius, Callistus, Basoes, and others (845). Monk-martyrs Conon and his son Conon (270-275). The uncovering of the Precious Cross and the Precious Nails by Empress St. Helen (326). St. Arcadius, monk, of Cyprus (361), and his disciples Julian and Bulius.

Heb. 4:14–5:6; Mk. 8:34–9:1;

Liturgy of St. Basil the Great.

Propers for March 12 - 2nd Sunday of Great Lent

Mar. 12 – 2nd Sunday of the Great Lent Tone 6

St. Gregory Palamas the Archbishop of Thessalonica. Synaxis of all Venerable Fathers of the Kyiv Caves. St. Procopius the Confessor of Decapolis (ca. 750). St. Thalelaeus, hermit of Syria (460). St. Titus the Soldier, monk of the Kyiv Caves (14th c.). St. Titus, presbyter of the Kyiv Caves (1190).

Heb. 1:10–2:3; Mk. 2:1-12;
Heb. 7:26 - 8:2; Jn. 10:9-16;

Liturgy of St. Basil the Great

Propers for March 5

Mar. 5 – 1st Sunday of the Great Lent: Triumph of Orthodoxy. Tone 5

St. Leo, bishop of Catania in Sicily (ca. 780). Hieromartyr Sadoc, bishop of Persia, and 128 Martyrs with him (342). St. Agatho, pope of Rome (682). Ven. Prince Yaroslav the Wise (1054). St. Agatho, wonderworker of the Kyiv Caves (13th-14th c.).

Heb. 11:24-26, 32–12:2;
Jn. 1:43-51;
Liturgy of St. Basil the Great.

Propers for February 26

Feb. 26 – Cheesefare Sunday, of Forgiveness Tone 4

Expulsion of Adam from the Paradise of Bliss. St. Martinian (422). Venn. Zoe of Bethlehem and Virgin Photina (5th c.). Ven. Eulogius, archbishop of Alexandria (607-608).

Rom. 13:11–14:4; Mt. 6:14-21;

The Last day before the Great Lent

Propers for February 19

Feb. 19 – Meatfare Sunday, of the Last Judgment. Tone 3

Afterfeast of the Meeting. Ven. Bucolus, bishop of Smyrna (ca. 100). Virgin-martyr Dorothea, and with her Martyrs Christina and Callista, sisters, and Theophilus, at Caesarea in Cappadocia (288-300). Martyr Julian (312). Virginmartyrs Martha and Mary, and their brother Martyr Lycarion, in Egypt. Venn. Barsanuphius the Great and John the Prophet, monks of Palestine (6th c.). St. Photius, patriarch of Constantinople (891).

1 Cor. 8:8–9:2 ; Mt. 25:31-46;

Propers for February 12

Feb. 12 – Sunday of Prodigal Son. Tone 2

Synaxis of the Three Hierarchs: St. Basil the Great, St. Gregory the Theologian, and St. John Chrysostom. Hieromartyr Hippolytus, pope of Rome, and with him Martyrs Censorinus, Sabinus, and others (269). St. Zeno, hermit and disciple of St. Basil the Great (414). Martyr Theophilus the New (784). St. Peter, king of Bulgaria (967). St. Zeno the Faster of the Kyiv Caves (14th c.).

1 Cor. 6:12-20; Lk. 15:11-32;
Heb. 13:7-16; Mt. 5:14-19;

Propers for February 5

Feb. 5 – Sunday of the Publican and the Pharisee. Tone 1

Hieromartyr Clement, bishop of Ancyra, and Martyr Agathangelus (296). Ven. Mausimas the Syrian (4th c.). Ven. Salamanes the Silent (ca. 400). St. Paulinus the Merciful, bishop of Nola (431). Commemoration of the Sixth Ecumenical Council (680-681).

2 Tim. 3:10-15 ; Lk. 18:10-14;

Propers for January 29

Jan. 29 – 33 Sunday after Pentecost, of Zacchaeus. Tone 8

Veneration of the Precious Chains of the Apostle Peter. Martyrs Speusippus, Eleusippus, and Meleusippus, their grandmother Leonilla, and with them Neon, Turbo, and Jovilla (ca. 161-180). Martyr Danax the Reader (2nd c.).

1 Тim. 4:9-15; Lk. 19:1-10;
Acts 12:1-11; Jn. 21:15-25;

Propers for January 22

Jan. 22 – 32 Sunday after Pentecost, after Theophany. Tone 7

Afterfeast of the Theophany. Martyr Polyeuctus (259). Prophet Shemaiah (10th c. B.C.). St. Peter, bishop of Sebaste in Armenia (395). Ven. Eustratius the Wonderworker of Tarsus (821). Ven. Jonah of the Kyiv Caves (1902).

Eph. 4:7-13; Mt. 4:12-17;
Gal. 5:22–6:2; Mt. 11:27-30