Wednesday February 8, 2012 / January 26, 2012

Week of the Publican and the Pharisee. Tone one.
Fast-free Week. Fast-free

St. Xenophon and his wife, St. Mary, and their two sons, Sts. Arcadius and John, of Constantinople (6th c.).
New Martyr Matushka Maria of Gatchina (1930).
New Hieromartyr Cyril, metropolitan of Kazan (1937).
New Hieromartyr Arcadius (1938).
Martyr John (1938).
Venerable Xenophon, abbot of Robeika (Novgorod) (1262).
Martyrs Ananias presbyter, Peter, and seven soldiers, in Phoenicia (295).
Venerable Symeon "the Ancient" of Mt. Sinai (ca. 390).
Translation of the relics of Venerable Theodore, abbot of the Studion (845).
St. Joseph, bishop of Thessalonica, brother of St. Theodore of the Studion (830).
St. Davit IV the Builder, king of Georgia and Abkhazeti (1125) (Georgia).
St. Ammon, of Egypt, disciple of St. Anthony the Great (350), and St. Gabriel, abbot at Jerusalem (490).
St. Conon, bishop and monastic founder on the Isle of Man (648) (Celtic & British).
Two Martyrs of Phrygia (Greek).
Venerable Clement of Mt. Sagmation (12tK c.) (Greek).
St. Paula of Palestine (404).

The Scripture Readings

2 Peter 3:1-18
Mark 13:24-31

Troparion

St. Xenophon of Constantinople, Mary his wife & their sons, Arcadius and John, Troparion, Tone IV —
O God of our fathers,/ deal with us ever according to Thy meekness./ Deprive us not of Thy mercy,/ but through their supplications// direct our life in peace.

Kontakion, Tone IV, "Thou hast appeared" —
Having gladly distributed thy riches to the poor, O blessed one,/ with thy spouse and children thou wast vigilant in the commandments of the Lord.// Wherefore, ye have inherited divine delight.

And this Kontakion, Tone IV, "Thou hast appeared" —
Having fled the sea of life,/ the righteous Xenophon, with his honored spouse and children.// rejoice together in the heavens, magnifying Christ.