5th Sunday of Great Lent

Lessons from St. Mary of Egypt

ByLenten Season April 17, 2016November 19, 2018

Dear Faithful, We have reached the last Sunday of Great Lent. On this last Sunday, the Church presents before us the quintessential example of repentance—the life of St. Mary of Egypt. The Church has put repentance before us as the central task we are trying to accomplish throughout the course of the Fast and…

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The Story of St. Mary of Egypt

ByLenten Season April 17, 2016

St Zosimas (April 4) was a monk at a certain Palestinian monastery on the outskirts of Caesarea. Having dwelt at the monastery since his childhood, he lived there in asceticism until he reached the age of fifty-three. Then he was disturbed by the thought that he had attained perfection, and needed no one to instruct…