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March 12 - Sunday of The Healing of The Hemorrhaging Woman

 - Season of Great Lent

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March 5 - Sunday of The Healing of The Leper

 - Season of Great Lent

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February 9 - The Feast of Saint Maron

Maron, born in the middle of the 4th century in Syria, was a priest who later became a hermit, retiring to a mountain of Taurus in the region of Cyrrhus, near Antioch. His holiness and miracles attracted many followers, and drew attention throughout the empire. John Chrysostom wrote to him around AD 405 expressing his great love and respect, and asking Maron to pray for him.[3] Maron and Chrysostom are believed to have studied together in the great Christian learning center at Antioch, which at the time was the third largest city in the Roman Empire.

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February 9 - The Feast of Saint Maron

Saint John Chrysostom knew Saint Maron, and wrote to him from his exile, which speaks out of spiritual friendship, and mutual respect that these two great men had for each other:

“To Maron the priest and hermit,

The friendship that relates us, makes you always present in front of my eyes, even when long distances separate us, because love is greater than to be blocked by a thousand miles or long years of separation. We, I, wished, we could correspond more often with you, however we found ourselves limited by the rarity of travelers between your land and our exile. So, we wish you all the best, and want you to be aware that we constantly remember you wherever we are, and have a great respect for you. For us, to Learn that you are doing fine is always a great source of consolation and joy for us in this estranged exile of ours; so, do not deprive us from your news. Finally, we ask you to please pray to God for us.”

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February 9 - The Feast of Saint Maron

Maron’s way was deeply monastic with emphasis on the spiritual and ascetic aspects of living. For Maron, all was connected to God and God was connected to all. He did not separate the physical and spiritual world and actually used the physical world to deepen his faith and spiritual experience with God. He was able to free himself from the physical world by his passion and fervour for prayer and enter into a mystical relationship of love with God.

He lived his life in the open air next to a temple he had transformed to a church. He spent his time in prayer and meditation exposed to the forces of nature such as sun, rain, hail and snow. Theodoret of Cyrrhus wrote that this was a new type of asceticism that soon enjoyed wide acceptance in Syria and Lebanon. His Religious History, written about 440, mentions fifteen men and three women who followed this practice, many of them trained or guided by Maron.

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February 9 - The Feast of St. Maron

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February 9 - The Feast of Saint Maron

“Loving God and Father of all, accept the prayers we offer through the intercession of your servant, Saint Maron. Guide and strengthen your people who follow in his holy example. Teach us to be faithful as he was, and to keep our hearts attuned to your constant presence in our lives.

Through the inspiration of your Holy Spirit may we, like Saint Maron, seek you at all times and drink in your living waters of grace. Quench our parched souls as we enter into the desert of this world that seeks to forget you and expel your name from every aspect of life. May we boldly proclaim your goodness to all by the witness of our own lives. Stir up devotion and virtue in the hearts of your people as we seek to follow the example of your priest Saint Maron. We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen.”