All day
17 April 2021
Saturday April 17, 2021 / April 4, 2021
Fifth Saturday of the Great Lent: Laudation of the Mother of God. Tone three.
Great Lent. Food with Oil
Venerable Joseph the Hymnographer of Sicily (883).
Venerable George, monk, of Mt. Maleon in the Peloponnesus (9th c.).
New Hieromartyrs Archimandrite Benjamin (Kononov) and Hieromonk Nicephorus (Kuchin) of Solovki (1928).
Virgin-martyr Mary (1932).
New Hieromartyr Nicholas bishop of Velsk (1933).
New Hieromartyr John priest (1933).
Martyr John (1943).
Venerable Joseph the Muchailing of the Kiev Caves (14th c.).
Venerable Zosimas, abbot of Vorbozomsk (1550).
Venerable Zosimas, monk, of Palestine (560).
Virgin-martyr Pherbutha of Persia, her sister and servants (343).
Icons of the Mother of God, named "Gerontissa" and "Deliveress".
New Hieromartyr Nicetas the Serb of Albania, Mt. Athos and Serres (1808).
Venerable Theonas, metropolitan of Thessalonica (1541).
St. Isidore, bishop of Seville (636).
Holy Martyr Kallinikos.
Venerable James of Old Torzhok in Galich, Kostroma (15th-16th c.).
Martyr Basil of Mangazea in Siberia (1602).
The Scripture Readings
Hebrews 9:24-28
Hebrews 9:1-7 (Theotokos)
Mark 8:27-31
Luke 10:38-42; 11:27-28 (Theotokos)