Scripture Readings
Thursday, April 16, 2026
Today’s commemorated feasts and saints
Bright Thursday. Virgin Martyrs Agape, Irene and Chionia, in Illyria (304). Martyrs Leonidas, Chariessa, Nice (Nika, Victoria), Galina, Kalista (Kalisa), Nunechia, Basilissa, Theodora, and Irene, of Corinth (258). Monastic Martyr Christopher of Dionysiou (Mt. Athos—1818). Hieromartyr Nikḗtas. The Weeping “IL’INSKO-CHERNIGOV” (1658) and the TAMBOV Icons of the Mother of God (1658).