Scripture Readings
Friday, April 17, 2026
Today’s commemorated feasts and saints
Bright Friday — The “Lifegiving Fountain” Icon of the Most-holy Theotokos. — Appearance of the Icon of the Mother of God “The Footprint” at Pochaev. Hieromartyr Simeon, Bishop in Persia, and those with him: Martyrs Abdechalas and Ananias—Presbyters, Usthazanes, Fusicus (Pusicius), Ascitrea, Azades the Eunuch, and many others (344). Saint Akakios, Bishop of Melitēnḗ (ca. 433). Ven. Zosíma, Abbot of Solovétsky Monastery (1478). Uncovering of the Relics of Ven. Alexander, Abbot of Svir (1641). Martyr Adrian of Corinth (251). St. Agapitus, Pope of Rome (536). Repose of Ven. Makarios of Corinth (1805).