Scripture Readings
Sunday, April 12, 1998
- Genesis 49:1-2,8-12
- Zephaniah 3:14-19
- Zechariah 9:9-15
- Matthew 21:1-11, 15-17
- Philippians 4:4-9
- John 12:1-18
Today’s commemorated feasts and saints
ENTRY OF OUR LORD INTO JERUSALEM. Palm Sunday. St. Basil the Confessor, Bishop of Parium (8th c.). Hieromartyr Zeno, Bishop of Verona (ca. 260). Ven. Isaac the Syrian, Abbot of Spoleto (550). Monastic Martyrs Menas, David, and John, of Palestine (7th c.). Venerable Anthusa of Constantinople (801). Ven. Athanasia, Abbess, of Aegina (860). Ven. Acacius the Younger, of Kavsokalyvia (Mt. Athos—1730). Transfer of the Holy Zone of Theotokos to Constantinople (942).