Scripture Readings
Thursday, May 13, 2010
- Isaiah 2:2-3
- Composite 21 - Isaiah 62:10-63:3, 7-9
- Composite 22 - Zechariah 14:1, 4, 8-11
- Mark 16:9-20
- Acts 1:1-12
- Luke 24:36-53
Today’s commemorated feasts and saints
The Ascension of our Lord. Virgin Martyr Glyceria at Heraclea, and with her, Martyr Laodicius, Keeper of the Prison (ca. 177). Righteous Virgin Glykerίa of Novgorod (1522). Translation of the Relics of Ven. Makáry, Archimandrite of Obruch (or Kanev—1678). Martyr Alexander of Rome (284-305). St. Pausicacus, Bishop of Synnada (606). St George the Confessor, with his wife, Irene, and their children, of Constantinople (9th c.). St. Euthymius the New (1028), founder of Ivḗron Monastery, and his fellow Georgian Saints of Mt. Athos: his father, John, his cousin, George, and Gabriel. Monastic Martyrs of Ivḗron (Mt. Athos).