Scripture Readings
Saturday, May 4, 2013
- Ezekiel 37:1-14
- 1 Corinthians 5:6-8; Galatians 3:13-14
- Matthew 27:62-66
- Genesis 1:1-13
- Isaiah 60:1-16
- Exodus 12:1-11
- Jonah 1:1-4:11
- Joshua 5:10-15
- Exodus 13:20-15:19
- Zephaniah 3:8-15
- 3[1] Kings 17:8-24
- Isaiah 61:10-62:5
- Genesis 22:1-18
- Isaiah 61:1-9
- 4[2] Kings 4:8-37
- Isaiah 63:11-64:5
- Jeremiah 31:31-34
- Daniel 3:1-23; Song of the Three: 1-66 with verses
- Romans 6:3-11
- Matthew 28:1-20
Today’s commemorated feasts and saints
Great and Holy Saturday. Virgin Martyr Pelagía of Tarsus in Asia Minor (ca. 290). The Alfanov (Sokol’nitsky) brethren: Ss. Nikḗtas, Kirill, Nikifor, Clement, and Isaac, of Novgorod (14th-15th c.). Holy Confessor Erasmus, Bishop of Formia in Campania (303). Hieromartyr Silvanus, Bishop of Gaza, and with him 40 Martyrs (311). Ven. Nikēphóros of Mt. Athos (1300). New Martyr Vasily (1945).