Scripture Readings
Thursday, April 17, 2014
- Jeremiah 11:18-12:5, 9-11, 14-15
- Exodus 19:10-19
- Job 38:1-23; 42:1-5
- Isaiah 50:4-11
- Luke 22:1-39
- 1 Corinthians 11:23-32
- Matt. 26:2-20; John 13:3-17; Matt. 26:21-39; Luke 22:43-45; Matt. 26:40-27:2
- John 13:1-11
- John 13:12-17
Today’s commemorated feasts and saints
Great and Holy Thursday. 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).