Scripture Readings
Saturday, April 16, 2016
Today’s commemorated feasts and saints
Fifth Saturday of Lent — Saturday of the Akathist to the Most-holy Theotokos. Virgin Martyrs Agape, Irene and Chionia, in Illyria (304). Martyrs Leonidas, Chariessa, Nice (Nika, Victoria), Galina, Kalista (Kalisa), Nunechia, Basilissa, Theodora, and Irene, of Corinth (258). Monastic Martyr Christopher of Dionysiou (Mt. Athos—1818). Hieromartyr Nikḗtas. The Weeping “IL’INSKO-CHERNIGOV” (1658) and the TAMBOV Icons of the Mother of God (1658).