Scripture Readings
Thursday, June 9, 2016
- 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. St. Cyril, Archbishop of Alexandria (444). Ven. Cyril, Igoumen of White Lake (1427). Ven. Alexander, Abbot of Kushta (Vologdá—1439). Five Nuns beheaded in Persia: Martyrs Thecla, Mariamne, Martha, Mary, and Ennatha (346). St. Columba, Enlightener of Scotland (597).