Scripture Readings
Thursday, February 23, 2017
- Composite 8 - Isaiah 40, 41, 45, 48, 54
- Composite 9 - Malachi 3, 4
- Composite 3 - Wisdom of Solomon 4, 5
- Luke 7:17-30
- 2 Corinthians 4:6-15
- Matthew 11:2-15
- Jude 1:11-25
- Luke 23:2-34, 44-56
Today’s commemorated feasts and saints
Hieromartyr Polycarp, Bishop of Smyrna (167). Ven. Polycarp of Briansk (1620-1621). Ven. John, Antiochus, Antoninus, Moses, Zebinas, Polychronius, Moses, and Damian, Ascetics, of the Syrian deserts (5th c.). Ven. Alexander, founder of the Monastery of the “Unsleeping Ones” (ca. 430). Ven. Damian of Esphigmenou (Mt. Athos—1280). Monastic Martyr Damian of Philotheou (1568). St. Gorgonia, Sister of St. Gregory the Theologian (370). (Note: The service for the Forerunner is held today.)