Scripture Readings
Saturday, March 4, 2017
- Composite 2 - Proverbs 10, 3, 8
- Proverbs 10:31-11:12
- Wisdom of Solomon 4:7-15
- John 10:1-9
- Hebrews 13:17-21
- John 10:9-16
- 2 Timothy 2:1-10
- John 15:17-16:2
- Hebrews 1:1-12
- Mark 2:23-3:5
Today’s commemorated feasts and saints
First Saturday of Great Lent — Commemoration of St. Theodore the Recruit and the Miracle of the Boiled Wheat. Ven. Gerasimus of the Jordan (475). Ven. Gerásim of Vologdá (1178). Ven. Joasaph of Snetogórsk (Pskov—1299). Rt. Blv. Prince Basil (Vasilko) of Rostov (1238). Rt. Blv. Prince Daniel of Moscow (1303). Martyrs Paul and his sister, Juliana (ca. 273). St. James (Jacob) the Faster of Phœnicia (Syria—6th c.). Translation of the Relics of Rt. Blv. Prince St. Wenceslas (Viacheslav), Prince of the Czechs (935). St. Gregory, Bishop of Constantia, Cyprus. (Note: The service for St Raphael is held today.)