Scripture Readings
Saturday, April 7, 2018
- Ezekiel 37:1-14
- 1 Corinthians 5:6-8; Galatians 3:13-14
- Matthew 27:62-66
- Genesis 1:1-13
- Isaiah 60:1-16
- Exodus 12:1-11
- Jonah 1:1-4:11
- Joshua 5:10-15
- Exodus 13:20-15:19
- Zephaniah 3:8-15
- 3[1] Kings 17:8-24
- Isaiah 61:10-62:5
- Genesis 22:1-18
- Isaiah 61:1-9
- 4[2] Kings 4:8-37
- Isaiah 63:11-64:5
- Jeremiah 31:31-34
- Daniel 3:1-23; Song of the Three: 1-66 with verses
- Romans 6:3-11
- Matthew 28:1-20
Today’s commemorated feasts and saints
Great and Holy Saturday. Repose of St. Tikhon, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia and Enlightener of North America (1925—March 25 O.S.). St. George the Confessor, Bishop of Mytilene (9th c.). Ven. Daniel, Abbot of Pereslavl-Zalessky (1540). Martyr Calliopus at Pompeiopolis in Cilicia (304). Martyrs Rufinus the Deacon, Aquilina, and 200 soldiers with them at Sinope (ca. 310). Ven. Serapion of Egypt (5th c.). (Note: The service for St Tikhon is transferred to April 10.)