Scripture Readings

• 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. Prophet Jeremiah (6th c. B.C.). Ven. Paphnutius, Abbot of Boróvsk (1478). New Martyrs Euthymius (1814), Ignatius (1814), and Acacius (1816), of Mt. Athos. Hieromartyr Makáry (Macarius), Metropolitan of Kiev (1497). Martyr Bata the Persian (4th c.). Rt. Blv. Tamára, Queen of Georgia (13th c.). Ven. Nikēphóros of Chios (1821). “Unexpected Joy” Icon of the Mother of God (1647).