Scripture Readings
Wednesday, May 1, 2024
Today’s commemorated feasts and saints
Great and Holy Wednesday. 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).