Scripture Readings

• Jeremiah 11:18-12:5, 9-11, 14-15
• Exodus 19:10-19
• Job 38:1-23; 42:1-5
• Isaiah 50:4-11
• Luke 22:1-39
• 1 Corinthians 11:23-32
• Matt. 26:2-20; John 13:3-17; Matt. 26:21-39; Luke 22:43-45; Matt. 26:40-27:2
• John 13:1-11
• John 13:12-17

Today’s commemorated feasts and saints

Great and Holy Thursday. Afterfeast of the Elevation of the Cross. Greatmartyr Niketas (Nikita) the Goth (ca. 372). Uncovering of the Relics of St. Acacius, Bishop of Melitene (3rd c.). Martyrs Theodotus, Asclepiodotus, and Maximus, of Adrianopolis (305-311). Martyr Porphyrius the Actor (361). Uncovering of the Relics of the Holy Protomartyr and Archdeacon Stephen (415). St. Philotheus the Presbyter, in Asia Minor (10th c.). Ven. Joseph, Abbot, of Alaverdsk in Georgia (570). St. Joseph the New of Partos, Metropolitan of Timisoara (1656).