Scripture Readings

• John 13:31-18:1
• John 18:1-28
• Matthew 26:57-75
• John 18:28-19:16
• Matthew 27:3-32
• Mark 15:16-32
• Matthew 27:33-54
• Luke 23:32-49
• John 19:25-37
• Mark 15:43-47
• John 19:38-42
• Matthew 27:62-66
• Zechariah 11:10-13
• Galatians 6:14-18
• Matthew 27:1-56
• Isaiah 50:4-11
• Romans 5:6-11
• Mark 15:16-41
• Isaiah 52:13-54:1
• Amos 8:9-12
• Hebrews 2:11-18
• Luke 23:32-49
• Jeremiah 11:18-12:5, 9:11, 14-15
• Hebrews 10:19-31
• John 18:28-19:37
• Exodus 33:11-23
• Job 42:12-17 LXX
• Isaiah 52:13-54:1
• 1 Corinthians 1:18-2:2
• Matt. 27:1-38; Luke 23:39-43; Matt. 27:39-54; John 19:31-37; Matt. 27:55-61

Today’s commemorated feasts and saints

Great and Holy Friday. Afterfeast of the Elevation of the Cross. Great Martyr Euphemia the All-praised (304). Repose of St. Kiprián, Metropolitan of Moscow and All Russia (1406). St. Sebastiana, disciple of St. Paul the Apostle, martyred at Heraclea (1st c.). Martyr Melitinḗ of Marcianopolis (2nd c.). Martyrs Victor and Sosthenes at Chalcedon (ca. 304). Ven. Dorotheus, Hermit, of Egypt (4th c.). Martyr Ludmila, grandmother of St. Wenceslaus (Viachesláv), Prince of the Czechs (927). New Martyrs Isaac and Joseph of Georgia (808).