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
• James 1:1-12
• James 1:13-27
• James 2:1-13
• John 21:15-25
• Acts 12:1-11
• Luke 5:1-11
• 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. Holy Apostle James (Jacob), the brother of St. John the Theologian (44 A.D.). Uncovering of the Relics of St. Nikḗtas, Bishop of Novgorod (1558). St. Donatus, Bishop of Euroea in Epirus (ca. 387). Uncovering of the Relics of St. Basil, Bishop of Amasea (4th c.). Martyr Maximus of Ephesus. St. Ignátii (Ignatius) Brianchaninov, Bishop of the Caucasus and Stavropol (1867).