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Wednesday April 17, 2024 / April 4, 2024

Fifth Week of the Great Lent. Tone four.
Great Lent. By Monastic Charter: Strict Fast (Bread, Vegetables, Fruits)

Venerable Joseph the Hymnographer of Sicily (883).
Venerable George, monk, of Mt. Maleon in the Peloponnesus (9th c.).
New Hieromartyrs Archimandrite Benjamin (Kononov) and Hieromonk Nicephorus (Kuchin) of Solovki (1928).
Virgin-martyr Mary (1932).
New Hieromartyr Nicholas bishop of Velsk (1933).
New Hieromartyr John priest (1933).
Martyr John (1943).
Venerable Joseph the Muchailing of the Kiev Caves (14th c.).
Venerable Zosimas, abbot of Vorbozomsk (1550).
Venerable Zosimas, monk, of Palestine (560).
Virgin-martyr Pherbutha of Persia, her sister and servants (343).
Icons of the Mother of God, named "Gerontissa" and "Deliveress".
New Hieromartyr Nicetas the Serb of Albania, Mt. Athos and Serres (1808).
Venerable Theonas, metropolitan of Thessalonica (1541).
St. Isidore, bishop of Seville (636).
Holy Martyr Kallinikos.
Venerable James of Old Torzhok in Galich, Kostroma (15th-16th c.).
Martyr Basil of Mangazea in Siberia (1602).

The Scripture Readings

Isaiah 41:4-14 (svenska) · Isaiah 41:4-14 (engelska) (6th Hour)
Genesis 17:1-9 (svenska) · Genesis 17:1-9 (engelska) (Vespers, 1st Reading)
Proverbs 15:20-16:9 (svenska) · Proverbs 15:20-16:9 (engelska) (Vespers, 2nd Reading)