Kalender

Saturday April 19, 2025 / April 6, 2025

Passion Week: Great Saturday, descent into Hades.
Great Lent. By Monastic Charter: Strict Fast (Bread, Vegetables, Fruits)

St. Eutychius, patriarch of Constantinople (582).
Martyrs Peter and Prokhor (1918).
New Hieromartyr John priest (1934).
New Hieromartyr James priest (1943).
St. Sebastian, Elder of Optina and Karaganda (1966).
St. Methodius, Equal-to-the-Apostles, enlightener of the Slavs (885).
Venerable Platonida (Platonis) of Nisibis (308).
120 Martyrs of Persia (345).
Martyrs Jeremiah and Archilias the Presbyter.
Venerable Gregory of St. Athanasius monastery on Mt. Athos, instructor of St. Gregory Palamas (1308).
Venerable Gregory the Sinaite (1346).
2 Martyrs from Ascalon.
New Martyr Nicholas of Lesbos (1463).
New Monk-martyr Gennadius of Dionysiou, Mt. Athos, who suffered at Constantinople (1818).
New Martyrs Manuel, Theodore, George, Michael, and another George, of Samothrace (1835).

The Scripture Readings

1 Corinthians 5:6-8 (svenska) · 1 Corinthians 5:6-8 (engelska) (Matins, Epistle)
Galatians 3:13-14 (svenska) · Galatians 3:13-14 (engelska) (Matins, Epistle)
Matthew 27:62-66 (svenska) · Matthew 27:62-66 (engelska) (Matins, Gospel)
Romans 6:3-11 (svenska) · Romans 6:3-11 (engelska)
Matthew 28:1-20 (svenska) · Matthew 28:1-20 (engelska)