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4/1/2025
Tuesday of the Fifth Week of Lent — Tone 7
Ven. Mary of Egypt; Ven. Euthymius of Suzdal
- Isaiah 40.18-31 (6th Hour)
- Genesis 15.1-15 (Vespers)
- Proverbs 15.7-19 (Vespers)
4/2/2025
Wednesday of the Fifth Week of Lent — Tone 7
Ven. Titus the Wonderworker
- Isaiah 41.4-14 (6th Hour)
- Genesis 17.1-9 (Vespers)
- Proverbs 15.20-16.9 (LXX) (Vespers)
4/3/2025
Thursday of the Fifth Week of Lent — Tone 7
Great Canon of St Andrew of Crete Ven. Nicetas the Confessor
- Isaiah 42.5-16 (6th Hour)
- Genesis 18.20-33 (Vespers)
- Proverbs 16.17-17.17 (Vespers)
4/4/2025
Friday of the Fifth Week of Lent — Tone 7
Ven. Joseph the Hymnographer
- Isaiah 45.11-17 (6th Hour)
- Genesis 22.1-18 (Vespers)
- Proverbs 17.17-18.5 (Vespers)
4/5/2025
Fifth Saturday of Lent — Tone 7
Saturday of the Akathist to the Most-Holy Theotokos Martyrs Agathopedes, Theodulus and Their Companions
- Hebrews 9.24-28 (Epistle)
- Hebrews 9.1-7 (Epistle) (Theotokos)
- Mark 8.27-31 (Gospel)
- Luke 10.38-42, 11.27-28 (Gospel) (Theotokos)
4/6/2025
Fifth Sunday of Lent — Tone 8
St Mary of Egypt St Methodius, Enlightener of the Slavs
- John 20.11-18 (8th Matins Gospel)
- Hebrews 9.11-14 (Epistle)
- Galatians 3.23-29 (Epistle) (St Mary)
- Mark 10.32-45 (Gospel)
- Luke 7.36-50 (Gospel) (St Mary)
4/7/2025
Monday of the Sixth Week of Lent
Repose St. Tikhon, Patriarch of Moscow, Enlightener N. America
- John 10.1-9 (Matins Gospel) (St Tikhon)
- Isaiah 48.17-49.4 (6th Hour)
- Genesis 27.1-41 (Vespers)
- Proverbs 19.16-25 (Vespers)
- Wisdom of Solomon 3.1-9 (Vespers) (St Tikhon)
- Wisdom of Solomon 5.15-6.3 (Vespers) (St Tikhon)
- Wisdom of Solomon 4.7-15 (Vespers) (St Tikhon)
- Hebrews 7.26-8.2 (Epistle) (St Tikhon)
- John 10.9-16 (Gospel) (St Tikhon)
4/8/2025
Tuesday of the Sixth Week of Lent
Apostles of the Seventy Herodion, Agabus, Asyncritus, Rufuf, Phlegon, Hermes
- Isaiah 49.6-10 (6th Hour)
- Genesis 31.3-16 (Vespers)
- Proverbs 21.3-21 (Vespers)
4/9/2025
Wednesday of the Sixth Week of Lent
Martyr Eupsychius of Caesarea in Cappadocia
- Isaiah 58.1-11 (6th Hour)
- Genesis 43.26-31, 45.1-16 (Vespers)
- Proverbs 21.23-22.4 (Vespers)
4/10/2025
Thursday of the Sixth Week of Lent
Martyrs Terence, Pompeius, Africanus and Companions
- Isaiah 65.8-16 (6th Hour)
- Genesis 46.1-7 (Vespers)
- Proverbs 23.15-24.5 (Vespers)
4/11/2025
Friday of the Sixth Week of Lent
Hieromartyr Antipas, Bishop of Pergamum
- Isaiah 66.10-24 (6th Hour)
- Genesis 49.33-50.26 (Vespers)
- Proverbs 31.8-31 (Vespers)
4/12/2025
Lazarus Saturday
St Basil the Confessor, Bishop of Parium
- Hebrews 12.28-13.8 (Epistle)
- John 11.1-45 (Gospel)
4/13/2025
Palm Sunday
Entrance of Our Lord into Jerusalem Hieromartyr Artemon, Presbyter of Laodicea
- Genesis 49.1-2, 8-12 (Vespers)
- Zephaniah 3.14-19 (Vespers)
- Zechariah 9.9-15 (Vespers)
- Matthew 21.1-11, 15-17 (Matins Gospel)
- Philippians 4.4-9 (Epistle)
- John 12.1-18 (Gospel)
4/14/2025
Great and Holy Monday
St Martin the Confessor, Pope of Rome
- Matthew 21.18-43 (Gospel) (Bridegroom)
- Ezekiel 1.1-20 (6th Hour)
- Exodus 1.1-20 (Vespers)
- Job 1.1-12 (Vespers)
- Matthew 24.3-35 (Gospel) (Presanctified)
4/15/2025
Great and Holy Tuesday
Apostles of the Seventy Aristarchus, Pudens and Trophimus
- Matthew 22.15-23.39 (Gospel) (Bridegroom)
- Ezekiel 1.21-28 (-2.1 LXX) (6th Hour)
- Exodus 2.5-10 (Vespers)
- Job 1.13-22 (Vespers)
- Matthew 24.36-26.2 (Gospel) (Presanctified)
4/16/2025
Great and Holy Wednesday
Virgin Martyrs Agape, Irene and Chionia
- John 12.17-50 (Gospel) (Bridegroom)
- Ezekiel 2.3-3.3 (6th Hour)
- Exodus 2.11-22 (Vespers)
- Job 2.1-10 (Vespers)
- Matthew 26.6-16 (Gospel) (Presanctified)
4/17/2025
Great and Holy Thursday
Hieromartyr Simeon of Persia; Ven. Zosima of Solovetsk
- Luke 22.1-39 (Gospel) (Bridegroom)
- Jeremiah 11.18-12.5, 9-11, 14-15 (1st Hour)
- Exodus 19.10-19 (Vespers)
- Job 38.1-23; 42.1-5 (Vespers)
- Isaiah 50.4-11 (Vespers)
- 1 Corinthians 11.23-32 (Epistle)
- Matthew 26:2-20; (John 13:3-17; Matt 26:21-39; Luke 22:43-45; Matt 26:40-27:2) (Gospel) (Composite)
- John 13.1-11 (Gospel) (At the Washing of the Feet)
- John 13.12-17 (Gospel) (After the Washing of the Feet)
4/18/2025
Great and Holy Friday
Ven. John, Disciple of Gregory Decapolites
- John 13.31-18.1 (1st Passion Gospel)
- John 18.1-28 (2nd Passion Gospel)
- Matthew 26.57-75 (3rd Passion Gospel)
- John 18.28-19.16 (4th Passion Gospel)
- Matthew 27.3-32 (5th Passion Gospel)
- Mark 15.16-32 (6th Passion Gospel)
- Matthew 27.33-54 (7th Passion Gospel)
- Luke 23.32-49 (8th Passion Gospel)
- John 19.25-37 (9th Passion Gospel)
- Mark 15.43-47 (10th Passion Gospel)
- John 19.38-42 (11th Passion Gospel)
- Matthew 27.62-66 (12th Passion Gospel)
- Zechariah 11.10-13 (1st Hour)
- Galatians 6.14-18 (1st Hour) (Epistle)
- Matthew 27.1-56 (1st Hour) (Gospel)
- Isaiah 50.4-11 (3rd Hour)
- Romans 5.6-11 (3rd Hour) (Epistle)
- Mark 15.16-41 (3rd Hour) (Gospel)
- Isaiah 52.13-54.1 (6th Hour)
- Amos 8.9-12 (6th Hour) (alternate)
- Hebrews 2.11-18 (6th Hour) (Epistle)
- Luke 23.32-49 (6th Hour) (Gospel)
- Jeremiah 11.18-12.5, 9-11, 14-15 (9th Hour)
- Hebrews 10.19-31 (9th Hour) (Epistle)
- John 18.28-19.37 (9th Hour) (Gospel)
- Exodus 33.11-23 (Vespers)
- Job 42.12-17 (LXX) (Vespers)
- Isaiah 52.13-54.1 (Vespers)
- 1 Corinthians 1.18-2.2 (Epistle) (Vespers)
- Matthew 27.1-38; Luke 23:39-43; Matt 27:39-54; John 19:31-37; Matt 27:55-61 (Gospel) (Composite)
4/19/2025
Great and Holy Saturday
Ven. John of Ancient Caves in Palestine
- Ezekiel 37.1-14 (Matins) (Prophecy)
- 1 Corinthians 5.6-8; Galatians 3.13-14 (Matins Epistle)
- Matthew 27.62-66 (Matins Gospel)
- Genesis 1.1-13 (Vespers) (1st reading)
- Isaiah 60.1-16 (Vespers) (2nd reading)
- Exodus 12.1-11 (Vespers) (3rd reading)
- Jonah 1.1-4.11 (Vespers) (4th reading)
- Joshua 5.10-15 (Vespers) (5th reading)
- Exodus 13.20-15.19 (Vespers) (6th reading)
- Zephaniah 3.8-15 (Vespers) (7th reading)
- 3[1] Kings 17.8-24 (Vespers) (8th reading)
- Isaiah 61.10-62.5 (Vespers) (9th reading)
- Genesis 22.1-18 (Vespers) (10th reading)
- Isaiah 61.1-9 (Vespers) (11th reading)
- 4[2] Kings 4.8-37 (Vespers) (12th reading)
- Isaiah 63.11-64.5 (Vespers) (13th reading)
- Jeremiah 31.31-34 (Vespers) (14th reading)
- Daniel 3.1-23; Song of the Three 1-66 with verses (Vespers) (15th reading)
- Romans 6.3-11 (Epistle)
- Matthew 28.1-20 (Gospel)
4/20/2025
Holy Pascha
The Resurrection of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ Ven. Theodore Trichinas
- Acts 1.1-8 (Epistle)
- John 1.1-17 (Gospel)
- John 20.19-25 (Paschal Vespers)
4/21/2025
Bright Monday
Hieromartyr Januarius and Companions
- Acts 1.12-17, 21-26 (Epistle)
- John 1.18-28 (Gospel)
- Matthew 28.1-20 (Cross Procession) (1st Reading)
- Mark 16.1-8 (Cross Procession) (2nd Reading)
- Luke 24.1-12 (Cross Procession) (3rd Reading)
- John 20.1-10 (Cross Procession) (4th Reading)
- Luke 24.36-53 (Cross Procession) (5th Reading)
4/22/2025
Bright Tuesday
St Theodore the Sykeote
- Acts 2.14-21 (Epistle)
- Luke 24.12-35 (Gospel)
4/23/2025
Bright Wednesday
Holy Greatmartyr, Victorybearer and Wonderworker George
- Isaiah 43.9-14 (Vespers) (St George)
- Wisdom of Solomon 3.1-9 (Vespers) (St George)
- Wisdom of Solomon 4.7-15 (Vespers) (St George)
- Luke 12.2-12 (Matins Gospel) (St George)
- Acts 2.22-36 (Epistle)
- Acts 12.1-11 (Epistle) (St George)
- John 1.35-51 (Gospel)
- John 15.17-16.2 (Gospel) (St George)
4/24/2025
Bright Thursday
Martyr Sabbas Stratelates
- Acts 2.38-43 (Epistle)
- John 3.1-15 (Gospel)
4/25/2025
Bright Friday
The Life-Giving Spring of the Most-holy Theotokos; Holy Apostle and Evangelist Mark
- James 1.1-12 (Vespers) (St Mark)
- James 1.13-27 (Vespers) (St Mark)
- James 2.1-13 (Vespers) (St Mark)
- Luke 10.1-15 (Matins Gospel) (St Mark)
- Acts 3.1-8 (Epistle)
- Philippians 2.5-11 (Epistle) (Theotokos)
- 1 Peter 5.6-14 (Epistle) (St Mark)
- John 2.12-22 (Gospel)
- Luke 10.38-42, 11.27-28 (Gospel) (Theotokos)
- Mark 6.7-13 (Gospel) (St Mark)
4/26/2025
Bright Saturday
Hieromartyr Basil of Amasea; St Stephen, Bishop of Perm
- Acts 3.11-16 (Epistle)
- John 3.22-33 (Gospel)
4/27/2025
Antipascha: 2nd Sunday of Pascha — Tone 1
St Thomas Sunday Hieromartyr Simeon, Kinsman of the Lord
- Matthew 28.16-20 (1st Matins Gospel)
- Acts 5.12-20 (Epistle)
- John 20.19-31 (Gospel)
4/28/2025
Monday of the 2nd Sunday of Pascha — Tone 1
Apostles Jason and Sosipater of the Seventy
- Acts 3.19-26 (Epistle)
- John 2.1-11 (Gospel)
4/29/2025
Tuesday of the 2nd Sunday of Pascha — Tone 1
Day of Rejoicing (Radonitsa) Nine Martyrs at Cyzicus
- Acts 4.1-10 (Epistle)
- 1 Corinthians 15.39-57 (Epistle) (Departed)
- John 3.16-21 (Gospel)
- John 5.24-30 (Gospel) (Departed)
4/30/2025
Wednesday of the 2nd Sunday of Pascha — Tone 1
Holy Apostle James, Brother of St John
- James 1.1-12 (Vespers) (St James)
- James 1.13-27 (Vespers) (St James)
- James 2.1-13 (Vespers) (St James)
- John 21.15-25 (Matins Gospel)
- Acts 4.13-22 (Epistle)
- Acts 12.1-11 (Epistle) (St James)
- John 5.17-24 (Gospel)
- Luke 5.1-11 (Gospel) (St James)