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Saturday, April 19, 2025 - Ven. John of Ancient Caves in Palestine

Saturday, April 19, 2025
Great and Holy Saturday
Wine Great and Holy Saturday.

Readings:

• 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)

Psalter:

• Kathisma 17 (Matins)

On this day the Church remembers:

• Venerable John of the Ancient Caves in Palestine
• Martyr Christopher at Nicomedia
• Martyr Theonas at Nicomedia
• Martyr Anthony at Rome
• Hieromartyr Paphnutius of Jerusalem
• St George the Confessor and Bishop of Antioch, in Pisidia
• St Tryphon the Patriarch of Constantinople
• Venerable Nicephorus the Abbot of Catabad
• Monkmartyr Agathangelus of Esphigmenou of Mt Athos
• Venerable Simeon of Philotheou
• St Matrona of Moscow

Hymns:

• Venerable John of the Ancient Caves in Palestine