Day

Readings:

• 1 Thessalonians 2.1-8 (Epistle)
• Luke 18.15-17, 26-30 (Gospel)

Psalter:

• Kathisma 10, Kathisma 11, Kathisma 12 (Matins)
• Kathisma 18 (Vespers)

On this day the Church remembers:

• Afterfeast Entrance of the Theotokos
• Greatmartyr Catherine of Alexandria
• Greatmartyr Mercurius of Caesarea, in Cappadocia
• Martyr Mercurius of Smolensk
• Venerable Mercurius the Faster of the Kiev Caves
• Martyr Augusta the Empress martyred at Alexandria,with the Greatmartyr Catherine
• Martyr Porphyrius the General martyred at Alexandria, with Greatmartyr Catherine
• Martyred 200 Soldiers martyred at Alexandria, with the Greatmartyr Catherine
• Virginmartyr Mastridia of Alexandria
• Martyr Philotheus the Romanian
• Venerable Simon the Abbot of Soiga Monastery, Vologda

Hymns:

• Greatmartyr Catherine of Alexandria
• Greatmartyr Mercurius of Caesarea, in Cappadocia

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