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Tuesday April 16, 2024 / April 3, 2024
Fifth Week of the Great Lent. Tone four.
Great Lent. By Monastic Charter: Food without Oil
Venerable Nicetas the Confessor, abbot of Medikion (824).
Virgin-martyr Theodosia of Tyre (307-308).Venerable Illyricus of Mt. Myrsinon in the Peloponnesus. Martyrs Elpidephorus, Dius, Bithonius, and Galycus (3rd c.).Icons of the Most Holy Theotokos "The Unfading Flower", and Iveron.
New Martyr Paul the Russian at Constantinople (1683).Venerable Nectarius, abbot, of Bezhetsk (1492).Martyr Ulphianus of Tyre (306). Venerable Joseph the Hymnographer, of Sicily (883) (Greek).Martyrs Cassius, Philip, and Eutychius of Thessalonica (304).Martyrs Evagrius, Benignus, Christus, Arestus, Kinnudius, Rufus, Patricius, and Zosima at Tomis (310).St. Fara (Burgondofara) of Eboriac or Faremoutiers (7th c.).The Scripture Readings
Isaiah 40:18-31 (6th Hour)Genesis 15:1-15 (Vespers, 1st Reading)
Proverbs 15:7-19 (Vespers, 2nd Reading)
Source: Orthodox Calendar. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH