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Sunday April 12, 2026 / March 30, 2026

The Bright Resurrection of Christ, The Pascha of the Lord.

The End of the Great Lent.

Calculated: No fasting (f0)

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Feasts

  • Great and Holy Pascha

Fast-free Period

  • Bright Week

Saints

  1. Venerable John (Climacus) of Sinai, author of The Ladder (649). primary
  2. St. Sophronius, bishop of Irkutsk (1771). primary
  3. St. Osburga of Coventry, virgin (1015) (Celtic & British). westernBritain and Ireland
  4. Translation of the relics of the Martyr-King Edmund of East Anglia (Celtic & British). westernBritain and Ireland
  5. Prophet Joad (I Kings 13:11 -10th c. BC) who dwelt in Bethel.
  6. Holy Apostles Sosthenes, Apollos, Cephas, Caesar, and Epaphroditus, of the Seventy (1st c.).
  7. St. Eubula, mother of St. Panteleimon (304).
  8. Venerable John the Silent of St. Sabbas monastery (558).
  9. Venerable Zosimas, bishop of Syracuse (662).
  10. St. John II, patriarch of Jerusalem (5th c.).
  11. Hieromartyr Zacharias, bishop of Corinth (1684).
  12. Venerable John the Hermit of Cilicia (4th c.).

Scripture

  • Acts 1:1-8
  • John 1:1-17
  • John 20:19-25 - Vespers, Gospel