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Saturday May 02, 2026 / April 19, 2026

Third Week of Pascha. Tone two.

Calculated: No fasting (f0)

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Saints

  1. Venerable John of the Ancient Caves in Palestine (8th c.). primary
  2. Hieromartyr Alphege, archbishop of Canterbury (1012) (Celtic & British). westernBritain and Ireland
  3. St. Matrona the Blind of Moscow (1952).
  4. Martyrs Christopher, Theonas, and Antoninus in Nicomedia (303).
  5. Hieromartyr Paphnutius of Jerusalem.
  6. St. George the Confessor, bishop of Antioch in Pisidia (813-820).
  7. St. Tryphon, patriarch of Constantinople (933).
  8. Venerable Nicephorus, abbot of Katabad.
  9. New Hieromartyr Victor, bishop of Glazov (1934).
  10. New Hieromartyr Demetrius priest (1942).
  11. Venerable Symeon the Barefoot of Philotheou Monastery, Mt. Athos.
  12. Finding of the relics (1621) of Venerable Joachim, abbot of Opochka (Pskov) (1515).
  13. Venerable Joasaph (Bolotov) of Alaska.
  14. New Martyr Agathangelus of Esphigmenou Monastery, Mt. Athos (1819) (Greek).
  15. Martyrs Theodore, his mother Philippa and two soldiers, Socrates and Dionysius at Perge in Pamphylia (2nd c.).

Scripture

  • Matthew 25:1-13 - Matins Gospel
  • Acts 9:20-31
  • John 15:17-16:2
  • Galatians 3:23-29 - St. Matrona
  • Luke 7:36-50 - St. Matrona