Scripture Readings
Sunday, August 20, 2000
Today’s commemorated feasts and saints
9th SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST — Tone 8. Afterfeast of the Dormition. Prophet Samuel (11th c. B.C.). Hieromartyr Philip, Bishop of Heraclea and with him the Martyrs Severus, Memnon, and 37 Soldiers in Thrace (304). Martyrs Heliodorus and Dosa of Persia (380). Holy New Martyr Theokhares at Neopolis in Asia Minor (Neapolis).