Scripture Readings
Sunday, April 16, 2006
- Genesis 49:1-2,8-12
- Zephaniah 3:14-19
- Zechariah 9:9-15
- Matthew 21:1-11, 15-17
- Philippians 4:4-9
- John 12:1-18
Today’s commemorated feasts and saints
ENTRY OF OUR LORD INTO JERUSALEM. Palm Sunday. Virgin Martyrs Agape, Irene and Chionia, in Illyria (304). Martyrs Leonidas, Chariessa, Nice (Nika, Victoria), Galina, Kalista (Kalisa), Nunechia, Basilissa, Theodora, and Irene, of Corinth (258). Monastic Martyr Christopher of Dionysiou (Mt. Athos—1818). Hieromartyr Nikḗtas. The Weeping “IL’INSKO-CHERNIGOV” (1658) and the TAMBOV Icons of the Mother of God (1658).