Scripture Readings
Sunday, April 17, 2022
- 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. Hieromartyr Simeon, Bishop in Persia, and those with him: Martyrs Abdechalas and Ananias—Presbyters, Usthazanes, Fusicus (Pusicius), Ascitrea, Azades the Eunuch, and many others (344). Saint Akakios, Bishop of Melitēnḗ (ca. 433). Ven. Zosíma, Abbot of Solovétsky Monastery (1478). Uncovering of the Relics of Ven. Alexander, Abbot of Svir (1641). Martyr Adrian of Corinth (251). St. Agapitus, Pope of Rome (536). Repose of Ven. Makarios of Corinth (1805).