Scripture Readings
Saturday, September 5, 20246
- Ezekiel 37:1-14
- 1 Corinthians 5:6-8; Galatians 3:13-14
- Matthew 27:62-66
- Genesis 1:1-13
- Isaiah 60:1-16
- Exodus 12:1-11
- Jonah 1:1-4:11
- Joshua 5:10-15
- Exodus 13:20-15:19
- Zephaniah 3:8-15
- 3[1] Kings 17:8-24
- Isaiah 61:10-62:5
- Genesis 22:1-18
- Isaiah 61:1-9
- 4[2] Kings 4:8-37
- Isaiah 63:11-64:5
- Jeremiah 31:31-34
- Daniel 3:1-23; Song of the Three: 1-66 with verses
- Romans 6:3-11
- Matthew 28:1-20
Today’s commemorated feasts and saints
Great and Holy Saturday. Holy Prophet Zachariah and Righteous Elizabeth, parents of St. John the Baptist (1st c.). Martyrdom of Ven. Athanasius, Abbot of Bretsk (1648). Martyrdom of the Holy Passionbearer Gleb (in holy Baptism David—1015). Martyr Tathuil, and his sister, Bebaia (98-138). Martyr Sarbelus of Edessa (2nd c.). Martyrs Juventinus and Maximus the soldiers, at Antioch (361-363). Martyrs Urban, Theodore, Medimnus, and 77 companions, at Nicomedia (370). Martyr Abdias (Obadiah) of Persia (5th c.).