Saturday, 14 August 2027

Saints of the day

• Procession of the Honorable Wood of the Life-giving Cross of the Lord
• Holy 7 Maccabean Martyrs: Habim, Antonios, Gurias, Eleazar, Eusebonus, Hadim and Marcellus, their mother Solomonia and their teacher Eleazar († 166 BC)
• Feast of the All-Merciful Saviour and the Holy Theotokos
• New Martyr Priest Dimitry (1937)
• Martyrs Leontius, Attius, Alexander, Cyndeus, Minsitheus, Cyriakus, Mineonus, Catunus, and Eucleus
• The Repose of the Venerable Princess Sofia, in the world Solomonia, wife of the Grand Prince Basil Ivanovich

Fasting

Plant food cooked with oil, and wine; no fish.

Fasting is personal; ask your priest.

Readings

• Epistle: Romans 13:1-10
• Gospel: Matthew 12:30-37
• Epistle: 1 Corinthians 1:18-24
• Gospel: John 19:6-11, 13-20, 25-28, 30-35
• Epistle: Hebrews 11:33-40
• Gospel: Matthew 10:32-33, 37-38, 19:27-30

Full text of the readings