Orthodox Calendar
Today
Great and Holy Saturday
Lenten Fast — Wine is Allowed
Commemorations
- Hieromartyr Antipas, Bishop of Pergamum
- Holy Martyrs Processus and Martinian (1st c.)
Troparion
Great and Holy Saturday: Tone II. Noble Joseph ... When Thou, the Deathless Life, didst go down to death, then didst Thou slay hell by the lightning flash of Thy Divinity. And when Thou didst raise the dead from the lower world, all the Powers of Heaven cried aloud: Christ our God, Giver of Life, glory to Thee. The Angel...
Kontakion
Tone II. He Who closed the abyss is seen as dead and wrapped in a shroud and spices; He, the Immortal, as mortal is laid in the tomb; women came to anoint Him, and they wept bitterly and exclaimed: This is the ever-blessed Sabbath on which Christ, Who fell asleep, shall rise on the third day.
No Kontakion is given in the Menaion.
Scripture Readings
Ezekiel 37.1-14
(Matins)
1 Corinthians 5.6-8; Galatians 3.13-14
(Matins Epistle)
Matthew 27.62-66
(Matins Gospel)
Genesis 1.1-13
(Vespers)
Isaiah 60.1-16
(Vespers)
Exodus 12.1-11
(Vespers)
Jonah 1.1-4.11
(Vespers)
Joshua 5.10-15
(Vespers)
Exodus 13.20-15.19
(Vespers)
Zephaniah 3.8-15
(Vespers)
3[1] Kings 17.8-24
(Vespers)
Isaiah 61.10-62.5
(Vespers)
Genesis 22.1-18
(Vespers)
Isaiah 61.1-9
(Vespers)
4[2] Kings 4.8-37
(Vespers)
Isaiah 63.11-64.5
(Vespers)
Jeremiah 31.31-34
(Vespers)
Daniel 3.1-23; Song of the Three 1-66 with verses
(Vespers)
Romans 6.3-11
(Epistle)
Matthew 28.1-20
(Gospel)