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April 23, 2033

23 April (Revised Julian) · Holy Week

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Events of the day

Holy Great-martyr George the Trophy-bearer

Polyeleos rank
Great and Holy Saturday

Commemoration

Fasting

Fast day · Holy Week

Great Saturday: cooked food without oil.

Meat: not allowed
Dairy & eggs: not allowed
Fish: not allowed
Oil: not allowed
Wine: not allowed

Food rules are reference church information. Agree your personal measure of fasting with a priest; consult a doctor if you are ill.

Readings of the day

Matins · Prophecy

Ezekiel 37:1–14
Matins Epistle

1 Corinthians 5:6–8; Galatians 3:13–14
Matins Gospel

Matthew 27:62–66

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⁶²Now on the next day, which was the day after the Preparation Day, the chief priests and the Pharisees were gathered together to Pilate,
⁶³saying, “Sir, we remember what that deceiver said while he was still alive: ‘After three days I will rise again.’
⁶⁴Command therefore that the tomb be made secure until the third day, lest perhaps his disciples come at night and steal him away, and tell the people, ‘He is risen from the dead;’ and the last deception will be worse than the first.”
⁶⁵Pilate said to them, “You have a guard. Go, make it as secure as you can.”
⁶⁶So they went with the guard and made the tomb secure, sealing the stone.
Vespers · 1st reading

Genesis 1:1–13
Vespers · 2nd reading

Isaiah 60:1–16
Vespers · 3rd reading

Exodus 12:1–11
Vespers · 4th reading

Jonah 1:1–4:11
Vespers · 5th reading

Joshua 5:10–15
Vespers · 6th reading

Exodus 13:20–15:19
Vespers · 7th reading

Zephaniah 3:8–15
Vespers · 8th reading

3[1] Kings 17:8–24
Vespers · 9th reading

Isaiah 61:10–62:5
Vespers · 10th reading

Genesis 22:1–18
Vespers · 11th reading

Isaiah 61:1–9
Vespers · 12th reading

4[2] Kings 4:8–37
Vespers · 13th reading

Isaiah 63:11–64:5
Vespers · 14th reading

Jeremiah 31:31–34
Vespers · 15th reading

Daniel 3:1–23; Song of the Three 1–66 with verses
Vespers · St George

Isaiah 43:9–14
Vespers · St George

Wisdom of Solomon 3:1–9
Vespers · St George

Wisdom of Solomon 4:7–15
Matins Gospel · St George

Luke 12:2–12

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²But there is nothing covered up that will not be revealed, nor hidden that will not be known.
³Therefore whatever you have said in the darkness will be heard in the light. What you have spoken in the ear in the inner rooms will be proclaimed on the housetops.
⁴“I tell you, my friends, don’t be afraid of those who kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do.
⁵But I will warn you whom you should fear. Fear him who after he has killed, has power to cast into Gehenna. Yes, I tell you, fear him.
⁶“Aren’t five sparrows sold for two assaria coins? Not one of them is forgotten by God.
⁷But the very hairs of your head are all counted. Therefore don’t be afraid. You are of more value than many sparrows.
⁸“I tell you, everyone who confesses me before men, the Son of Man will also confess before the angels of God;
⁹but he who denies me in the presence of men will be denied in the presence of God’s angels.
¹⁰Everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but those who blaspheme against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.
¹¹When they bring you before the synagogues, the rulers, and the authorities, don’t be anxious how or what you will answer, or what you will say;
¹²for the Holy Spirit will teach you in that same hour what you must say.”
Epistle

Romans 6:3–11

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³Or don’t you know that all we who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death?
⁴We were buried therefore with him through baptism into death, that just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we also might walk in newness of life.
⁵For if we have become united with him in the likeness of his death, we will also be part of his resurrection;
⁶knowing this, that our old man was crucified with him, that the body of sin might be done away with, so that we would no longer be in bondage to sin.
⁷For he who has died has been freed from sin.
⁸But if we died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him;
⁹knowing that Christ, being raised from the dead, dies no more. Death no longer has dominion over him!
¹⁰For the death that he died, he died to sin one time; but the life that he lives, he lives to God.
¹¹Thus consider yourselves also to be dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Epistle · St George

Acts 12:1–11

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¹Now about that time, King Herod stretched out his hands to oppress some of the assembly.
²He killed James, the brother of John, with the sword.
³When he saw that it pleased the Jews, he proceeded to seize Peter also. This was during the days of unleavened bread.
⁴When he had arrested him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four squads of four soldiers each to guard him, intending to bring him out to the people after the Passover.
⁵Peter therefore was kept in the prison, but constant prayer was made by the assembly to God for him.
⁶The same night when Herod was about to bring him out, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains. Guards in front of the door kept the prison.
⁷And behold, an angel of the Lord stood by him, and a light shone in the cell. He struck Peter on the side, and woke him up, saying, “Stand up quickly!” His chains fell off his hands.
⁸The angel said to him, “Get dressed and put on your sandals.” He did so. He said to him, “Put on your cloak and follow me.”
⁹And he went out and followed him. He didn’t know that what was being done by the angel was real, but thought he saw a vision.
¹⁰When they were past the first and the second guard, they came to the iron gate that leads into the city, which opened to them by itself. They went out, and went down one street, and immediately the angel departed from him.
¹¹When Peter had come to himself, he said, “Now I truly know that the Lord has sent out his angel and delivered me out of the hand of Herod, and from everything the Jewish people were expecting.”
Gospel

Matthew 28:1–20

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¹Now after the Sabbath, as it began to dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came to see the tomb.
²Behold, there was a great earthquake, for an angel of the Lord descended from the sky, and came and rolled away the stone from the door, and sat on it.
³His appearance was like lightning, and his clothing white as snow.
⁴For fear of him, the guards shook, and became like dead men.
⁵The angel answered the women, “Don’t be afraid, for I know that you seek Jesus, who has been crucified.
⁶He is not here, for he has risen, just like he said. Come, see the place where the Lord was lying.
⁷Go quickly and tell his disciples, ‘He has risen from the dead, and behold, he goes before you into Galilee; there you will see him.’ Behold, I have told you.”
⁸They departed quickly from the tomb with fear and great joy, and ran to bring his disciples word.
⁹As they went to tell his disciples, behold, Jesus met them, saying, “Rejoice!” They came and took hold of his feet, and worshiped him.
¹⁰Then Jesus said to them, “Don’t be afraid. Go tell my brothers that they should go into Galilee, and there they will see me.”
¹¹Now while they were going, behold, some of the guards came into the city, and told the chief priests all the things that had happened.
¹²When they were assembled with the elders, and had taken counsel, they gave a large amount of silver to the soldiers,
¹³saying, “Say that his disciples came by night, and stole him away while we slept.
¹⁴If this comes to the governor’s ears, we will persuade him and make you free of worry.”
¹⁵So they took the money and did as they were told. This saying was spread abroad among the Jews, and continues until today.
¹⁶But the eleven disciples went into Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had sent them.
¹⁷When they saw him, they bowed down to him, but some doubted.
¹⁸Jesus came to them and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth.
¹⁹Go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
²⁰teaching them to observe all things that I commanded you. Behold, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Amen.
Gospel · St George

John 15:17–16:2

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¹⁷“I command these things to you, that you may love one another.
¹⁸If the world hates you, you know that it has hated me before it hated you.
¹⁹If you were of the world, the world would love its own. But because you are not of the world, since I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.
²⁰Remember the word that I said to you: ‘A servant is not greater than his lord.’ If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they kept my word, they will also keep yours.
²¹But they will do all these things to you for my name’s sake, because they don’t know him who sent me.
²²If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have had sin; but now they have no excuse for their sin.
²³He who hates me, hates my Father also.
²⁴If I hadn’t done among them the works which no one else did, they wouldn’t have had sin. But now they have seen and also hated both me and my Father.
²⁵But this happened so that the word may be fulfilled which was written in their law, ‘They hated me without a cause.’
²⁶“When the Counselor has come, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, he will testify about me.
²⁷You will also testify, because you have been with me from the beginning.
¹“I have said these things to you so that you wouldn’t be caused to stumble.
²They will put you out of the synagogues. Yes, the time comes that whoever kills you will think that he offers service to God.

Source: Orthocal: lectionary data — Slavic tradition, New Calendar (OCA practice). Text: World English Bible.

Saints and icons

Holy Great-martyr George the Trophy-bearer
Prayer of the day: Prayer of St Ephrem the Syrian