Pascha 2010

Good Friday

Scripture readings

• Epistle: St. Paul's First Letter to the Corinthians 5:6-8
• Gospel: Matthew 27:62-66

Saints and feasts

• St. Titus the wonderworker
• Martyrs Amphianus (Apphianus) and Edesiua (Aedesius) of Lycia
• Martyr Polycarp of Alexandria
• St. Gregory, ascetic of Nicomedia
• Virgin Martyr Theodora of Palestine

Pascha

Scripture readings

• Epistle: Acts of the Apostles 1:1-8
• Gospel: John 1:1-17

Saints and feasts

• St. Joseph the Hymnographer
• St. George, monk of Mt. Maleon in the Peloponnesus
• St. Zosimas, monk of Palestine
• Virgin Martyr Pherbutha of Persia, her sister and servants
• St. Theonas,
• Metropolitan of Thessalonica
• St. Zosimas, abbot of Vorbozamsk
• New Hieromartyr Nicetas the Albanian, of Mt. Athos
• St. Joseph the Much-ailing of the Kiev Caves

Holy Saturday

Scripture readings

• Epistle: St. Paul's Letter to the Romans 6:3-11
• Gospel: Matthew 28:1-20

Saints and feasts

• St. Nicetas the Confessor, abbot of Medikion
• St. Illyricus of Mt. Myrsinon in the Peloponnesus
• Martyrs Elpidephorus, Dius, Bithonius, and Calycus
• Virgin Martyr Theodosia of Tyre,and Martyr Irene
• St. Nectarius, abbot of Bezhetsk
• New-Martyr Paul the Russian at Constantinople

Website: www.orthodoxotago.org.nz

Palm Sunday

Scripture readings

• Epistle: St. Paul's Letter to the Philippians 4:4-9
• Gospel: John 12:1-18

Saints and feasts

• St. Hilarion the New, abbot of Pelecete
St. Stephen the Wonderworker, abbot of Tryglia
Martyrs Jonah and Barachisius and those with them in Persia: Zanithas, Lazarus, Maruthas (Marotas), Narses, Elias, Marinus (Mares), Abibus, Sembeeth (Sivsithina), and Sabbas
Martyr Eustratius of the Kiev Caves
St. Hilarion, monk of Gdov. St. Hesychius the Theologian, presbyter of Jerusalem
Saints George, Bishop of Parodus, and Peter, presbyters, and Prince Boyan, Martyrs of Bulgaria
Apostle Herodion of the Seventy.) Repose of Abbot Adrian (in schema Alexis) of Konevits (1812), and Blessed Helen of Arzamas, disciple of Abbot Nazarius of Valaam (1820)

Eternal Memory - June

Reposed in the Lord, 20^th March 2010

O Master, Lord our God.
Who in Thy wisdom hast created man,
and didst honor him with Thy Divine image,
and place in him the spirit of life,
and lead him into this world,
bestowing on him the hope of resurrection and life everlasting;
and after he had violated Thy commandments,
Thou O Gracious lover of mankind, didst descend to the earth that Thou mightest renew again the creation of Thy hands.

Therefore we pray Thee,
O All-Holy Master give rest to the souls of Thy servant June in a place of brightness,
a place of green pasture,
a place of repose,
and, in that they have sinned in word,
or deed or thought forgive them:

For Thou art a good God and lovest mankind and unto Thee do we ascribe Glory, together with Thy Father, Who is from everlasting and Thine All-Holy and good, and ever giving Spirit, now, and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen.

The living

• Matushka Mary
• Nicholas
• Angeline
• Sisters Joan and Suzanne
• brother Peter
• Andy
• Karen
• Valery
• Felicity
• Justin
• Diccon
• Sheryl

The Departed we Commemorate today

• Archpriest Ilyan
• June
• Maria
• Natalia
  
• Lotifi
  
• Nicola