Holy Thursday Thursday April 17, 2025 / April 4, 2025 Passion Week: Great Thursday. Great Lent. Food with Oil Venerable Joseph the Hymnographer of Sicily (883). Venerable George, monk, of Mt. Maleon in the Peloponnesus (9th c.). New Hieromartyrs Archimandrite Benjamin (Kononov) and Hieromonk Nicephorus (Kuchin) of Solovki (1928). Virgin-martyr Mary (1932). New

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Holy Wednesday Wednesday April 16, 2025 / April 3, 2025 Passion Week: Great Wednesday. Great Lent. By Monastic Charter: Strict Fast (Bread, Vegetables, Fruits) Venerable Nicetas the Confessor, abbot of Medikion (824). Virgin-martyr Theodosia of Tyre (307-308). Venerable Illyricus of Mt. Myrsinon in the Peloponnesus. Martyrs Elpidephorus, Dius, Bithonius, and Galycus (3rd c.). Icons of the Most Holy Theotokos “The

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Holy Tuesday   Tuesday April 15, 2025 / April 2, 2025 Passion Week: Great Tuesday. Great Lent. By Monastic Charter: Strict Fast (Bread, Vegetables, Fruits) Venerable Titus the Wonderworker (9th c.). Martyrs Amphianus (Apphianus) and Edesius (Aedesius) of Lycia (306). Martyr Polycarp of Alexandria (4th c.). Venerable Gregory, ascetic of Nicomedia (1290). St. George of Matskveri Monastery (9th c.)

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