Saturday, March 4, 2028

First Saturday of Lent · Tone 3

Fasting

Wine and Oil are Allowed

Lenten Fast

Wine
Oil
Fish
Dairy
Meat
Today’s readings

Appointed for this day

Epistle · Of the day

Hebrews 1:1–12

God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;…

Epistle · Of the feast

2 Timothy 2:1–10

Thou therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also.…

Gospel · Of the day

Mark 2:23–3:5

And it came to pass, that he went through the corn fields on the sabbath day; and his disciples began, as they went, to pluck the ears of corn. And the Pharisees said unto him, Behold, why do they on the sabbath day that which is…

Gospel · Of the feast

John 15:17–16:2

These things I command you, that ye love one another. If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you.…

Whom we remember
St Theodore Tyro (the Recruit)
Ven. Gerasimus of the Jordan
Rt. Blv. Prince Daniel of Moscow
St James the Faster of Phoenecia (6th c.)
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