New Calendar
Revised Julian, June 10Ascension of the Lord
- Fasting
- No fast
- Also today
- Hieromartyr Timothy, Bishop of Prusa; Holy Martyrs Alexander and Antonina (313); Hieromartyr Metrophanes, first Chinese priest, and the Chinese New Martyrs of the Boxer Uprising (1900); St John Maximovitch, Metropolitan of Tobolsk; Theophanes & Pansemne of Antioch
- Readings
- Vespers: Isaiah 2.2-3
Vespers: Composite 21 - Isaiah 62.10-63.3, 7-9
Vespers: Composite 22 - Zechariah 14.1, 4, 8-11
Matins Gospel: Mark 16.9-20
Epistle: Acts 1.1-12
Gospel: Luke 24.36-53