Saturday August 15, 2020 / August 2, 2020

10^th Week after Pentecost. Tone eight.
Dormition (Theotokos) Fast. Food with Oil

Translation of the relics (428) of the Protomartyr and Archdeacon Stephen (428) and Translation of the relics (415) of the Righteous Nicodemus, Gamaliel, and Abibus.
Blessed Basil of Moscow, fool-for-Christ (1552).
New Martyr Athanasius (1918).
New Hieromartyr Platon (1937).
Blessed Basil of Kuben Lake (1472).
Hieromartyr Stephen, pope of Rome (257).
Achair Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos (21 c.).
St. Marco of Belavinsk (Vologda) (1492).
St. Friardus of Vindumitta (573) (Gaul).
Translation of the relics of Martyrs Maximus (286), Dada, and Quinctilian at Dorostolum in Moesia (Greek).
New Martyr Theodore of the Dardanelles (1690) (Greek).
Martyr Phocas (Greek).

The Scripture Readings

Romans 15:30-33
Matthew 17:24-18:4
Galatians 5:22-6:2 Blessed Basil
Matthew 11:27-30 Blessed Basil
Acts 6:8-15; 7:1-5, 47-60 Protomartyr
Matthew 21:33-42 Protomartyr