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The Bright Resurrection of Christ, The Passover (Pascha) of the Lord.
St. Theodore the Sykeote, bishop of Anastasiopolis (613).
Holy Apostle Nathaniel of the Twelve, Apostles Apelles, Luke (not the Evangelist), and Clement, of the Seventy (1st c.). Martyr Epipodius of Lyons (ca. 177). St. Vitalis, monk of the monastery of Abba Seridus at Gaza (609-620). Translation of the relics of St. Vsevolod (in holy baptism Gabriel), prince and wonderworker of Pskov (1834). New Hieromartyr Platon, bishop of Banja Luka (1941). Blessed Fool-for-Christ Ekaterina of Piukhtitsa Convent (Estonia) (1968).
Martyr Leonidas of Alexandria (202). St. Ananias, abbot, of Malles (Crete) (1907).
Repose of Blessed Fool-for-Christ Athanasius Andreyevich Saiko of Orel (1967)
Thoughts for Each Day of the Year
According to the Daily Church Readings from the Word of God
By St. Theophan the Recluse
The Bright Resurrection of Christ. [Acts 1:1–8; John 1:1–17]
Pascha, the Lord’s Pascha! The Lord has led us from death to life by means of His resurrection. And this resurrection “the angels hymn in the heavens,” having seen the brightness of the deified human nature in the glory foreordained for it, in the countenance of the Lord and Redeemer. All Who truly believe in Him and cleave to Him with all their soul are changed into His image by the power of His resurrection. Glory, O Lord, to Thy most glorious resurrection! The angels hymn, rejoicing with us and foreseeing the filling of their assembly. Vouchsafe us also with pure heart, O Lord, to glorify Thee resurrected; seeing in Thy resurrection the severing of our consuming decay, the sowing of a most bright new life, and the dawn of future eternal glory, into which Thou hast gone before us by Thy Resurrection for our sake. The tongues not only of men but also of angels are have insufficient strength to express Thine unspeakable mercy toward us, O most gloriously resurrected Lord!
Articles
 Venerable Vitalius of GazaWhen he was sixty years old, undertook an extraordinary task: he wrote down from memory the names of all the prostitutes of Alexandria and he began to pray for them. |
 Venerable St. VitalyBefore Vitaly’s funeral, the women whom Vitaly had put on the right path assembled to tell Patriarch John and many other people about Monk Vitaly’s virtuous life. |
 Blessed Ekaterina of PukhtitsaSt. Ekaterina (Malkov-Panina) was born on May 15, 1889 in Finland in a family with six children. |