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Sunday of the Myrrh-bearing Women and the 3rd Sunday of Pascha

29 April 2025 at 06:30

Christ is risen!

Upcoming on the calendar at Four Evangelists Orthodox Church:

  • Parish Council meeting at 7pm on Tuesday, 29 April 2025
  • Catechumen’s Class at 7pm on Wednesday, 30 April 2025
  • Vespers at 6pm on Saturday, 03 May 2025
  • Divine Liturgy at 9am on Sunday, 04 May 2025 (with Prayers of the Hours at 8:45)

Sunday, 04 May 2025, is the 3rd Sunday of Pascha and Sunday of the Myrrh-bearing Women.

The 3rd Sunday of Holy Pascha is observed by the Orthodox Church as the Sunday of the Holy Myrrhbearers. The day commemorates when the women disciples of our Lord came to the tomb to anoint his body with myrrh-oils but found the tomb empty. As the woman wondered what this meant, angels appeared proclaiming that Christ had risen from the dead. | from the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America website

The readings for this Sunday are:

  • Acts 6.1-7
  • Mark 15.43-16.8

When the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices, so that they might go and anoint him. And very early on the first day of the week, when the sun had risen, they went to the tomb. And they were saying to one another, “Who will roll away the stone for us from the entrance of the tomb?” And looking up, they saw that the stone had been rolled back—it was very large. And entering the tomb, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, dressed in a white robe, and they were alarmed. And he said to them, “Do not be alarmed. You seek Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He has risen; he is not here. See the place where they laid him. But go, tell his disciples and Peter that he is going before you to Galilee. There you will see him, just as he told you.” And they went out and fled from the tomb, for trembling and astonishment had seized them, and they said nothing to anyone, for they were afraid. — Gospel According to St. Mark 16.1–8

Myrrh-bearing Women

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