On this day, the second Sunday of Pascha, we inaugurate the celebration of the Feast of Christ’s Resurrection, which revolves in a weekly cycle, and also the saving confession of the Apostle Thomas when he saw the hands and side of the Risen Lord.
Verses
If the seals of the Virgin’s womb and of the grave did not hinder Thee,
How could the seals of the doors hinder Thy might, O Lord?
Sunday of Saint Thomas (Antipascha)
The 172 Anonymous Venerable New Martyrs of
Panagia Eikosifoinissa Monastery
Slaughtered by the Turks
The Miraculous Liberation of the Holy Mountain
of Athos from the Turks in 1830
The Miraculous Liberation of the Holy Mountain of Athos from the Turks in 1830
Holy New Hieromartyr Niketas of Serres
Holy New Hieromartyr Niketas of Serres (+ 1808)
Holy New Martyrs George, Manuel, Theodore,
George and Michael of Samothrace
Holy New Martyrs George, Manuel, Theodore, George and Michael of Samothrace (+ 1835)
Synaxis of the One Thousand and Forty-One
New Martyrs of Naousa
New Martyrs of Naousa
The Holy 1241 New Martyrs of Naousa
First Celebration of the 1241 Naousa Martyrs of 1822
Synaxis of Panagia Glykophilousa
at Philotheou Monastery
at Philotheou Monastery
Synaxis of Panagia Glykophilousa at Philotheou Monastery
Holy Hieromartyr Cyril VI, Patriarch of Constantinople
(Celebrated today if April 18th falls on or before Pascha.)
Commemoration of the Massacre in 1823
at the Cave of Milatos
Commemoration of the Massacre in 1823 at the Cave of Milatos