April 13  

April 13   Great Lent Fifth Saturday of Lent — Saturday of the Akathist to the Most-Holy Theotokos. Wine and oil allowed. Hieromartyr Artemon, Presbyter, of Laodicea in Syria (303). Martyr Crescens, of Myra in Lycia. Woman Martyr Thomaïs, of Alexandria (5th c.). Saint Artemon The Hieromartyr Artemon was born of Christian parents in Laodicea, Syria in the first half of the third century. From his youth, he dedicated himself