April 20 (old calendar) / May 3 (new)

April 20 (old calendar) / May 3 (new) Bright Friday The “Lifegiving Spring” Icon of the Most-holy Theotokos. Ven. Theodore Trichinas (“the Hair-shirt Wearer”), Hermit, near Constantinople. Ven. Alexander, Abbot of Oshevensk (1479). Child-martyr Gabriel of Bialystok (1690). Ss. Gregory (593) and Anastasius the Sinaite (599), Patriarchs of Antioch. Ven. Anastasius, Abbot of Sinai (695). SAINT THEODORE TRICHINAS Saint Theodore Trichinas was born in Constantinople, the son of wealthy and