Forefeast of the Entry into the Temple of the Most Holy Theotokos; †) St. Gregory Decapolites; † Martyr Dasius of Dorostolum; St. Proclus, archbishop of Constantinople
The three Old Testament readings at Great Vespers refer to the Temple. The first lesson (Exodus 40:1-5, 9-10, 16, 34-35) refers to the arrangement of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation (a portable…