Thursday, 8 January 2026

26 December 2025 on the Old calendar

Liturgical colour: gold

Saints of the day

Afterfeast of the Theophany
Monk George Chozebite, Abbot (7th C)
Saint Emilian the Confessor, Bishop of Cyzicus († c. 815-820)
Venerable Domnica of Constantinople († c. 474)
Venerable Gregory of the Kiev Caves, the Wonderworker
Martyrs Julian and his wife, Basilissa, and with them Marcianilla, her son Celsus, Anthony, Anastasius, and 7 children and 20 Soldiers at Antinoe in Egypt († 313)
Hieromartyr Carterius of Cæsarea in Cappadocia († 304)
Martyr Theophilus the Deacon and Helladius
Venerable Elias the Hermit of Egypt (5th C)
Venerable Cyrus and Atticus, Patriarchs of Constantinople
Venerable Paisius the Abbot of Uglich († 1504)
Hieromartyr Isidore the Presbyter and 72 others at Yuriev in Estonia († 1472)
Venerable Gregory, Recluse of the Kiev Caves
Venerable Agathon of Egypt
Martyr Abo the Perfumer, of Baghdad and Tbilisi, Georgia († 790)
Holy Hierarch Gregory, Bishop of Mœsia

No fast

Any food is fine.

Fasting is personal; ask your priest.