Friday, 16 January 2026

Saints of the day

• Veneration of the precious Chains of the Holy and All-Glorious Apostle Peter
• Martyrs Speusippus, Eleusippus, Meleusippus and their Grandmother Leonilla, together with Neon, Turbo, and the woman Jonilla (Jovilla) in Cappadocia (161-180)
• Martyr Danax the Reader in Macedonia (2nd C)
• Venerable Romilus of Vidin
• Holy Hierarch Honoratus, Bishop of Arles
• Blessed Maximus of Totma, the Fool-for-Christ († 1650)
• New Hieromartyr Damascene of Chilandar

Fasting

Plant food without oil.

Fasting is personal; ask your priest.

Readings

• Epistle: 1 Peter 1:1-2, 10-12, 2:6-10
• Gospel: Mark 13:1-8
• Epistle: Colossians 1:3-6
• Gospel: Matthew 25:1-13
• Epistle: Acts 12:1-11
• Gospel: John 21:15-25

Full text of the readings