Monday, 19 January 2026

6 January 2026 on the Old calendar

Liturgical colour: gold

Saints of the day

Venerable Macarius the Great, of Egypt († c. 390-391)
Holy Hierarch Mark, Archbishop of Ephesus († c. 1444)
Venerable Macarius the Deacon of the Kiev Caves (13th-14th C)
Venerable Macarius of Alexandria († 394-395)
Virgin-martyr Euphrasia of Nicomedia († 303)
Saint Arsenius, Archbishop of Kerkyra (8th C)
Translation of the Relics of St Gregory the Theologian
Venerable Meletius of Mount Galesius
Righteous Theodore, Fool-for-Christ, of Novgorod († 1392)
Finding of the Relics of Venerable Sabbas of Storozhi Hill near Zvenigorod (1652)
Venerable Macarius the Faster of the Kiev Caves (12th C)
Saint Anthony the Stylite (Pillar-Dweller), of Martqopi, Georgia (6th C)
New Hieromartyr Peter Skipetrov († 1918)

No fast

Any food is fine.

Fasting is personal; ask your priest.