Thursday, 30 April 2026

17 April 2026 on the Old calendar

Liturgical colour: red

Saints of the day

Venerable Zosimas the Abbot of Solovki († 1478)
Hieromartyr Simeon, Bishop in Persia, Priests Abdechalas and Ananias, and Martyrs Usthazanes, Phusicus, Askitrea, Azades, and others († 344)
St. Acacius the Bishop of Melitene († c. 435)
St. Michael the New Hieroconfessor († 1935)
New Hieromartyr Priest Theodore († 1942)
Finding of the relics of Venerable Alexander, Abbot of Svir (1641)
Martyr Adrian of Corinth († 251)
Holy Hierarch Agapitus, Pope of Rome († 536)

No fast

Any food is fine.

Fasting is personal; ask your priest.