Thursday, 30 April 2026
17 April 2026 on the Old calendar
- ✚Holy Apostle James Zebedee, brother of John the Theologian († 44)
- ✚Holy Hierarch Ignatius (Brianchaninov), Bishop of the Caucasus and the Black Sea († 1867)
Liturgical colour: red
Saints of the day
- Finding of the relics of St Nikita, Bishop of Novgorod (1558)
- Holy Hierarch Donatus the Bishop of Eurœa in Epirus († c.387)
- Finding of the relics of St Basil, Bishop of Amasea (4th C)
- Martyr Maximus of Ephesus
- Icon of the Mother of God “Strastnaya” (of the Passion)
- Venerable Clement, the Composer of Hymns (9th C)
- New Martyr Argyra († 1725)
Fasting
No fastAny food is fine.
Fasting is personal; ask your priest.