Monday, 4 May 2026

21 April 2026 on the Old calendar

Liturgical colour: red

Saints of the day

Hieromartyr Januarius Bishop of Beneventum, and the deacons Proculus, Sossius and Faustus, Desiderius the Reader, Eutychius and Acution, laymen († c. 305)
Holy Martyrs Theodore, his mother Philippa, Dioscorus, Socrates and Dionysius of Perge in Pamphylia (2nd C)
Finding of the relics of Venerable Theodore of Sanaxara († 1999)
Righteous Alexis of Bortsurman († 1848)
New Hieromartyr Priest John († 1918)
New Hieroconfessor Priest Nicholas († 1933)
New Hieromartyr Priest Alexis († 1938)
Martyrs Isaac, Apollos and Quadratus († 303)
Holy Hierarch Maximian, Patriarch of Constantinople († 434)

No fast

Any food is fine.

Fasting is personal; ask your priest.