Monday, 4 May 2026

21 April 2026 on the Old calendar

Liturgical colour: red

Saints of the day

Virginmartyr Pelagia of Tarsus, in Asia Minor († c. 290)
New Hieromartyr Priest John († 1942)
New Hieromartyr Deacon Nicholas († 1943)
Venerable brothers Alfanov: Nikita, Cyril, Nicephorus, Clement, and Isaac, of Novgorod (14th-15th C)
Hieromartyr Erasmus the Bishop of Formia in Campania († 303)
Hieromartyr Albian the Bishop of Anæa in Asia Minor († 304)
Hieromartyr Silvanus the Bishop of Gaza, and with him 40 Martyrs († 311)
Icon of the Mother of God of Staraya Rusa (1570)
Transfer of the Relics of the Righteous Lazarus and the Holy Equal-to-the-Apostles Mary Magdalene
Venerable Martyrs of Palestine: Afrodisus, Leontius, Anthony, Valerianus, Macrobius, and others
St Athanasius, Bishop of Corinth
Venerable Nicephorus of Midicea
Another Venerable Nicephorus

No fast

Any food is fine.

Fasting is personal; ask your priest.