Wednesday, 6 May 2026
23 April 2026 on the Old calendar
- Wednesday of the 4th week after Pascha. Mid-Pentecost
- Mozdok and Dubensky-Krasnohorská (17th C) Icons of the Mother of God (movable feast at Mid-Pentecost)
Liturgical colour: red
Saints of the day
- Righteous Job the Long-Suffering (c.2000-1500 BC)
- Venerable Job, Abbot and Wonderworker of Pochaev († 1651)
- Venerable Micah of Radonezh († 1385)
- Martyrs Barbarus the Soldier, and together with him Bacchus, Callimachus and Dionysius in Morea († c. 362)
- Martyr Barbarus in Thessaly, who was a robber
- New Martyr Vukašin († 1943)
Fasting
Fish allowedFish, wine and oil are fine; no meat, dairy or eggs.
Fasting is personal; ask your priest.