Saturday, 9 May 2026
26 April 2026 on the Old calendar
- Synaxis of New Martyrs of Butovo (movable feast on the 4th Saturday of Pascha)
- ✚Transfer of the relics of St Nicholas the Wonderworker from Myra to Bari (1087)
Liturgical colour: red
Saints of the day
- Prophet Isaiah (8th C BC)
- Martyr Christopher of Lycia († c. 250)
- Venerable Joseph of Optina († 1911)
- New Hieromartyr Priest Demetrius († 1938)
- New Hieromartyr Priest Vasily († 1939)
- Venerable Shio of Mgvimo, Georgia (6th C)
- Transfer of the relics of the Martyr child Gabriel
- Martyr Epimachus the New
- Martyr Gordian
- Venerable Nicholas Buneni
- Icon of the Mother of God of Perekop
Fasting
No fastAny food is fine.
Fasting is personal; ask your priest.