Thursday, 28 May 2026

15 May 2026 on the Old calendar

Liturgical colour: red

Saints of the day

St. Ignatius the Bishop and Wonderworker of Rostov († 1288)
Venerable Nicetas the Confessor, Bishop of Chalcedon (9th C)
Venerable Helen of Diveyevo († 1832)
Venerable New Martyrs Macarius, Dionysius, Hieromartyr Deacon Nicholas, Martyrs Ignatius and Peter († 1931)
Venerable Heraclius the New Confessor († 1936)
Venerable New Martyr Hermogena († 1942)
Hieromartyr Eutychius, Bishop of Melitene (1st C)
Martyr Heliconis (Heliconida) of Thessalonica († 244)
Hieromartyr Helladius the Bishop in the East (6th-7th C)
Icons of the Mother of God: of Nicæa (304), of Antioch, of Orel, “Tenderness”, of Galich (1350)
St. Germanus the Bishop of Paris († 576)
New Martyr Dimitrius (Mitra) († 1794)
New Martyr Zachariah of Prussa († 1802)
Venerable Sophronius of Bulgaria († 1510)

No fast

Any food is fine.

Fasting is personal; ask your priest.