Tuesday, 2 June 2026

20 May 2026 on the Old calendar

Liturgical colour: red

Saints of the day

Great Martyr John the New of Suceava, who suffered at Belgrade († 1330-1340)
St. Nicephorus the Confessor, Patriarch of Constantinople († 828)
Uncovering of the relics (1819) of Righteous Juliana, princess of Vyazemsk, Novotorzhskoy
Icon of the Mother of God of Kiev-Bratsk (1654)
Hieromartyr Pothinus, bishop of Lyon and with him martyr Blandin and others († 177)
New Martyr Demetrius of Philadelphia († 1657)
New Martyr Constantine the Hagarian († 1819)

No fast

Any food is fine.

Fasting is personal; ask your priest.