Monday, 8 June 2026
26 May 2026 on the Old calendar
Liturgical colour: dark (strict fast)
Saints of the day
- Translation of the relics of the Great Martyr Theodore Stratelates (319)
- St Theodore the Bishop of Rostov and Suzdal († 1023)
- Finding of the relics of Sts. Basil and Constantine, princes of Yaroslavl (13th C)
- Saint Ephraim, Patriarch of Antioch († c. 545)
- Venerable Zosimus of Phœnicia, Syria (6th C)
- Icon of the Mother of God of Yaroslavl (13th C) and Uryupinsk (1821)
- St Médard, Bishop of Noyon (6th C)
- Venerable Melania
- Venerable Athra
- Venerable Naucratius († 848)
- New Martyr Theophanes († 1559)
Fasting
Strict fastPlant food without oil.
Fasting is personal; ask your priest.