Saturday, 18 July 2026

5 July 2026 on the Old calendar

✚Venerable Athanasius, Founder of the Great Lavra on Mt Athos, and his 6 disciples († 1000)

Liturgical colour: gold

Saints of the day

Uncovering of the relics of the Venerable Sergius of Radonezh (1422)
Venerable Martyrs Grand Duchess Elizabeth, Nun Barbara, and with them the Princes: John, Igor, Constantine, Sergius, and Vladimir, at Alapayevsk († 1918)
Прп. Агапита исп (1936)
Martyrs Anna of Rome and Cyrilla, of Cyrene in Libya († 304)
Venerable Lampados the Wonderworker
Иконы Божией Матери, именуемой «Экономисса»

No fast

Any food is fine.

Fasting is personal; ask your priest.