Wednesday, 29 July 2026
16 July 2026 on the Old calendar
Liturgical colour: dark (strict fast)
Saints of the day
- Hieromartyr Athenogoras, Bishop of Heracleopolis, and his 10 Disciples († c. 311)
- Блж. Матроны Анемнясевской, исп (1936)
- Cщмч. Иакова, архиеп. Барнаульского, и с ним сщмчч. Петра и Иоанна пресвитеров, прмч. Феодора и мч. Иоанна (1937)
- Martyrs Antiochos the Physician and Faustus (4th C)
- Martyrs Paul and two sisters Alevtina (Valentina) and Chionea (Thea), at Cæsarea in Palestine († 308)
- Virginmartyr Julia of Carthage († c. 440 or 613)
- Чирской (Псковской) иконы Божией Матери (1420)
Fasting
Strict fastPlant food without oil.
Fasting is personal; ask your priest.