Wednesday, 29 July 2026
16 July 2026 on the Old calendar
Liturgical colour: dark (strict fast)
Saints of the day
- Martyr Callinicus of Gangra in Asia Minor
- Martyr Theodotia and her 3 children
- Holy Hierarch Luppus, Bishop of Troy
- Venerable Martyr Michael “the Black-Robed” of St Sava’s Monastery († 9th C)
- Holy Hierarch Constantine, Patriarch of Constantinople
- Martyr Eustathios of Mtskheta, Georgia († 589)
- Venerable Constantine and Cosmas, Abbots of Kosinsk and Staraya Russa (13th C)
- Venerable Roman of Kirzha
- New Martyrs Seraphim and Theognostus (1921)
Fasting
Strict fastPlant food without oil.
Fasting is personal; ask your priest.