Friday, 31 July 2026

18 July 2026 on the Old calendar

Liturgical colour: dark (strict fast)

Saints of the day

Forefeast of the Procession of the Venerable and Life-Creating Cross of the Lord
Righteous Eudocimus of Cappadocia (9th C)
Righteous Joseph of Arimathea (1st C)
Righteous Ehud, a Judge of Israel (Judg 3:15)
Holy Hierarch Herman, Bishop of Auxerre
Martyr Judith of Cæsarea
New Hieromartyr Benjamin, Metropolitan of Petrograd and Gdovsk († 1922) and those with him: Archimandrite Sergius and the laymen: Yuri and John
New Hieromartyr Nicholas (1941)
Saint Vasily the Confessor, bishop of Kineshemsk (1945)

Strict fast

Plant food without oil.

Fasting is personal; ask your priest.