Thursday, 20 August 2026

7 August 2026 on the Old calendar

Liturgical colour: dark (strict fast)

Saints of the day

Martyr Dometios of Persia and his two Disciples († 363)
Finding of Relics of Saint Mitrophan, Bishop of Voronezh (1832)
Afterfeast of the Transfiguration of the Lord
Venerable Anthony of Optina († 1865)
New Martyrs Priests Alexander, Peter, Michael, John, Dimitriy, and Alexey († 1937)
Сщмч. Василия пресвитера (1938)
Martyrs Marius the Soldier and Asterius the Senator
Venerable Orus, hermit of Thibaida
Venerable Pimen the much-suffering, of the Kiev Caves
Venerable Mercurius of the Kiev Caves, bishop of Smolensk
Venerable Pimen the Faster of the Kiev Caves, far caves (13th-14th C)
Прмц. Потамии чудотворицы

Strict fast

Plant food without oil.

Fasting is personal; ask your priest.