Friday, 21 August 2026
8 August 2026 on the Old calendar
Liturgical colour: dark (strict fast)
Saints of the day
- Venerable Abraham, Archimandrite and Wonderworker of Smolensk (13th C)
- Apostle of the Seventy Thaddeus († c. 44)
- Martyr Bassa of Edessa and her sons: Theognios, Agapios and Pistos († c. 305-311)
- Afterfeast of the Dormition
- Venerable Abraham, the Lover-of-Labour of the Kiev Caves
- Venerable Conrnilius and his disciple Abraham, of Old Island
- Venerable Theoclita (829-842)
- Venerable Ephraim of Smolensk (13th C)
- Hieromartyr Raphael of Shishatova
Fasting
Strict fastPlant food without oil.
Fasting is personal; ask your priest.