Friday, 28 August 2026

15 August 2026 on the Old calendar

✚Finding of the relics of the Venerable Job, Abbot and Wonderworker of Pochaev (1659)

Liturgical colour: dark (strict fast)

Saints of the day

Venerable Moses the Black of Scete († c. 400)
Venerable Savva of Pskov († 1495)
Righteous Anna the Prophetess, daughter of Phanuel, at the Temple in Jerusalem (1st C)
Righteous Hezekiah, King of Judea (721-691 BC)
Synaxis of all the saints who have shown forth in the Kiev Far Caves
St Amphilochius, Bishop of Vladimir Volynskiy
Martyr Susanna, Princess of Rana, Georgia (5th C)
New Hieromartyr Archimandrite Sergius and 11 monks of Zilantiev Monastery († 1918)

Strict fast

Plant food without oil.

Fasting is personal; ask your priest.