Wednesday, 2 September 2026
20 August 2026 on the Old calendar
Liturgical colour: dark (strict fast)
Saints of the day
- Prophet Samuel (11th C BC)
- Afterfeast of the Dormition
- Сщмч. Владимира пресвитера (1917)
- Hieromartyr Philip, Bishop of Heraclius and with him the Martyrs Sevirus, Memnon, and the 37 Martyrs burned at Thrace († 304)
- Свт. Иерофея Венгерского (X) и св. Стефана I, короля Венгрии (1038)
Fasting
Strict fastPlant food without oil.
Fasting is personal; ask your priest.