Wednesday, 9 September 2026
27 August 2026 on the Old calendar
Liturgical colour: dark (strict fast)
Saints of the day
- Venerable Joseph the Abbot of Volokolamsk († 1515)
- Holy Righteous Ancestors of God, Saints Joachim and Anna (1st C)
- Martyr Severian of Sebaste († 320)
- Finding of the relics of St Theodosius, Archbishop of Chernigov (1896)
- Afterfeast of the Nativity of the Theotokos
- Martyrs Chariton and Stratorus
- Venerable Martyrius of Zelents († 1603)
- Venerable Theophanes the Confessor and Faster of Mt. Diabenos († c. 300)
- Blessed Nicetas the Hidden of Constantinople (12th C)
- Venerable Joachim of Opochesk
- Commemoration of the 3rd Œcumenical Council (431)
Fasting
Strict fastPlant food without oil.
Fasting is personal; ask your priest.