Wednesday, 16 September 2026
3 September 2026 on the Old calendar
Liturgical colour: dark (strict fast)
Saints of the day
- Great Martyr Euphemia the All-Praised († 304)
- Afterfeast of the Exaltation of the Cross
- Martyrs Victor and Sosthenes at Chalcedon († c. 304)
- Holy Martyrs Sebastiana (1st C) and Melitina of Marcianopolis (2nd C)
- Martyr Liudmila, Princess of the Czechs († 927)
- Venerable Dorotheus the Hermit of Egypt (4th C)
- Venerable Procopius, Abbot of Sazavsk, in Bohemia
- Repose of St Cyprian, Metropolitan of Kiev and All Russia († 1406)
- Martyrs Isaac and Joseph of Georgia († 808)
- New Hieromartyr Priest Gregory († 1937)
Fasting
Strict fastPlant food without oil.
Fasting is personal; ask your priest.