Friday, 18 September 2026

5 September 2026 on the Old calendar

Liturgical colour: dark (strict fast)

Saints of the day

Holy Prophet Zechariah and Righteous Elizabeth, parents of St John the Baptist (1st C)
Hieromartyr Athanasius of Brest-Litovsk († 1648)
Сщмч. Алексия, архиеп. Великоустюжского, мч. Евфимия (1937)
Martyrs Thiphael and his sister Thebaia (1st-2nd C)
Virginmartyr Rhais (Irais) of Alexandria († c. 308)
Martyred Soldiers Juventinus and Maximus at Antioch († c. 362)
Martyrs Urban, Theodore, Medimnus and with them 77 Men at Nicomedia († 370)
Martyr Abdias of Persia (5th C)
Killing of the Holy Right-Believing Prince Gleb, in Baptism David († 1015)
Martyr Serbilus

Strict fast

Plant food without oil.

Fasting is personal; ask your priest.