Wednesday, 7 October 2026
24 September 2026 on the Old calendar
- ✚Saint Jonah, Bishop of Hankow and Wonderworker of Manzhouli († 1925)
Liturgical colour: dark (strict fast)
Saints of the day
- Martyrs Sergius and Baccus in Syria († 290-303)
- Virginmartyr Pelagia of Tarsus, in Asia Minor († c. 290)
- Martyrs Julian the Presbyter and Cæsarius the Deacon, at Terracina (1st C)
- Martyr Polychronios the Presbyter (4th C)
- St Mark, Pope of Rome
- St Eumenius, Bishop of Alexandria
- Venerable Mark of Egypt
- Venerable Sergius of Nurom
- Venerable Sergius the Obedient of the Kiev Caves (13th C)
- Finding of the relics of Venerable Martinian, Abbot of Belozersk (1514)
Fasting
Strict fastPlant food without oil.
Fasting is personal; ask your priest.