Wednesday, 21 October 2026

8 October 2026 on the Old calendar

Liturgical colour: dark (strict fast)

Saints of the day

Venerable Hilarion the Great († 371-372)
Transfer of the relics of Saint Hilarion, Bishop of Meglina in Bulgaria (1206)
Martyrs Dasius, Gaius, and Zoticus
Venerable Hilarion of Pskov Lake and Gdov († 1476)
Venerable Theophilus and James, Abbots of Omucha in Pskov (c. 1412)
Saint Hilarion the Schema-Monk of the Kiev Caves (16th C)
Venerable Theophilus of Mt Athos
New Martyr John of the Peloponesis
New Hieromartyrs Pavlin, Bishop of Mogilev, Artemiy, Archbishop of Ekaterinburg, and those with them († 1937)

Strict fast

Plant food without oil.

Fasting is personal; ask your priest.