Saturday, 24 October 2026
11 October 2026 on the Old calendar
- ✚Icon of the Mother of God “Joy of All Who Sorrow” (1688)
Liturgical colour: blue
Saints of the day
- Martyr Arethas and with him 4299 Martyrs († 523)
- Commemoration of the Departed
- Venerable Arethas (12th C), Sisoes (13th C) and Theophilus (12th-13th C), Hermits of the Kiev Caves
- Martyr Syncletia and her 2 daughters (6th C)
- Venerable Athanasius, Patriarch of Constantinople
- Blessed Elezboi, King of Ethiopia († c. 553-555)
- Hieromartyr Akakios the Presbyter
- Venerable John, Hermit of the Pskov Caves († 1616)
- New Hieromartyr Laurentius, Bishop of Balakhninsk († 1918)
Fasting
No fastAny food is fine.
Fasting is personal; ask your priest.