Wednesday, 28 October 2026
15 October 2026 on the Old calendar
- ✚Holy Hierarch Dmitri, Metropolitan of Rostov († 1709)
Liturgical colour: dark (strict fast)
Saints of the day
- Great Martyr Paraskeva (Piatnitsa) of Iconium (3rd C)
- Holy Hierarch Arsenius, Archbishop of Serbia
- Martyrs Terence and Neonilla and their children: Sarbilus, Photus, Theodulus, Hierax, Nitus, Vilus and Eunicia (3rd C)
- Venerable Stephen the Hymnographer of St Sabbas Monastery (4th C)
- Venerable Job, Abbot and Wonderworker of Pochaev († 1651)
- Martyrs Africanus, Terentius, Maximus, and Pompius
- Hieromartyr Kyriacus, Patriarch of Jerusalem
- Hieromartyr Neophite, Bishop of Urbnia
- Venerable John the Chozebite, Bishop of Cæsarea in Palestine (6th C)
- Martyr Anna
- Venerable Firmilian, Archbishop of Cæsarea in Cappadocia
- Venerable Melchion, Presbyter of Antioch
- Righteous Queen Febronia
- Blessed Theophilus of Kiev, the Fool-for-Christ
- New Hieromartyr Mikhail Lektorsky († 1920)
Fasting
Strict fastPlant food without oil.
Fasting is personal; ask your priest.