Friday, 30 October 2026
17 October 2026 on the Old calendar
Liturgical colour: dark (strict fast)
Saints of the day
- Holy Prophet Hosea († 820 BC)
- Venerable Martyr Andrew of Crete († 767)
- Сщмч. Неофита пресвитера, прмчч. Иакинфа и Каллиста (1918)
- New Hieromartyr Alexander, Archbishop of Semipalatinsk († 1937)
- Martyrs and Unmercenaries Cosmas and Damian in Cilicia (Arabia), with their brothers the Martyrs Leontius, Anthymus and Eutropius († 287 or 303)
- Transfer of the relics of the Righteous Lazarus of the Four-Days to Constantinople (898)
- Venerable Anatoly of Leokhnovo
- Икон Божией Матери, именуемых «Прежде Рождества и по Рождестве Дева» (1827) и «Избавительница» (ок. 1889)
Fasting
Strict fastPlant food without oil.
Fasting is personal; ask your priest.