Wednesday, 4 November 2026
22 October 2026 on the Old calendar
- ✚Commemoration of the deliverance of Moscow from the Poles by the Kazan Icon (1612)
Liturgical colour: dark (strict fast)
Saints of the day
- Holy Equal-to-the-Apostles Abercius, Bishop and Wonderworker of Hieropolis († c. 167)
- Holy Seven Youths of Ephesus (Seven Sleepers): Maximilian, Jamblichus, Martinian, John, Dionysius, Exacustodianus (Constantine) and Antoninus († c. 250 and 408-450)
- Сщмчч. Серафима, архиеп. Угличского, и с ним Владимира, Александра, Василия, Александра пресвитеров и прмчч. Германа и Мины (1937)
- Сщмчч. Николая, Николая пресвитера и прмч. Григория (1937)
- Hieromartyr Bishop Alexander
- Андрониковской иконы Божией Матери (1281-1332)
Fasting
Strict fastPlant food without oil.
Fasting is personal; ask your priest.