Friday, 20 November 2026
7 November 2026 on the Old calendar
Liturgical colour: dark (strict fast)
Saints of the day
- Martyr Hieron and the other 32 Martyrs of Melitene: Hieron, Hysichius, Nicander, Athanasius, Mamantus, Barachius, Callinicus, Theogenes, Nikon, Longinus, Theodore, Valerius, Xantheius, Theodulus, Callimachus, Eugene, Theodochus, Ostrichius, Epiphanius, Maximian, Duceitius, Claudian, Theophilus, Gigantius, Dorotheus, Theodotus, Castrichius, Anikita, Themelius, Eutichius, Hilarion, Diodotus, and Amonitus (3rd C)
- Venerable Lazarus the Wonderworker of Mt Galiseia near Ephesus († 1053)
- Martyr Theodotus of Ancyra
- New Hieromartyr Cyril, Metropolitan of Kazan († 1937)
- Сщмчч. Сергия, архиеп. Елецкого, Николая пресвитера и мч. Георгия (1937)
- Martyrs Melasippos and Karina and their son Antoninus, and 40 children converted by their martyrdom at Ancyra († 363)
- Venerable Zosimas the Abbot of Vorbozomsk († c. 1550)
- Martyrs Auctus, Tabrion, and Thessalonicia
- Иконы Божией Матери «Взыграние», Угрешской (1795)
Fasting
Strict fastPlant food without oil.
Fasting is personal; ask your priest.