Thursday, 31 December 2026

18 December 2026 on the Old calendar

Liturgical colour: red

Saints of the day

Martyr Sebastian at Rome with his companions: Martyrs Nicostratus, his wife Zoe, Castorius, Tranquillinus the Presbyter and his sons the Deacons Marcellinus and Mark, Claudius, his son Symphorian and brother Victorinus, Tiburtius and Castulus († c. 287)
Мч. Виктора (1936)
New Hieromartyr Thaddeus, Archbishop of Tver († 1937)
Сщмчч. Николая, архиеп. Великоустюжского, Илии, Иоанна, Владимира и Николая пресвитеров (1937)
Сщмч. Сергия диакона и мц. Веры (1942)
Holy Hierarch Modestus, Archbishop of Jerusalem († c. 633-634)
Venerable Florus, Bishop of Amis
Venerable Michael Singelos, the Confessor
Venerable Sebastian of Poshekhonye († c. 1500)
Righteous Simeon, Wonderworker of Verkhotursk († 1694)

With oil

Plant food cooked with oil, and wine; no fish.

Fasting is personal; ask your priest.