Wednesday, 13 January 2027
31 December 2026 on the Old calendar
Liturgical colour: dark (strict fast)
Saints of the day
- Afterfeast of the Theophany
- Martyrs Hermylus and Stratonicus of Belgrade († c. 315)
- Saint James, Bishop of Nisibus († 350)
- Martyr Peter of Anium, at Hieropolis (309-310)
- Venerable Maximus the Cavsocalybite (hut-burner) of Mt Athos
- Martyr Athanasius
- Martyrs Pachomius and Papyrinus
- Holy Hierarch Leontius, Bishop of Cæsarea in Cappadocia
- Venerable Eleazar of Anzersk Island in Solovki († 1656)
- Venerable Irenarchus, Recluse of Rostov († 1616)
Fasting
Strict fastPlant food without oil.
Fasting is personal; ask your priest.