Friday, 16 April 2027
3 April 2027 on the Old calendar
Liturgical colour: purple
16 days until Pascha
Saints of the day
- Venerable Nicetas the Confessor, Abbot of Medikion († 824)
- Virginmartyr Theodosia of Tyre († 307-308) and Martyr Irene
- Venerable Illyricus the Monk of Mt. Myrsinon in the Peloponnesus
- Martyrs Elpidephorus, Dius, Bithonius, and Galycus
- Icon of the Mother of God “the Unfading Bloom”
Fasting
Strict fastPlant food without oil.
Fasting is personal; ask your priest.