Wednesday, 21 April 2027

8 April 2027 on the Old calendar

Liturgical colour: purple

11 days until Pascha

Saints of the day

Apostles of the Seventy Herodion (Rodion), Agabus, Asyncritus, Rufus, Phlegon and Hermes (1st C)
New Hieromartyr Priest Sergius († 1933)
Holy Hierarch Niphon, Bishop of Novgorod († 1156)
Venerable Rufus the Obedient of the Kiev Caves (14th C)
Martyr Pausilippus of Heraclea in Thrace († 117-138)
Holy Hierarch Celestine, Pope of Rome († 432)
600 Venerable Fathers martyred in the hermitage of David-Gareji, Georgia (17th C)
Shuyskoy icon of the Mother of God “Odigitriya”

Strict fast

Plant food without oil.

Fasting is personal; ask your priest.