Wednesday, 21 April 2027
8 April 2027 on the Old calendar
Liturgical colour: purple
11 days until Pascha
Saints of the day
- Hieromartyr Januarius Bishop of Beneventum, and the deacons Proculus, Sossius and Faustus, Desiderius the Reader, Eutychius and Acution, laymen († c. 305)
- Holy Martyrs Theodore, his mother Philippa, Dioscorus, Socrates and Dionysius of Perge in Pamphylia (2nd C)
- Finding of the relics of Venerable Theodore of Sanaxara († 1999)
- Righteous Alexis of Bortsurman († 1848)
- New Hieromartyr Priest John († 1918)
- New Hieroconfessor Priest Nicholas († 1933)
- New Hieromartyr Priest Alexis († 1938)
- Martyrs Isaac, Apollos and Quadratus († 303)
- Holy Hierarch Maximian, Patriarch of Constantinople († 434)
- Martyr Alexandra
Fasting
Strict fastPlant food without oil.
Fasting is personal; ask your priest.