Thursday, 10 June 2027

28 May 2027 on the Old calendar

✠Ascension of our Lord, God, and Saviour Jesus Christ
New Martyrs who suffered from the Persians in the Fereydan valley (17th C) (Georg.) [movable feast on Ascension]

Liturgical colour: gold

Saints of the day

St. Ignatius the Bishop and Wonderworker of Rostov († 1288)
Venerable Nicetas the Confessor, Bishop of Chalcedon (9th C)
Venerable Helen of Diveyevo († 1832)
Venerable New Martyrs Macarius, Dionysius, Hieromartyr Deacon Nicholas, Martyrs Ignatius and Peter († 1931)
Venerable Heraclius the New Confessor († 1936)
Venerable New Martyr Hermogena († 1942)
Hieromartyr Eutychius, Bishop of Melitene (1st C)
Martyr Heliconis (Heliconida) of Thessalonica († 244)
Hieromartyr Helladius the Bishop in the East (6th-7th C)
Icons of the Mother of God: of Nicæa (304), of Antioch, of Orel, “Tenderness”, of Galich (1350)

No fast

Any food is fine.

Fasting is personal; ask your priest.