Friday, 19 November 2027
6 November 2027 on the Old calendar
- ✚Holy Hierarch Philaret, Metropolitan of Moscow and Kolomna († 1867)
Liturgical colour: dark (strict fast)
Saints of the day
- Venerable Varlaam and Joasaph, Prince of India, and King Abennar, his father (4th C)
- Prophet Obadiah (9th C BC)
- Martyr Varlaam of Cæsarea in Cappadocia († c. 304)
- Venerable Varlaam, the first Abbot of the Kiev Caves († 1065)
- Martyr Aza of Isauria and with him 150 Soldiers and others († 284-305)
- Martyr Iliodorus of Pomphilia
- Venerable Hilarion of Georgia, the Wonderworker
- New Hieromartyr Porfiri, bishop of Simferopol and those with him († 1937)
Fasting
Strict fastPlant food without oil.
Fasting is personal; ask your priest.