Wednesday, 19 January 2028

6 January 2028 on the Old calendar

Liturgical colour: dark (strict fast)

Saints of the day

Venerable Macarius the Great, of Egypt († c. 390-391)
Holy Hierarch Mark, Archbishop of Ephesus († c. 1444)
Venerable Macarius the Deacon of the Kiev Caves (13th-14th C)
Venerable Macarius of Alexandria († 394-395)
Virgin-martyr Euphrasia of Nicomedia († 303)
Saint Arsenius, Archbishop of Kerkyra (8th C)
Translation of the Relics of St Gregory the Theologian
Venerable Meletius of Mount Galesius
Righteous Theodore, Fool-for-Christ, of Novgorod († 1392)
Finding of the Relics of Venerable Sabbas of Storozhi Hill near Zvenigorod (1652)
Venerable Macarius the Faster of the Kiev Caves (12th C)
Saint Anthony the Stylite (Pillar-Dweller), of Martqopi, Georgia (6th C)
New Hieromartyr Peter Skipetrov († 1918)

Strict fast

Plant food without oil.

Fasting is personal; ask your priest.