Friday, 4 February 2028
22 January 2028 on the Old calendar
Liturgical colour: dark (strict fast)
Saints of the day
- Venerable Isidore of Pelusium († 436-440)
- Holy Right-Believing Prince George of Vladimir († 1238)
- Venerable Cyril, Abbot and Wonderworker of Novoezersk († 1532)
- Afterfeast of the Meeting of the Lord
- Venerable Nicholas the Confessor, Abbot of the Studion Monastery († 868)
- Holy Hierarch John, Bishop of Irenopolis
- Hieromartyr Abraham Bishop of Arbela in Assyria († c. a 344-347)
- Martyr Jadorus
- Venerable Abraham and Coprius of Pechenga (15th C)
- Holy Hierarch Phileas, Bishop of Thmuis in Lower Egypt
- New Martyr Joseph of Aleppo
- New Hieromartyr Methodius, bishop of Petropavlovsk († 1921)
Fasting
Strict fastPlant food without oil.
Fasting is personal; ask your priest.