Saturday, 17 June 2028

4 June 2028 on the Old calendar

Saturday of the 2nd week after Pentecost. Venerable and God-bearing fathers, who have shown forth on the Holy Mountain of Athos (from the 2nd Sunday)

Liturgical colour: gold

Saints of the day

St. Metrophanes the first Patriarch of Constantinople († c. 326)
New Hieromartyr Priest Peter († 1918)
Venerable Methodius the Abbot of Pashnoshsk († 1392)
Holy Martyrs Frontasius, Severinus, Severianus and Silanus (1st C)
Holy Martyr Concordius († c. 175)
Hieromartyr Astius the Bishop of Dyrrachium (2nd C)
St. Zosimus, bishop of Babylon in Egypt (6th C)
New Hieromartyr Joannicius, Metropolitan of Montenegro and the Littoral († 1945)

Fish allowed

Fish, wine and oil are fine; no meat, dairy or eggs.

Fasting is personal; ask your priest.