Friday, 7 July 2028

24 June 2028 on the Old calendar

Liturgical colour: dark (strict fast)

Saints of the day

Venerable Thomas of Mt Maleon (10th C)
Venerable Akakios of Sinai, mentioned in The Ladder (6th C)
Venerable Eudoxia, in monasticism Evphrosynia, Grand Duchess of Moscow († 1407)
Martyrs Epictetus the Presbyter and Astion the Monastic in Scythia († 290)
Martyrs Kyriaki, Bassa and others with them in Nicomedia (4th C)
Martyrs Peregrinus, Lucian, Ompeius, Hesychius, Papius, Satorninus and Germanus of Dyrrachium in Macedonia (2nd C)
Hieromartyr Evangelus, Bishop of Romania
Righteous Panthene the Confessor, a teacher at Alexandria
Icon of the Mother of God of Vlakherna

Strict fast

Plant food without oil.

Fasting is personal; ask your priest.