Saturday, 2 December 2028
19 November 2028 on the Old calendar
- ✚Holy Hierarch Philaret, Metropolitan of Moscow and Kolomna († 1867)
Liturgical colour: gold
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)
- New Hieromartyr Porfiri, bishop of Simferopol and those with him († 1937)
- Martyr Iliodorus of Pomphilia
- Martyr Aza of Isauria and with him 150 Soldiers and others († 284-305)
- Venerable Hilarion of Georgia, the Wonderworker
- Venerable Varlaam, the first Abbot of the Kiev Caves († 1065)
- Обретение мощей прмч. Адриана Пошехонского, Ярославского (1625)
- Иконы Божией матери, именуемой «В скорбех и печалех Утешение» (1863)
Fasting
Fish allowedFish, wine and oil are fine; no meat, dairy or eggs.
Fasting is personal; ask your priest.