Wednesday, April 17, 1991

From the Synaxarion

• Descoperirea moaștelor Sfântului Alexandru din Svir
• Sfântul Macarie Notara, Episcopul Corintului
• Sfântul Sfințit Mucenic Simeon, Episcopul Persiei
• Sfântul Mucenic Adrian
• Sfântul Ierarh Acachie, Episcopul Melitinei Armeniei
• Cinstirea Sfintei Icoane a Maicii Domnului din Ierusalim

Fasting today

• No weddings
  No weddings

  The Mystery of Marriage is not celebrated on fasting days (Wednesdays, Fridays and the four fasts), from Meatfare Sunday to Thomas Sunday, between Christmas and Theophany, on the Beheading of St. John the Baptist and on the eve and the day of the Great Feasts.

  Source: Calendar of the Romanian Patriarchate, “No weddings” (opens in a new tab)

There are no name days in the calendar on this day.