Wednesday, December 17, 1997

From the Synaxarion

• Sfântul Proroc Daniel și Sfinții trei tineri Anania, Azaria și Misail
• Sfântul Ierarh Dionisie din Zakynthos
• Sfinții Cuvioși Atanasie, Nicolae și Antonie, ctitorii Mănăstirii Vatoped
• Sfântul Cuvios Hagi-Gheorghe Athonitul
• Sfântul Mucenic Avacum, diaconul

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)

• Daniel
• Daniela
• Daniil