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Friday, May 9, 2003

Saints of the day

Aducerea moaștelor Sfântului Ierarh Nicolae la Bari
Sfântul Shio din Mgvime, Georgia
Sfântul Mucenic Hristofor
Sfântul Mucenic Epimah
Sfântul Proroc Isaia
Sfântul Mucenic Gordian
Sfântul Iosif de la Optina

Epistle and Gospel of the day

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From the Synaxarion

Aducerea moaștelor Sfântului Ierarh Nicolae la Bari
Sfântul Shio din Mgvime, Georgia
Sfântul Mucenic Hristofor
Sfântul Mucenic Epimah
Sfântul Proroc Isaia
Sfântul Mucenic Gordian
Sfântul Iosif de la Optina

Fasting today

Fast day

No meat, dairy, eggs or fish.

On Fridays, in remembrance of the Crucifixion of the Lord

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)

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Name days

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

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