Monday, October 20, 2003

From the Synaxarion

• Sfântul Mare Mucenic Artemie
• Sfântul Cuvios Gherasim din Kefalonia
• Sfânta Cuvioasă Matrona din Chios
• Sfântul Grigorie Kallidis, Arhiepiscopul Irakliei și Redestului
• Cinstirea Sfintei Icoane a Maicii Domnului din Philermos

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.