Wednesday, December 31, 2003

From the Synaxarion

• Sfântul Mucenic Hermes
• Sfânta Cuvioasă Melania Romana
• Odovania praznicului Nașterii Domnului

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)

• Melania