Thursday, August 18, 2005

From the Synaxarion

• Sfântul Cuvios Ioan de la Rila
• Sfinții Cuvioși Barnaba și Sofronie
• Sfântul Mucenic Lavru
• Sfântul Mucenic Flor
• Sfântul Mucenic Serapion
• Sfântul Mucenic Ermi
• Sfântul Mucenic Leon
• Sfântul Cuvios Arsenie din Paros
• Sfântul Mucenic Polien
• Cinstirea Sfintei Icoane a Maicii Domnului „Pantanassa” – izbăvitoarea de cancer

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.