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Thursday, June 22, 2006

Feast of the day

Blue cross feast (Romanian saint)

Sfântul Ierarh Grigorie Dascălul, Mitropolitul Țării Românești

Epistle and Gospel of the day

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From the Synaxarion

Sfântul Ierarh Grigorie Dascălul, Mitropolitul Țării Românești
Sfântul Mucenic Zenon
Sfântul Sfințit Mucenic Eusebiu, Episcopul Samosatelor
Sfântul Mucenic Zina
Sfântul Mucenic Alban din Verulamul Britaniei
Sfântul Mucenic Galaction

Fasting today

Oil and wine allowed

Lenten food cooked with oil; a little wine is allowed. No fish.

Apostles' Fast · Tuesdays and Thursdays of the fast

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)

Recipes for this day

Name days

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

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