Wednesday, August 9, 2006

From the Synaxarion

• Sfântul Apostol Matia
• Sfântul Mucenic Antonin
• Sfinții 10 Mucenici Mărturisitori pentru icoana lui Hristos

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.