Saturday, March 8, 2008

From the Synaxarion

• Sfântul Preot Mucenic Liviu-Galaction de la Cluj
• Sfântul Ierarh Teofilact Mărturisitorul, Episcopul Nicomidiei
• Sfântul Ierarh Pavel Mărturisitorul, Episcopul Plusiadei
• Sfântul Martir Mărturisitor Ioan de Sonkajanranta
• Cinstirea Sfintei Icoanei a Maicii Domnului „a Semnului” (a Rădăcinii din Kursk)

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.