Thursday, May 1, 2008

From the Synaxarion

• Sfânta Tamara, regina Georgiei
• Sfântul Nou Mucenic Ignatie
• Cinstirea Sfintei Icoanei a Maicii Domnului „Bucurie neașteptată”
• Sfântul Cuvios Pafnutie din Borovsk
• Sfânta Cuvioasă Isidora
• Sfântul Proroc Ieremia
• Sfântul Cuvios Mucenic Acachie
• Sfântul Cuvios Mucenic Eftimie
• Cinstirea Sfintei Icoanei a Maicii Domnului „Andronic”

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.