Thursday, May 8, 2008

From the Synaxarion

• Sfântul Apostol și Evanghelist Ioan
• Sfântul Cuvios Arsenie cel Mare
• Sfântul Vasile cel Bătrân, tatăl Sfântului Vasile cel Mare
• Sfânta Emilia, mama Sfântului Ierarh Vasile cel Mare

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.