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Saturday, August 2, 2008

Saints of the day

Aducerea moaștelor Sfântului Întâi Mucenic și Arhidiacon Ștefan
Binecredinciosul Împărat Justinian cel Mare
Dreptul Gamaliel

Epistle and Gospel of the day

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From the Synaxarion

Aducerea moaștelor Sfântului Întâi Mucenic și Arhidiacon Ștefan
Binecredinciosul Împărat Justinian cel Mare
Dreptul Gamaliel

Fasting today

Oil and wine allowed

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

Dormition Fast · Saturdays and Sundays 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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