Wednesday, November 19, 2008

From the Synaxarion

• Sfântul Ierarh Filaret, Mitropolitul Moscovei și Kolomnei
• Sfântul Ilarion Georgianul, făcătorul de minuni
• Sfântul Mucenic Varlaam Read the life on doxologia.ro (opens in a new tab)
• Cinstirea Sfintei Icoane a Maicii Domnului „Mângâierea celor necăjiți și întristați”
• Sfântul Proroc Avdie Read the life on doxologia.ro (opens in a new tab)

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.