Monday, December 8, 2008

From the Synaxarion

• Sfântul Cuvios Patapie
• Înainte-prăznuirea Sfintei Ana
• Sfântul Apostol Onisifor
• Sfântul Apostol Tihic
• Sfântul Apostol Cezar
• Sfântul Ierarh Sofronie, Episcopul Ciprului

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.