Friday, December 12, 2008

From the Synaxarion

• Sfântul Ierarh Spiridon, Episcopul Trimitundei
• Sfântul Ierarh Alexandru, Arhiepiscopul Ierusalimului
• Sfântul Mucenic Sinet
• Sfântul Ierarh Mardarie (Uskokovic) de Libertyville

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)

• Spiridon