Sunday, December 28, 2008

From the Synaxarion

• Sfântul Simon Izvorâtorul de mir, ctitorul Mănăstirii Simonos Petras
• Sfinții 20.000 de Mucenici arși în Nicomidia
• Sfântul și Dreptul Iosif, Logodnicul Sfintei Fecioare Maria
• Sfântul Sfințit Mucenic Glicherie preotul

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.