Thursday, September 3, 2009

From the Synaxarion

• Sfântul Cuvios Neofit de la Mănăstirea Stânișoara
• Sfântul Cuvios Meletie de la Mănăstirea Stânișoara
• Mutarea moaștelor Sfântului Ierarh Nectarie
• Sfântul Sfințit Mucenic Antim, Episcopul Nicomidiei
• Sfântul Cuvios Teoctist din Palestina
• Cinstirea Sfintei Icoane a Maicii Domnului din Pisidia

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.