Wednesday, February 17, 2010

From the Synaxarion

• Sfântul Mare Mucenic Teodor Tiron
• Sfântul Cuvios Teodor cel Tăcut de la Lavra Peșterilor din Kiev
• Sfântul Ierarh Ermoghen, Patriarhul Moscovei
• Sfânta Împărăteasă Pulheria
• Sfânta Cuvioasă Mariamna
• Sfântul Împărat Marcian

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)

• Teodor
• Tudor