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Thursday, August 5, 2010

Feast of the day

Blue cross feast (Romanian saint)

Sfântul Cuvios Ioan Iacob de la Neamț

Epistle and Gospel of the day

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From the Synaxarion

Sfântul Cuvios Ioan Iacob de la Neamț
Înainte-prăznuirea Schimbării la Față a Domnului
Sfânta Nona, mama Sfântului Grigorie Teologul
Sfântul Ierarh Fabian, episcopul Romei
Sfântul Mucenic Evsignie

Fasting today

Fast day

No meat, dairy, eggs or fish.

Dormition Fast · fast day

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)

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Name days

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