Saturday, February 12, 2011

From the Synaxarion

• Sfântul Ierarh Antonie, Patriarhul Constantinopolului
• Sfântul Ierarh Meletie, Arhiepiscopul Antiohiei celei Mari
• Sfântul Ierarh Alexie, Mitropolitul Moscovei și al Întregii Rusii
• Sfântul Mucenic Hristea
• Sfântul Cuvios Meletie din Lardos
• Cinstirea Sfintei Icoane a Maicii Domnului din Iviron

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.