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Thursday, May 12, 2011

Feast of the day

Blue cross feast (Romanian saint)

Sfântul Mucenic Ioan Valahul

Epistle and Gospel of the day

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From the Synaxarion

Sfântul Mucenic Ioan Valahul
Sfântul Ierarh Epifanie, Arhiepiscopul Ciprului
Sfântul Ierarh Gherman, Patriarhul Constantinopolului
Sfântul Cuvios Amfilohie de la Poceaev
Aflarea moaștelor Sfintei Mucenițe Irina din Lesvos

Fasting today

No fasting

There is no 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)

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Name days

There are no name days in the calendar on this day.

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