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Thursday, June 16, 2011

Feast of the day

Blue cross feast (Romanian saint)

Sfântul Ierarh Martir Neofit Cretanul, Mitropolitul Țării Românești

Epistle and Gospel of the day

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From the Synaxarion

Sfântul Ierarh Martir Neofit Cretanul, Mitropolitul Țării Românești
Sfântul Ierarh Tihon, Episcopul Amatundei
Sfântul Sfințit Mucenic Marcu, Episcopul Apoloniadei
Sfântul Cuvios Moise de la Optina

Fasting today

Fast-free (no fasting)

There is no fasting today.

The week after Pentecost

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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