Sunday, May 12, 2013

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 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)

• Toma