Orthocal

Wednesday June 10, 2026 / May 28, 2026

2nd Week after Pentecost. Tone eight.

Apostles' (Peter & Paul) Fast. By Monastic Charter: Strict Fast (Bread, Vegetables, Fruits)

Calculated: Strict Fast (f2)

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Fasting Season

  • Apostles' (Peter & Paul) Fast

Saints

  1. Venerable Nicetas, bishop of Chalcedon (9th c.). primary
  2. St. Ignatius, bishop and wonderworker of Rostov (1288).
  3. Venerable Helen of Diveyevo (1832).
  4. St. Gerontius, metropolitan of Moscow (1489).
  5. St. Eutychius, bishop of Melitene (1st c.).
  6. Martyrs Heliconis and Dapni of Thessalonica (244).
  7. St. Germanus, bishop of Paris (576) (Gaul).
  8. Hieromartyr Helladius, bishop in the East (6th-7th c.).
  9. "Nikeysky" (304), "Chukhlomsky" (Galich) (1350), "Orlovsky", "Antiochsky" and "Tenderness" Icons of the Mother of God.
  10. New Hieromartyr Macarius, Dyonisius, Hieromartyr Nicholas deacon, Martyrs Ignatius and Peter (1931).
  11. New Hieromartyr Heraclius confessor (1936).
  12. Virgin-Martyr Hermogenas (1942).
  13. New Martyr Mitros (Demetrius) of Tripolitsa (1794) (Greek).
  14. New Hieromartyr Zachariah of Prusa (1802) (Greek).
  15. Venerable Sophronius, monk, of Bulgaria (1510) (Bulgaria).
  16. Martyrs Crescens, Paul, and Dioscorides of Rome (326) (Greek).
  17. St. William of Languedoc (812) (Gaul).
  18. St. Andrew the fool-for-Christ of Constantinople (911).

Scripture

  • Romans 4:13-25
  • Matthew 7:21-23