Church day

Orthodox calendar

The church day, fasting guidance, readings and the icon of the day. Parish services are published separately.

Today in the Church

Martinian Belozerskiy.

20 October 2026

No fast.

Details

Icons of the day

Sergiy Rimlyanin, Rosafskiy, mch.

Vakkh Rimlyanin, mch.

Saint Iona Khankouskiy, Chudotvorets, episkop Manchzhurskiy

Iulian Terrakinskiy, presviter, sshchmch.

Kesariy Terrakinskiy, diakon, sshchmch.

Muchenitsa Pelagiya Tarsiyskaya

Polikhroniy, presviter, sshchmch.

Sergiy Pecherskiy, Poslushlivyy

Venerable Sergiy Obnorskiy

Martinian Belozerskiy, igumen

Nikolay (Kazanskiy), protoierey, sshchmch.

Pskovo-Pecherskaya icon Bozhiey Materi

About this church day

The parish calendar is updated daily from the Orthodox calendar source. It provides the date, fasting guidance, readings and icon for the day; the parish service schedule remains separate.

Commemorations

Mchch. Sergiya (icon) i Vakkha (icon). Saint Iony, ep. Khankouskogo. Mchch. Iuliana the priest i Kesariya diakona. Martyr Pelagii (icon) Tarsiyskoy. Martyr Polikhroniya the priest. Venerable Sergiya Poslushlivogo, Pecherskogo. Venerable Sergiya (icon) Nuromskogo (Vologodskogo). Obretenie moshchey prp. Martiniana (icon) Beloezerskogo. Hieromartyr Nikolaya the priest. Ikony Bozhiey Materi Pskovo-Pecherskoy, imenuemoy "Umilenie" (icon).

What the saints titles mean

Readings

Kol., 249 zach., I, 1-2, 7-11. Lk., 27 zach., VI, 37-45. Mchch.: Heb., 330 zach., XI, 33 - XII, 2. Lk., 106 zach., XXI, 12-19.

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