Thursday · November 12, 2026(Julian: Oct 30)
St. John the Merciful, Patriarch of Alexandria
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Fasting
No Fast
Fast Free
You may eat
All foods are permitted, including meat, dairy, fish, wine, and oil.
To avoid
Nothing — this is a fast-free day.
Feasts of the Day
No great or major feast is commemorated today.
Lives of the Saints
- ✚St. John the Merciful, Patriarch of Alexandria
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Feasts of the Day
No great or major feast is commemorated today.
Lives of the Saints
- ✚St. John the Merciful, Patriarch of Alexandria
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Holy Unmercenaries Cosmas an
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Martyrs Acindynus, Pegasius,
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Consecration of the Church o
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St. Joannicius the Great
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Martyrs Galaction and Episte
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St. Paul the Confessor, Patr
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33 Martyrs of Melitene
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Synaxis of the Archangel Michael and the Other Bodiless Powers
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Sts. Onesiphorus and Porphyr
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Apostles Erastus, Olympas, R
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Great Martyr Menas of Egypt
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St. John the Merciful, Patri
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St. John Chrysostom, Archbis
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Holy Apostle Philip
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Martyrs and Confessors Guria
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Holy Apostle and Evangelist
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St. Gregory the Wonderworker
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Martyrs Plato and Romanus
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Prophet Obadiah
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Forefeast of the Entrance of
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Entrance of the Most Holy Theotokos into the Temple
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Apostles Philemon, Archippus
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St. Amphilochius, Bishop of
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Great Martyrs Katherine of A
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Leavetaking of the Entrance
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St. Alypius the Stylite
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Great Martyr James the Persi
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Venerable Martyr Stephen the
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Martyr Paramon and 370 other
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Holy Apostle Andrew the Firs
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no oil/wine/fish
Wine & oil
no fish
Fish allowed
+ wine & oil
Dairy week
no meat
Fast free
all foods
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