8 May 1956, Tuesday (25.04 according to the old style)
Church calendar for 8 May 1956
Saints commemorated
- Apostle John Mark ок. 6 — ок. 68
- Hierarch Macedonius Ii Of Constantinople патриарх Константинопольский 495/496–511, † 516
- Venerable Silvester Obnorsky ? — 1379