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Ephemeris of Friday 5 June, 2026

The sun and moon today in Greece

(All times given here are in Athens local time)

Sunrise: 6:03 AM
Sunset: 8:44 PM
The sun will be at its zenith at 1:23 PM
Sunshine duration: 14 hours and 41 minutes (+1 minute compared to yesterday)

Tomorrow the sun will rise at 6:02 AM and set at 8:44 PM

Right now the time in Greece is 6:45 PM.
Greece's time difference from the Greenwich meridian: 3 hours(*)
Greece's time difference from Paris: 1 hour
(*) taking into account summer/winter time

19 days moon

The moon is 19 days old.
Next full moon on 30 June, 2026.
Next new moon on 15 June, 2026.

Commemorations on 5 June

(according to the Greek-Orthodox calendar)

Saints of the day

  • Saint Mark of Smyrna, New Martyr in Chios
    Αγίου Μάρκου εκ Σμύρνης, νεομάρτυρος εν Χίω
  • Saint Dorotheus, Bishop of Tyre
    Αγίου Δωροθέου, επισκόπου Tύρου
  • Saint Plutarch, Archbishop of Cyprus
    Αγίου Πλουτάρχου, αρχιεπισκόπου Κύπρου
  • Saint Theodore Yaroslavich, brother of Saint Alexander Nevsky
    Αγίου Θεοδώρου του Νόβγκοροντ, αδελφού του Αγίου Αλεξάνδρου Νέφσκϊυ
  • Saints Ten Martyrs of Egypt
    Αγίων Δέκα μαρτύρων των εν Αιγύπτω
  • Saints Christopher and Conon of Rome, Martyrs
    Αγίων Χριστοφόρου και Κόνωνος Ρώμης, Μαρτύρων

Fasting Instructions: the June 5 is a free of fasting day (κατάλυση)

Today we celebrate these names in Greece

On this day

1969

Alexandros Panagoulis s'évade de la prison militaire de Bogiati où il était détenu pour avoir monté un attentat manqué contre le colonel Papadopoulos.

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1870

900 personnes périssent dans le grand incendie de Constantinople ; les flammes dévorent une bonne partie du quartier de Pera où habittent des nombreux Grecs.