Monday, 16 February 2026

3 February 2026 on the Old calendar

Liturgical colour: red

Saints of the day

Martyrs Pamphilus the Presbyter, Valens the Deacon, Paul, Porphyrius, Seleucus, Theodoulus, Julian, Samuel, Elias, Daniel, Jeremiah and Isaiah at Cæsarea in Palestine († c307-309)
Holy Hierarch Macarius (Nevsky), Metropolitan of Moscow and Kolomna († 1926)
New Hieromartyr Priest Paul (1938)
Venerable Maruthas, Bishop of Martyropolis in Mesopotamia († 422)
Persian martyrs whose relics were translated to Martyropolis by St. Maruthas (4th C)
Venerable Martyr Romanus of Mt Athos

No meat

Fish, dairy and eggs are fine; no meat.

Fasting is personal; ask your priest.