Wednesday, 25 February 2026
12 February 2026 on the Old calendar
- Clean Wednesday
- ✚Iveron Icon of the Mother of God (9th C)
- ✚Saint Alexis, Metropolitan of Moscow and Wonderworker of All Russia († 1378)
Liturgical colour: purple
46 days until Pascha
Saints of the day
- Saint Meletius, Archbishop of Antioch († 381)
- Holy Hierarch Meletius, Archbishop of Kharkov († 1840)
- Venerable Mary (known as the Monk Marinus), and her father, the Venerable Eugene at Alexandria (6th C)
- Saint Anthony, Patriarch of Constantinople († 895)
- День тезоименитства Святейшего Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Алексия II. (+2008)
Fasting
Strict fastPlant food without oil.
Fasting is personal; ask your priest.