Tuesday, 3 March 2026

18 February 2026 on the Old calendar

Liturgical colour: purple

40 days until Pascha

Saints of the day

Saint Leo the Great, Pope of Rome († 461)
Venerable Vladimir the Confessor (1933)
Martyr Anna (1940)
Holy Hierarch Agapitus the Confessor, Bishop of Synaus in Phrygia with the Martyrs Victor, Dorotheus, Theodoulus and Agrippa (4th C)
Saint Flavian the Confessor, Patriarch of Constantinople († 449-450)
Venerable Cosmas of Yakhroma († 1492)

Strict fast

Plant food without oil.

Fasting is personal; ask your priest.