Thursday, 5 March 2026

20 February 2026 on the Old calendar

Liturgical colour: purple

38 days until Pascha

Saints of the day

Venerable Leo, Bishop of Catania in Sicily († c. 780)
34 Venerable Martyrs of Valaam, who suffered at the hands of the Swedes († 1578): Titus, Tychon, Gelasius, Sergius, Barlaam, Sabbas, Conon, Silvester, Cyprian, Pœmen, John, Samonas, Jonah, David, Cornelius, Nephon, Athanasius, Serapion, Barlaam, Athanasius, Anthony, Luke, Leontius, Thomas, Dionysius, Philip, Ignatius, Basil, Pakhomius, Basil, Theophilus, John, Theodore, and John
New Hieromartyr Priest Nicholas († 1938)
Hieromartyr Sadoc, Bishop of Persia, and the 128 Martyrs with him († 342-344)
Venerable Agatho, Pope of Rome († 682)
Блгв. кн. Ярослава Мудрого (1054)
Venerable Agatho, Wonderworker of the Kiev Caves (13th-14th C)
Venerable Martyr Cornelius, Abbot of the Pskov Caves and his disciple, Venerable Bassian of Murom († 1570)

Strict fast

Plant food without oil.

Fasting is personal; ask your priest.