Saturday, 7 March 2026
22 February 2026 on the Old calendar
- Second Saturday of Lent
- Commemoration of the Departed
Liturgical colour: purple
36 days until Pascha
Saints of the day
- Finding of the relics of the Holy Martyrs at the Gate of Eugenius at Constantinople (395-423)
- New Hieromartyrs Priests Joseph and Vladimir, Deacon John and Martyr John (1918)
- New Hieromartyrs Priests Michael, John, Victor, John, Sergius, Andrew, Venerable Martyrs Sergius and Antipas, Venerable Martyr Parasceva, Martyrs Stephen and Nicholas, Martyrs Elizabeth, Irene, and Barbara (1938)
- New Martyr Andrew (1941)
- New Venerable Martyr Philaret (1942)
- Martyrs Maurice and the 70 warriors, including Photinus, Theodore, Philip, and others at Apamea in Syria († c. 305)
- Venerable Thalassius, Limnæus, and Baradatus, Hermits of Syria (5th C)
- Venerable Athanasius the Confessor of Constantinople († 821)
Fasting
With oilPlant food cooked with oil, and wine; no fish.
Fasting is personal; ask your priest.