Sunday, 8 March 2026
23 February 2026 on the Old calendar
- Second Sunday of Lent
- Saint Gregory Palamas, Archbishop of Thessalonica († c. 1360)
Liturgical colour: purple
35 days until Pascha
Saints of the day
- Hieromartyr Polycarp, Bishop of Smyrna († 167)
- New Hieromartyrs Priests Alexis, Nicholas, Michael and Martyr Sergius († 1938)
- Venerable Alexander the founder of the Monastery of the “Unsleeping Ones” († c. 430)
- Venerable John, Antiochus, Antoninus, Moses, Zebinas, Polychronius, another Moses, and Damian, Ascetics of the Syrian Deserts (5th C)
- Venerable Polycarp of Briansk († 1620-1621)
- Кипрской иконы Божией Матери в с. Стромыни Московской области
- Forerunner
Fasting
With oilPlant food cooked with oil, and wine; no fish.
Fasting is personal; ask your priest.
Readings
- Epistle: Hebrews 1:10-2:3
- Gospel: Mark 2:1-12
- Epistle: Hebrews 7:26-8:2
- Gospel: John 10:9-16
- Gospel (Matins): Luke 24:36-53
- Old Testament (Vespers): Isaiah 40:1-3, 41:17-18, 45:8, 48:20-21, 54:1
- Old Testament (Vespers): Malachi 3:1-3, 5-7, 12, 17-18, 4:4-6
- Old Testament (Vespers): Wisdom 4:7, 16-17, 19-20, 5:1-7