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
- St. Theophylactus the Bishop of Nicomedia († 842-845)
- 40 Martyrs
- New Hieromartyr Priest John († 1923)
- New Martyr Vladimir (1942)
- Venerable Dometius († 363)
- Hieromartyr Priest Theodoritus of Antioch (4th C)
- Apostle Hermas of the Seventy (1st C)
- Venerable Lazarus († 1391) and Athanasius (14th C) of Murom
- St. Felix of Burgundy, Bishop of Dunwich and Enlightener of East Anglia
Fasting
With oilPlant food cooked with oil, and wine; no fish.
Fasting is personal; ask your priest.