Monday, 9 March 2026
24 February 2026 on the Old calendar
- ✚The Holy Forty Martyrs of Sebaste († c.320): Cyrion, Candidus, Domnus, Hesychius, Iraclius, Smaragdus, Eunoicus, Valentus, Vivian, Claudius, Priskus, Theodulus, Eutichius, John, Xanthus, Ilian, Sisinius, Angius, Aetius, Flavius, Dometian, Gaius, Leontius, Athanasius, Cyrill, Sakerdonus, Nicholas, Valerius, Philoctimon, Seberian, Chudionus, Aglaius, and Meliton
Liturgical colour: purple
34 days until Pascha
Saints of the day
- New Hieromartyrs Priests Michael, Alexis, Demetrius, Sergius, Sergius and Deacon Nicholas, Venerable Martyrs Ioasaph, Natalia and Alexandra († 1938)
- Martyr Urpasianus of Nicomedia († c.295)
- Venerable Cæsarius, brother of St Gregory the Theologian († c. 369)
- Martyr Philoromus
- Righteous Tarasius of Liconium
- Martyr Philoromus
- Albazinian Icon of the Mother of God called “The Word Was Made Flesh” (1666)
Fasting
Strict fastPlant food without oil.
Fasting is personal; ask your priest.