Friday, 13 March 2026

28 February 2026 on the Old calendar

Liturgical colour: purple

30 days until Pascha

Saints of the day

Venerable Basil the Confessor, companion of the Venerable Procopius of Decapolis († c. 750)
Hieromartyr Arsenius, Metropolitan of Rostov († 1772)
Сщмч. Сергия пресвитера (1932)
Hieromartyr Nestor, Bishop of Magydos in Pamphylia († 250)
Venerable women: Marina, Cyra, and Domnina of Syria († c. 450)
Hieromartyr Proterius the Patriarch of Alexandria († 457)
Blessed Nicholas Salos of Pskov the Fool-For-Christ († 1576)

Strict fast

Plant food without oil.

Fasting is personal; ask your priest.