Saturday, 14 March 2026
1 March 2026 on the Old calendar
- Third Saturday of Lent
- Commemoration of the Departed
Liturgical colour: purple
29 days until Pascha
Saints of the day
- Venerable Benedict of Nursia († 543)
- New Hieromartyr Priest Basil († 1943)
- Holy Hierarch Theognostus, Metropolitan of Kiev and All Russia († 1353)
- Right-believing Great Prince Rostislav-Michael of Kiev († 1167)
- St. Euschemon the Confessor and Bishop of Lampsacus (9th C)
- Theodore - Kostroma Icon of the Mother of God (1613)
Fasting
With oilPlant food cooked with oil, and wine; no fish.
Fasting is personal; ask your priest.