Sunday, 15 March 2026
2 March 2026 on the Old calendar
- Third Sunday of Lent, Veneration of the Precious Cross
- ✚Icon of the Mother of God ‘She who Reigns’ (1917)
Liturgical colour: purple
28 days until Pascha
Saints of the day
- St. Arsenius the Bishop of Tver († 1409)
- Hieromartyr Theodotus, Bishop of Cyrenia († c. 326)
- Martyr Euthalia of Sicily († 257)
- Martyr Troadius of Neocæsarea (3rd C)
- Venerable Agathon of Egypt (5th C)
- 440 Martyrs slain by the Lombards in Sicily († 579)
Fasting
With oilPlant food cooked with oil, and wine; no fish.
Fasting is personal; ask your priest.