Wednesday, 18 March 2026

5 March 2026 on the Old calendar

Liturgical colour: purple

25 days until Pascha

Saints of the day

Martyr Conon of Isauria (1st C)
New Hieromartyr Priest Nicholas († 1919)
New Hieromartyr Priest John and Venerable Martyrs Mardarius and Theophanes († 1938)
Martyr Onesimus of Isauria (1st C)
Martyr Conon the Gardener of Pamphylia (3rd C)
Прп. Марка Постника (V)
St. Hesychius the Faster of Bithynia († c. 790)
Translation of the relics of St Theodore, Prince of Smolensk and His Children, Prices David and Constantine, Wonderworkers of Yaroslavl (1463)
Venerable Adrian of Poshekhonye, Yaroslavl († 1550)
Virginmartyr Irais (Rhais) of Antinoe in Egypt and with her Archelaus and 152 Martyrs
Мч. Евлогия, иже в Палестине.
Martyr Eulampius
Icon of the Mother of God “Vospitanie”

Strict fast

Plant food without oil.

Fasting is personal; ask your priest.