Friday, 20 March 2026

7 March 2026 on the Old calendar

Liturgical colour: purple

23 days until Pascha

Saints of the day

Hieromartyrs Basil, Ephraim, Eugene, Elpidius, Agathodorus, Aetherius, and Kapiton of Cherson (4th C)
New Hieromartyr Priest Nicholas († 1930)
New Venerable Martyrs Nilus, Matrona, Mary, Eudocia, Catherine, Antonina, Nadezhda, Xenia and Anna († 1938)
Venerable Paul the Simple (4th C)
St. Paul the Confessor the Bishop of Plusias (9th C)
Venerable Emilian, in the world Victorinus, of Italy
Icons of the Mother of God: “the Unsleeping Eye”, “Matelikiskaya”, and “Surety of Sinners”

Strict fast

Plant food without oil.

Fasting is personal; ask your priest.