Saturday, 21 March 2026
8 March 2026 on the Old calendar
- Fourth Saturday of Lent
- Commemoration of the Departed
Liturgical colour: purple
22 days until Pascha
Saints of the day
- St. Theophylactus the Bishop of Nicomedia († 842-845)
- New Hieromartyr Priest John († 1923)
- New Martyr Vladimir (1942)
- Apostle Hermas of the Seventy (1st C)
- Hieromartyr Priest Theodoritus of Antioch (4th C)
- Venerable Dometius († 363)
- Venerable Lazarus († 1391) and Athanasius (14th C) of Murom
- Иконы Божией Матери «Знамение» Курской-Коренной (1898)
Fasting
With oilPlant food cooked with oil, and wine; no fish.
Fasting is personal; ask your priest.