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
- Venerable James the Confessor and Bishop of Catania (8th-9th C)
- Venerable Seraphim Vyritsky († 1949)
- New Hieromartyr Priest Vladimir († 1931)
- Holy Hierarch Cyrill, Bishop of Catania (1st-2nd C)
- Holy Hierarch Thomas, Patriarch of Constantinople († 610)
- Venerable Serapion, Bishop of Tmuissa
- Venerable Serapion of Neitria
Fasting
With oilPlant food cooked with oil, and wine; no fish.
Fasting is personal; ask your priest.