Tuesday, 24 March 2026

11 March 2026 on the Old calendar

Liturgical colour: purple

19 days until Pascha

Saints of the day

Holy Hierarch Euthymius, Archbishop of Novgorod († 1458)
Holy Hierarch Sophronius the Patriarch of Jerusalem (638-644)
Venerable Patrick the Confessor († 1933)
St Basil the new hiero-confessor († 1937)
Hieromartyr Pionius of Smyrna and those with him: Asclepiades, Macedonia, Linus, and Sabina († 250)
Venerable Sophronius, Recluse of the Kiev Caves († 13th century)
Holy Hierarch Sophronius the Bishop of Vratcha, Bulgaria († 1813)
Translation of the relics of the Martyr Epimachus of Pelusium

Strict fast

Plant food without oil.

Fasting is personal; ask your priest.