Sunday, 29 March 2026
16 March 2026 on the Old calendar
- Fifth Sunday of Lent
- Venerable Mary of Egypt
Liturgical colour: purple
14 days until Pascha
Saints of the day
- Martyr Sabinus of Egypt († 287)
- Martyr Papas of Lyconia († 305-311)
- Apostle Aristobulus of the Seventy, Bishop of Britain (1st C)
- Hieromartyr Alexander, Pope of Rome († 119)
- Martyr Julian of Anazarbus (4th C)
- St. Serapion the Archbishop of Novgorod († 1516)
- Hieromartyrs Trophimus and Thallus, Priests of Laodicea († c. 300)
Fasting
With oilPlant food cooked with oil, and wine; no fish.
Fasting is personal; ask your priest.