Friday, 3 April 2026

21 March 2026 on the Old calendar

Liturgical colour: purple

9 days until Pascha

Saints of the day

Venerable Nicetas the Confessor, Abbot of Medikion († 824)
Virginmartyr Theodosia of Tyre († 307-308) and Martyr Irene
Venerable Illyricus the Monk of Mt. Myrsinon in the Peloponnesus
Martyrs Elpidephorus, Dius, Bithonius, and Galycus
Icon of the Mother of God “the Unfading Bloom”
Martyrs Euagrius, Benign, Christos, Arestus, Kinnudius, Ruthus, Patric, and Zosimas
New Martyr Paul
Venerable Necratius of Bezhetsk

Strict fast

Plant food without oil.

Fasting is personal; ask your priest.