Sunday, 5 April 2026
23 March 2026 on the Old calendar
- ✠Palm Sunday. Entrance of our Lord into Jerusalem
Liturgical colour: green
7 days until Pascha
Saints of the day
- Martyrs Agathopous the Deacon and Theodulus the Reader and those with them († c. 303)
- Translation of the relics of the Holy Hierarch Job, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia (1652)
- New Hieromartyr Priest Alexis († 1930)
- New Hieromartyr Priest Nicholas († 1931)
- Venerable Publius of Egypt (4th C)
- Venerable Theonas, Simeon, and Phorbinus of Egypt (4th C)
- Venerable Mark the Anchorite of Athens († 400)
- Venerable Plato the Confessor, Abbot of the Studion Monastery († 814)
- Venerable Theodora of Thessalonica († 892)
Fasting
Fish allowedFish, wine and oil are fine; no meat, dairy or eggs.
Fasting is personal; ask your priest.