Monday, 8 March 2027

23 February 2027 on the Old calendar

Liturgical colour: red

Saints of the day

Hieromartyr Polycarp, Bishop of Smyrna († 167)
New Hieromartyrs Priests Alexis, Nicholas, Michael and Martyr Sergius († 1938)
Venerable Alexander the founder of the Monastery of the “Unsleeping Ones” († c. 430)
Venerable John, Antiochus, Antoninus, Moses, Zebinas, Polychronius, another Moses, and Damian, Ascetics of the Syrian Deserts (5th C)
Venerable Polycarp of Briansk († 1620-1621)
Кипрской иконы Божией Матери в с. Стромыни Московской области

No meat

Fish, dairy and eggs are fine; no meat.

Fasting is personal; ask your priest.