Friday, 19 March 2027

6 March 2027 on the Old calendar

Liturgical colour: purple

44 days until Pascha

Saints of the day

Holy Martyrs Chrysanthus and Daria and with them Martyrs Claudius the Tribune with his wife Hilaria and their sons Jason and Maurus, and Diodorus the Priest and Marianus the Deacon at Rome († 283)
Venerable Sophia, Princess of Slutsk († 1612)
St John the New Confessor († 1932)
Venerable Martyr Matrona († 1938)
Martyr Pancharius at Nicomedia († c. 302)
Venerable Vassa of the Pskov Caves († c.1473)
Venerable Innocent of Komel and Vologda (1511-1522)
Icon of the Mother of God called “Tenderness,” Smolensk (1103)
New Martyr Dimitrius

Strict fast

Plant food without oil.

Fasting is personal; ask your priest.