Saturday, 20 March 2027
7 March 2027 on the Old calendar
- St. Theodore Saturday
- Great Martyr Theodore the Recruit († c. 306)
Liturgical colour: purple
43 days until Pascha
Saints of the day
- Hieromartyrs Basil, Ephraim, Eugene, Elpidius, Agathodorus, Aetherius, and Kapiton of Cherson (4th C)
- New Hieromartyr Priest Nicholas († 1930)
- New Venerable Martyrs Nilus, Matrona, Mary, Eudocia, Catherine, Antonina, Nadezhda, Xenia and Anna († 1938)
- Venerable Paul the Simple (4th C)
- St. Paul the Confessor the Bishop of Plusias (9th C)
- Venerable Emilian, in the world Victorinus, of Italy
- Icons of the Mother of God: “the Unsleeping Eye”, “Matelikiskaya”, and “Surety of Sinners”
Fasting
With oilPlant food cooked with oil, and wine; no fish.
Fasting is personal; ask your priest.