Tuesday, 30 March 2027

17 March 2027 on the Old calendar

Liturgical colour: purple

33 days until Pascha

Saints of the day

Venerable John Climacus of Sinai, Author of “the Ladder” († 649)
St. Sophronius, Archbishop of Irkutsk († 1771)
Prophet Johad (10th C, B.C.)
Holy Apostles Sosthenes, Apollos, Cephas, Cæsar and Epaphroditus of the Seventy (1st C)
St. Eubula, mother of Great Martyr Panteleimon († .305)
Venerable John the Silent of St Sabbas Monastery, Bishop of Colonia († 558)
St. Zosimus the Bishop of Syracuse († c. 662)
Holy Hierarch John, Patriarch of Jerusalem
Hieromartyr Zachariah, Bishop of Corinth

Strict fast

Plant food without oil.

Fasting is personal; ask your priest.