Saturday, 3 April 2027
21 March 2027 on the Old calendar
- Third Saturday of Lent
- Commemoration of the Departed
Liturgical colour: purple
29 days until Pascha
Saints of the day
- Venerable Nicetas the Confessor, Abbot of Medikion († 824)
- Virginmartyr Theodosia of Tyre († 307-308) and Martyr Irene
- Venerable Illyricus the Monk of Mt. Myrsinon in the Peloponnesus
- Martyrs Elpidephorus, Dius, Bithonius, and Galycus
- Icon of the Mother of God “the Unfading Bloom”
- Martyrs Euagrius, Benign, Christos, Arestus, Kinnudius, Ruthus, Patric, and Zosimas
- New Martyr Paul
- Venerable Necratius of Bezhetsk
Fasting
With oilPlant food cooked with oil, and wine; no fish.
Fasting is personal; ask your priest.