Sunday, 4 April 2027
22 March 2027 on the Old calendar
- Third Sunday of Lent, Veneration of the Precious Cross
Liturgical colour: purple
28 days until Pascha
Saints of the day
- Venerable Joseph the Hymnographer († 883)
- Venerable George of Mt. Maleon in the Peloponnesus (9th C)
- Venerable New Martyrs Benjamin and Niciphorus († 1928)
- New Hieromartyr Nicholas, Bishop of Velsk, Venerable Martyr Mary († 1932)
- New Hieromartyr Priest John († 1933)
- New Martyr John († 1943)
- Venerable Joseph the Much-Ailing, of the Kiev Caves (14th C)
- Venerable Zosimas the Abbot of Vorbozomsk († c. 1550)
- Venerable Zosimas of Palestine, who found Venerable Mary of Egypt († c. 560)
- Virginmartyr Pherbutha (Phermoutha) of Persia, with her sister and servant († 341-343)
- New Hieromartyr Nikita of Albania
- Venerable Theonas, Metropolitan of Thessaloniki
- Icon of the Mother of God “Gerondissa”
Fasting
With oilPlant food cooked with oil, and wine; no fish.
Fasting is personal; ask your priest.