Monday, 12 April 2027
30 March 2027 on the Old calendar
Liturgical colour: purple
20 days until Pascha
Saints of the day
- Venerable Basil the Confessor, Bishop of Parium († after 754)
- Venerable New Martyr Sergius († 1938)
- Hieromartyr Xeno, Bishop of Verona († c. 260)
- Venerable Isaac the Syrian, Abbot of Spoleto († 550)
- Venerable Martyrs Menas, David and John of Palestine († after 636)
- Venerable Anthusa the Virgin of Constantinople († 801)
- Venerable Athanasia the Abbess of Aegina († 860)
- Icons of the Mother of God of Murom (12th C) and Belinich (13th C)
- Holy Hierarch Sergius II, Patriarch of Constantinople
- Venerable Acacius the Younger of Mt Athos († 1730)
- Holy Hierarch Basil, Bishop of Ryazan
- Translation of the Precious Belt of the Mother of God to Constantinople
Fasting
Strict fastPlant food without oil.
Fasting is personal; ask your priest.