Wednesday, 16 February 2028

3 February 2028 on the Old calendar

Liturgical colour: dark (strict fast)

Saints of the day

Martyrs Pamphilus the Presbyter, Valens the Deacon, Paul, Porphyrius, Seleucus, Theodoulus, Julian, Samuel, Elias, Daniel, Jeremiah and Isaiah at Cæsarea in Palestine († c307-309)
Holy Hierarch Macarius (Nevsky), Metropolitan of Moscow and Kolomna († 1926)
New Hieromartyr Priest Paul (1938)
Venerable Maruthas, Bishop of Martyropolis in Mesopotamia († 422)
Persian martyrs whose relics were translated to Martyropolis by St. Maruthas (4th C)
Venerable Martyr Romanus of Mt Athos

Strict fast

Plant food without oil.

Fasting is personal; ask your priest.