Monday, 28 February 2028
15 February 2028 on the Old calendar
- Clean Monday: Beginning of Great Lent
Liturgical colour: purple
48 days until Pascha
Saints of the day
- Venerable Basil the Confessor, companion of the Venerable Procopius of Decapolis († c. 750)
- Hieromartyr Proterius the Patriarch of Alexandria († 457)
- Hieromartyr Nestor, Bishop of Magydos in Pamphylia († 250)
- Venerable women: Marina, Cyra, and Domnina of Syria († c. 450)
- Apostles of the 70: Nymphas and Euboulus
- New Martyr Kyr-Anna
- Blessed Nicholas Salos of Pskov the Fool-For-Christ († 1576)
- Hieromartyr Arsenius, Metropolitan of Rostov († 1772)
Fasting
Full abstinenceBy the rule, no food is taken on this day.
Fasting is personal; ask your priest.