Tuesday, 29 February 2028

16 February 2028 on the Old calendar

Liturgical colour: purple

47 days until Pascha

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)
Persian martyrs whose relics were translated to Martyropolis by St. Maruthas (4th C)
Venerable Maruthas, Bishop of Martyropolis in Mesopotamia († 422)

Strict fast

Plant food without oil.

Fasting is personal; ask your priest.