Saturday, 4 March 2028
20 February 2028 on the Old calendar
- St. Theodore Saturday
- Great Martyr Theodore the Recruit († c. 306)
Liturgical colour: purple
43 days until Pascha
Saints of the day
- Venerable Leo, Bishop of Catania in Sicily († c. 780)
- 34 Venerable Martyrs of Valaam, who suffered at the hands of the Swedes († 1578): Titus, Tychon, Gelasius, Sergius, Barlaam, Sabbas, Conon, Silvester, Cyprian, Pœmen, John, Samonas, Jonah, David, Cornelius, Nephon, Athanasius, Serapion, Barlaam, Athanasius, Anthony, Luke, Leontius, Thomas, Dionysius, Philip, Ignatius, Basil, Pakhomius, Basil, Theophilus, John, Theodore, and John
- New Hieromartyr Priest Nicholas († 1938)
- Hieromartyr Sadoc, Bishop of Persia, and the 128 Martyrs with him († 342-344)
- Venerable Agatho, Pope of Rome († 682)
- Блгв. кн. Ярослава Мудрого (1054)
- Venerable Agatho, Wonderworker of the Kiev Caves (13th-14th C)
- Venerable Martyr Cornelius, Abbot of the Pskov Caves and his disciple, Venerable Bassian of Murom († 1570)
Fasting
With oilPlant food cooked with oil, and wine; no fish.
Fasting is personal; ask your priest.