Sunday, 5 March 2028

21 February 2028 on the Old calendar

Liturgical colour: purple

42 days until Pascha

Saints of the day

Martyr Conon of Isauria (1st C)
New Hieromartyr Priest Nicholas († 1919)
New Hieromartyr Priest John and Venerable Martyrs Mardarius and Theophanes († 1938)
Martyr Conon the Gardener of Pamphylia (3rd C)
Martyr Onesimus of Isauria (1st C)
Martyr Eulampius
Virginmartyr Irais (Rhais) of Antinoe in Egypt and with her Archelaus and 152 Martyrs
St. Hesychius the Faster of Bithynia († c. 790)
St. Mark the Ascetic of Egypt (5th C)
Holy Hierarch Theophilus, Bishop of Cæsarea in Palestine
Translation of the relics of St Theodore, Prince of Smolensk and His Children, Prices David and Constantine, Wonderworkers of Yaroslavl (1463)
New Martyr John of Bulgaria
Venerable Adrian of Poshekhonye, Yaroslavl († 1550)
Repose of St Nikolai (Velimirović) of Žiča († 1956)
Icon of the Mother of God “Vospitanie”

With oil

Plant food cooked with oil, and wine; no fish.

Fasting is personal; ask your priest.