Saturday, 11 March 2028
27 February 2028 on the Old calendar
- Second Saturday of Lent
- Commemoration of the Departed
Liturgical colour: purple
36 days until Pascha
Saints of the day
- Holy Hierarch Euthymius, Archbishop of Novgorod († 1458)
- Holy Hierarch Sophronius the Patriarch of Jerusalem (638-644)
- Venerable Patrick the Confessor († 1933)
- St Basil the new hiero-confessor († 1937)
- Hieromartyr Pionius of Smyrna and those with him: Asclepiades, Macedonia, Linus, and Sabina († 250)
- Venerable Sophronius, Recluse of the Kiev Caves († 13th century)
- Holy Hierarch Sophronius the Bishop of Vratcha, Bulgaria († 1813)
- Translation of the relics of the Martyr Epimachus of Pelusium
- Venerable George of Mt Sinai
Fasting
With oilPlant food cooked with oil, and wine; no fish.
Fasting is personal; ask your priest.