Friday, 17 March 2028

4 March 2028 on the Old calendar

Liturgical colour: purple

30 days until Pascha

Saints of the day

Venerable Gerasimus of the Jordan († 451)
Venerable Gerasimus of Vologda († 1178)
Right-believing Prince Daniel of Moscow († 1303)
New Hieromartyr Priest Alexander († 1938)
Martyr Paul and his sister Juliana († c.273) and with them: Quadratus, Akakius and Stratonicus
Venerable James the Faster of Phœnicia (6th C)
Translation of the relics of Blessed Prince Wenceslaus of the Czech Lands (929-935)
Right-believing Prince Basil (Vasilko) of Rostov († 1238)
Venerable Joasaph of Snetogorsk, Pskov († 1299)
Holy Hierarch Gregory, Bishop of Constantia

Strict fast

Plant food without oil.

Fasting is personal; ask your priest.