Saturday, 1 April 2028
19 March 2028 on the Old calendar
- Fifth Saturday of Lent, of the Akathist
- Laudation of the Most Holy Theotokos
Liturgical colour: purple
15 days until Pascha
Saints of the day
- Holy Martyrs Chrysanthus and Daria and with them Martyrs Claudius the Tribune with his wife Hilaria and their sons Jason and Maurus, and Diodorus the Priest and Marianus the Deacon at Rome († 283)
- Venerable Sophia, Princess of Slutsk († 1612)
- St John the New Confessor († 1932)
- Venerable Martyr Matrona († 1938)
- Martyr Pancharius at Nicomedia († c. 302)
- Venerable Vassa of the Pskov Caves († c.1473)
- Venerable Innocent of Komel and Vologda (1511-1522)
- Icon of the Mother of God called “Tenderness,” Smolensk (1103)
Fasting
With oilPlant food cooked with oil, and wine; no fish.
Fasting is personal; ask your priest.