Venerable
Venerable Alexander the founder of the Monastery of the “Unsleeping Ones” († c. 430)
In Russian: Прп. Александра монаха, начальника обители «Неусыпающих» († ок. 430)
In Church Slavonic: Прпⷣбнагѡ а҆леѯа́ндра монаха, начальника ѻ҆би́тели неꙋсыпа́емыхъ († ок. 430)
Feast days
2026
Old calendar
- (23 February on the Old calendar), repose
- (3 July on the Old calendar), repose
New calendar
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2027
Old calendar
- (23 February on the Old calendar), repose
- (3 July on the Old calendar), repose
New calendar
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Also commemorated on 8 March 2026
- Second Sunday of Lent
- Saint Gregory Palamas, Archbishop of Thessalonica († c. 1360)
- Hieromartyr Polycarp, Bishop of Smyrna († 167)
- New Hieromartyrs Priests Alexis, Nicholas, Michael and Martyr Sergius († 1938)
- Venerable John, Antiochus, Antoninus, Moses, Zebinas, Polychronius, another Moses, and Damian, Ascetics of the Syrian Deserts (5th C)
- Venerable Polycarp of Briansk († 1620-1621)
- Кипрской иконы Божией Матери в с. Стромыни Московской области
- Forerunner