Wednesday April 1, 2026 / March 19, 2026 Sixth Week of the Great Lent. Tone one.Great Lent. By Monastic Charter: Strict Fast (Bread, Vegetables, Fruits) Martyrs Chrysanthus and Daria, and those with them at Rome: Claudius, Hilaria, Jason, Maurus, Diodorus presbyter, and Marianus deacon (283).St. Sophia of Slutsk and Minsk (1612).St. John confessor (1932).St. Matrona (1938).Venerable Symeon of the Pskov Caves
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Tuesday March 31, 2026 / March 18, 2026 Sixth Week of the Great Lent. Tone one.Great Lent. By Monastic Charter: Food without Oil St. Cyril, archbishop of Jerusalem (386).New Hieromartyr Demetrius priest, Virgin-martyr Natalia (1938).Venerable Maria (Skobtsova), nun, who suffered at Ravensbruck (1945).Martyrs Trophimus and Eucarpus of Nicomedia (300).Venerable Ananias (Aninas), presbyter and monk, of the
“I arise today through a mighty strength, the invocation of the Trinity, through belief in the threeness, through confession of the oneness of the Creator of creation. I arise today through the strength of Christ’s Birth with His Baptism, through the strength of His Crucifixion with His Burial, through the
Monday March 30, 2026 / March 17, 2026 Sixth Week of the Great Lent. Tone one.Great Lent. By Monastic Charter: Strict Fast (Bread, Vegetables, Fruits) Venerable Alexis the Man of God, in Rome (411).Venerable Macarius, abbot of Kalyazin (1483).New Hieromartyr Alexander priest (1919).New Hieromartyr Victor priest (1942).Venerable Parthenius of Kiev (1855).Martyr Marinus, soldier, at
“God is perfect, He is faultless. And so, when Divine love becomes manifest in us in the fullness of Grace, we radiate this love, not only on the earth, but throughout the entire universe as well. So God is in us, and He is present everywhere. It is God’s all-encompassing
Sunday March 29, 2026 / March 16, 2026 Fifth Sunday of the Great Lent. Tone one.Great Lent. Food with Oil Venerable Mary of Egypt (movable holiday on the 5th Sunday of the Great Lent).Martyr Sabinas of Hermopolis, Egypt (303).Martyr Papas of Lycaonia (305).St. Serapion, archbishop of Novgorod (1516).Apostle Aristobulus of the Seventy, bishop of Britain (1st c.).Hieromartyr Alexander, pope
“Many human activities, good in themselves, are not good because of the motive for which they are done. For example, fasting and vigils, prayer and psalmody, acts of charity and hospitality are by nature good, but when performed for the sake of self-esteem they are not good.” Saint Maximus the
Saturday March 28, 2026 / March 15, 2026 Fifth Saturday of the Great Lent: Laudation of the Mother of God. Tone eight.Great Lent. Food with Oil Martyrs Agapius, Publius (Pauplios), Timolaus, Romulus, two named Dionysius, and two named Alexander, at Caesarea in Palestine (303).New Hieromartyr Alexis priest (1938).New Hieromartyr Michael priest (1940).Hieromartyr Alexander of Side in Pamphylia (270-275).Martyr Nicander of Egypt
“Strive to attain to the greater virtues, but do not neglect the lesser ones. Do not make light of a fall even if it be the most venial of faults; rather, be quick to repair it by repentance, although many others may commit a large number of faults, slight and