Sunday March 15, 2026 / March 2, 2026 Third Sunday of the Great Lent: Adoration of Cross. Tone seven.Great Lent. Food with Oil Appearance of the Kolomenskoye Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos, “Reigning” (1917).Hieromartyr Theodotus, bishop of Cyrenia (315).St. Arsenius, bishop of Tver (1409).Virgin-martyr Euthalia of Sicily (257).Martyr Troadius of Neo-Caesarea (3rd c.).Venerable Agatho of Egypt, monk (5th c.).440
Saturday March 14, 2026 / March 1, 2026 Third Saturday of the Great Lent. Tone six.Great Lent. Food with Oil Parents’ Saturday. Remembrance of the dead.Martyr Eudocia of Heliopolis (152).New Hieromartyr Olga (1937).New Hieromartyrs Basil, Peter, John, Benjamin, Michael priests, New Hieromartyr Anthony, Virgin-martyrs Anna, Daria, Eudokia, Olga, Alexandra, Matrona, Martyr Basil, Virgin-martyr
“Miracles are not impossible from a logical standpoint, and right reason does not deny them. Natural laws do not have the claim to be the only ones, nor are they threatened with being overturned by the appearance of other laws, supernatural ones, which also are conducive to the development and
Friday March 13, 2026 / February 28, 2026 Third Week of the Great Lent. Tone six.Great Lent. By Monastic Charter: Strict Fast (Bread, Vegetables, Fruits) Venerable Basil the Confessor (747), companion of St. Procopius at Decapolis.St. Arsenius (Matsievich), metropolitan of Rostov, confessor (1772).New Hieromartyr Sergius priest (1932).Blessed Nicholas of Pskov, fool-for-Christ (1576).Hieromartyr Proterius, patriarch of
Thursday March 12, 2026 / February 27, 2026 Third Week of the Great Lent. Tone six.Great Lent. By Monastic Charter: Food without Oil1Venerable Procopius the Confessor of Decapolis (ca. 750).New Hieromartyr Sergius priest (1932).New Hieromartyr Peter priest, Martyr Michael (1938).Venerable Titus, presbyter of the Kiev Caves (1190).Venerable Titus the Soldier, monk of the
“Lord, if I am still necessary to your people, I do not refuse the toil; but if you have no further need of me, I beg you to take me to yourself.” Saint Martin of Tours #productive #useful #faithful
Friday March 13, 2026 / February 28, 2026 Third Week of the Great Lent. Tone six.Great Lent. By Monastic Charter: Strict Fast (Bread, Vegetables, Fruits) Venerable Basil the Confessor (747), companion of St. Procopius at Decapolis.St. Arsenius (Matsievich), metropolitan of Rostov, confessor (1772).New Hieromartyr Sergius priest (1932).Blessed Nicholas of Pskov, fool-for-Christ (1576).Hieromartyr Proterius, patriarch of
“The passion of pride arises from two kinds of ignorance, and when these two kinds of ignorance unite together, they form a single confused state of mind. For a man is proud only if he is ignorant both of divine help and of human weakness. Therefore pride is a lack