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Tuesday March 24, 2026 / March 11, 2026 Fifth Week of the Great Lent. Tone eight.Great Lent. By Monastic Charter: Food without Oil St. Sophronius, patriarch of Jerusalem (638).St. Euthymius, Bishop of Novgorod, wonderwoker (1458).Venerable Alexis of Goloseyevsky Skete, Kiev Caves (1917).Venerable Patrikius confessor (1933).New Hieromartyr Basil, priest (1937).Venerable Sophronius, recluse of
“All of us sin constantly. We slip and fall. It is important to get up immediately after a fall and to keep on walking toward God. Even if we fall a hundred times a day, it does not matter; we must get up and go on walking toward God without
Monday March 23, 2026 / March 10, 2026 Fifth Week of the Great Lent. Tone eight.Great Lent. By Monastic Charter: Strict Fast (Bread, Vegetables, Fruits) Martyrs Codratus (Quadratus) and with him: Cyprian, Dionysius, Anectus, Paul, Crescens, Dionysius (another), Victorinus, Victor, Nicephorus, Claudius, Diodorus, Serapion, Papias, Leonidas, Chariessa, Nunechia, Basilissa, Nice, Galla, Galina,
Sunday March 22, 2026 / March 9, 2026 Fourth Sunday of the Great Lent. Tone eight.Great Lent. Food with Oil Venerable John Lestvichnik (movable holiday on the 4th Sunday of the Great Lent).The Holy Forty Martyrs of Sebaste: Cyrion (or Quirio), Candidus, Domnus, Hesychius, Heraclius, Smaragdus, Eunoicus, Valens, Vivianus, Claudius, Priscus, Theodulus, Eutychius, John, Xanthias,
Saturday March 21, 2026 / March 8, 2026 Fourth Saturday of the Great Lent. Tone seven.Great Lent. Food with Oil Parents’ Saturday. Remembrance of the dead.Venerable Theophylactus, bishop of Nicomedia (845).New Hieromartyr John priest (1923).Martyr Vladimir (1942).Venerables Lazarus and Athanasius, monks of Murman Island, Onega Lake (1391).Apostle Hermas of the Seventy (1st c.).Hieromartyr Theodoretus of Antioch (361).Venerable Dometius, monk
Friday March 20, 2026 / March 7, 2026 Fourth Week of the Great Lent: Adoration of Cross. Tone seven.Great Lent. By Monastic Charter: Strict Fast (Bread, Vegetables, Fruits) The Holy Hieromartyrs of Cherson: Basil, Ephraim, Capito, Eugene, Aetherius, Elpidius, and Agathodorus (4th c.).New Hieromartyr Nicholas priest (1930).New Hieromartyr Nilus, Virgin-martyrs Matrona, Mary, Eudocia, Ecaterina, Antonina, Nadezhda, Xenia, and