Monday February 23, 2026 / February 10, 2026 Beginning of the Great Lent. Tone four.Great Lent. By Monastic Charter – Full abstention from food Clean Monday.Hieromartyr Charalampus, bishop of Magnesia in Thessaly, and Martyrs Porphyrius and Baptus (202).New Hieromartyrs Peter and Valerian priests (1930).New Martyr Anatole (Greesiuk), metropolitan of Odessa (1938).St. Anna of Novgorod, wife of
God’s Mission “We will see how simple forgiveness is and how good it is for us when we accept that the evildoer is in us, and it is not our mission to overcome it, but God’s mission! Only He can overcome it. Why? Because only He can love it! Evil
Sunday February 22, 2026 / February 9, 2026 The Sunday of Forgiveness. Tone four.Cheesefare Sunday. Meat is excluded Martyr Nicephorus of Antioch (ca. 257).Uncovering of the relics (1805) of St. Innocent of Irkutsk (1731).Uncovering of the relics of St. Tikhon, Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus (1992).New Hieromartyr Basil priest (1930).New Hieromartyr John priest
The Measure of Love “What is the measure of love for God? It is that the soul is constantly stretched and uses force to do the will of God for the purpose and in pursuit of God’s glory.”Saint Basil the Great God #love #soul
Saturday February 21, 2026 / February 8, 2026 Cheesefare week (Maslenitsa) – fast-free. Tone three.Maslenitsa. Meat is excluded All of the venerable fathers, lit up with great deeds (movable holiday on Saturday of the Cheese-fare Week).Great-martyr Theodore Stratelates (“the General”) of Heraclea (319).Prophet Zechariah, from among the 12 Minor Prophets (520 BC).St. Lyubov
“We shouldn’t be vainglorious about health, or beauty, or any other gifts of God… All that is earthly is inconstant – both beauty and health.” Saint Nikon of Optina #God #health #beauty
Friday February 20, 2026 / February 7, 2026 Cheesefare week (Maslenitsa) – fast-free. Tone three.Maslenitsa. Meat is excluded Venerable Parthenius, bishop of Lampsacus on the Hellespont (4th c.).Venerable Luke of Mt. Steirion (953).New Hieromartyr Barlaam, archbishop of Perm (1937).New Hieromartyr Alexander priest (1938).New Hieromartyr Alexis priest (1942).The 1,003 Martyrs of Nicomedia (303).Venerable Mastridia of Jerusalem,
“Healing begins where judgment ends and presence begins. As parents and as a society, we are not called to control, but to accompany; not to moralize, but to obey. Young people heal when they feel seen without labels, loved without conditions, and encouraged to discover their purpose, not just performance.
Thursday February 19, 2026 / February 6, 2026 Cheesefare week (Maslenitsa) – fast-free. Tone three.Maslenitsa. Meat is excluded Venerable Shio Mgvime (6th c.) (Georgia) (movable holiday on Thursday of the Cheese-fare Week).Venerable Bucolus, bishop of Smyrna (ca. 100).New Hieromartyrs Demetrius priest and Martyr Anatolius (1921).New Hieromartyr Basil priest (1930).New Hieromartyr Priest Basil Nadezhnin
“If for the sake of bodily rest you pray hurriedly, you will lose the tranquility of both body and soul.” Saint John of Kronstadt #prayer #rest #sleep