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Saturday February 28, 2026 / February 15, 2026

First Saturday of the Great Lent. Tone four.

Great Lent. Food with Oil

Calculated: Food with Oil (f4)

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Fasting Season

  • Great Lent

Saints

  1. Great Martyr Theodore Tyro (306) (movable holiday on Saturday of the 1st week of the Great Lent). primary
  2. Apostle Onesimus of the Seventy (109). primary
  3. St. Oswy, king of Northumbria (670) (Celtic & British). westernBritain and Ireland
  4. Venerable Paphnutius, recluse of the Kiev Caves (13th c).
  5. Venerable Paphnutius, monk, and his daughter St. Euphrosyne, nun, of Alexandria (5th c.).
  6. Venerable Eusebius, hermit of Syria (440).
  7. "Vilensk" (transferred to Vilnius in 1495) and "Dalmatian" (1646) Icons of the Mother of God.
  8. New Hieromartyrs Michael Piataev and John Kumin priests (1930).
  9. New Hieromartyrs Nicholas, Alexis, Alexis priests, Simeon deacon, New Hieromartyr Paul and Virgin-martyr Sophia (1938).
  10. Venerable Dalmatus, abbot and founder of the Dormition Monastery in Siberia (1697).
  11. Martyr Major of Gaza (304).
  12. Venerable Anthimus of Chios (1960) (Greek).
  13. Synaxis of St. John the Theologian at Diaconissa.
  14. St. Theognius, bishop of Bethelia near Gaza (523).

Scripture

  • Luke 1:39-49, 56 - Matins Gospel
  • Hebrews 1:1-12
  • 2 Timothy 2:1-10 - (St. Theodore)
  • Mark 2:23 - 3:5
  • John 15:17-16:2 - (St. Theodore)
  • Philippians 2:5-11 - Theotokos
  • Luke 10:38-42; 11:27-28 - Theotokos
  • Hebrews 13:17-21 - St. Alexis
  • Luke 6:17-23 - St. Alexis