Orthocal

Friday March 06, 2026 / February 21, 2026

Second Week of the Great Lent. Tone five.

Great Lent. By Monastic Charter: Strict Fast (Bread, Vegetables, Fruits)

Calculated: Strict Fast (f2)

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Fasting Season

  • Great Lent

Saints

  1. Venerable Timothy of Symbola in Bithynia (795). primary
  2. St. Eustathius (Eustace), archbishop of Antioch (337). primary
  3. St. George, bishop of Amastris on the Black Sea (805).
  4. "Kozelshchanskaya" (1881) Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos.
  5. New Hieromartyrs Alexander, Daniel and Gregory priests (1930).
  6. New Hieromartyr Constantine priest, Paul deacon (1938).
  7. Virgin-Martyr Olga (1938).
  8. St. John the Scholastic, patriarch of Constantinople (577).
  9. St. Zachariah, patriarch of Jerusalem (633).
  10. Hieromartyr Severian, bishop of Scythopolis (452).

Scripture

  • Isaiah 7:1-15 - (6th Hour)
  • Genesis 5:32-6:8 - (Vespers, 1st Reading)
  • Proverbs 6:20-7:1 - (Vespers, 2nd Reading)