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Monday March 09, 2026 / February 24, 2026

Third Week of the Great Lent. Tone six.

Great Lent. Food with Oil

Calculated: Food with Oil (f4)

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Fasting Season

  • Great Lent

Saints

  1. St. Cummain Ailbe, abbot of Ilona (669) (Celtic & British). westernBritain and Ireland
  2. First (4th c.) and Second (452) Findings of the Precious Head of St. John the Baptist.
  3. Venerable Erasmus of the Kiev Caves (1160).
  4. Uncovering of the relics (1486) of St. Romanus, prince of Uglich.
  5. Martyrs Montanus, Lucias, Julian, Victoricus, Flavian and their companions at Carthage (259).

Scripture

  • Luke 7:17-30 - Matins Gospel
  • Isaiah 8:13-9:7 - (6th Hour)
  • Genesis 6:9-22 - (Vespers, 1st Reading)
  • Proverbs 8:1-21 - (Vespers, 2nd Reading)
  • 2 Corinthians 4:6-15 - Forerunner
  • Matthew 11:2-15 - Forerunner
  • Vespers Forerunner
  • Isaiah 40:1-3,9; 41:17-18; 45:8; 48:20-21; 54:1 - 1) Isaiah 40:1-3,9; 41:17-18; 45:8; 48:20-21; 54:1
  • Malachi 3:1-2,5-7,12,17; 4:4-6 - 2) Malachi 3:1-2,5-7,12,17; 4:4-6
  • Wisdom of Solomon 4:7,16,17,19,20; 5:1-7 - 3) Wisdom of Solomon 4:7,16,17,19,20; 5:1-7