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Wednesday March 11, 2026 / February 26, 2026

Third Week of the Great Lent. Tone six.

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

Calculated: Strict Fast (f2)

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Fasting Season

  • Great Lent

Saints

  1. St. Porphyrius, bishop of Gaza (420). primary
  2. Venerable Sebastian, monk of Poshekhonye (1542).
  3. Martyrs Sebastian and Christodoulos (66).
  4. New Hieromartyr Michael priest (1918).
  5. New Hieromartyr Peter priest (1930).
  6. New Hieromartyr Sergius priest (1933).
  7. Virgin-martyr Anna (1938).
  8. New Hieromartyrs John bishop of Rylsk and John priest (1938).
  9. New Martyr John Calphas ("the Apprentice") at Constantinople (1575) (Greek).
  10. St. Photina, the Samaritan woman, and her sisters Anatola, Phota, Photis, Parasceva, and Cyriaca; her sons Photinus and Joses; and Sebastian the Duke, Victor, and Christodulus — all martyred under Nero (66) (Greek).
  11. Martyr Theoclitas, martyred with St. Photina (Greek).
  12. The Mezhetsk Icon of the Mother of God.

Scripture

  • Isaiah 10:12-20 - (6th Hour)
  • Genesis 7:6-9 - (Vespers, 1st Reading)
  • Proverbs 9:12-18 - (Vespers, 2nd Reading)