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Friday March 13, 2026 / February 28, 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. Venerable Basil the Confessor (747), companion of St. Procopius at Decapolis. primary
  2. Venerable John Cassian the Roman, abbot (435). primary
  3. St. Oswald, archbishop of York (992) (Celtic & British). westernBritain and Ireland
  4. St. Arsenius (Matsievich), metropolitan of Rostov, confessor (1772).
  5. Blessed Nicholas of Pskov, fool-for-Christ (1576).
  6. Hieromartyr Proterius, patriarch of Alexandria, and six companions (457).
  7. Hieromartyr Nestor, bishop of Magydos in Pamphylia (250).
  8. Venerables Marana, Cyanna (Kyra), and Domnica (Domnina), nuns, of Syria (ca. 450).
  9. Venerable John, called Barsanuphius, of Nitria in Egypt (5th c.).
  10. Martyr Theoctyrist [Theostyrictus] (8th C).
  11. "Devpeteruv" (1392) Icon of the Mother of God.
  12. New Hieromartyr Sergius priest (1932).
  13. Apostles Nymphas and Eubulus.
  14. Venerable Romanus, desert-dweller of Condat in the Jura Mountains (460) (Gaul).
  15. New Virgin-martyr Kyranna of Thessalonica (1751) (Greek).
  16. Venerable Barsus of Damascus, bishop (Greek).
  17. The Monk Leo, Cappadocian Monastic.
  18. Venerable Cassian, recluse and faster of the Kiev Caves (12th c.).
  19. St. Germanus of Dacia Pontica (Dobrogea, Romania) (5th c.) (Romania).
  20. St. Theosterictus the Confessor, abbot of Pelecete Monastery near Prusa (826).
  21. St. Cassian of Mu Lake Hermitage, disciple of St. Alexander of Svir (16th c.).
  22. St. Meletius, archbishop of Kharkov (1840).

Scripture

  • Isaiah 13:2-13 - (6th Hour)
  • Genesis 8:4-21 - (Vespers, 1st Reading)
  • Proverbs 10:31-11:12 - (Vespers, 2nd Reading)