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Monday March 16, 2026 / March 3, 2026

Fourth Week of the Great Lent: Adoration of Cross. Tone seven.

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

Calculated: Strict Fast (f2)

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Fasting Season

  • Great Lent

Saints

  1. Martyr Eutropius of Amasea, and with him Martyrs Cleonicus and Basiliscus (308). primary
  2. St. Non, mother of St. David of Wales (6th c.) (Celtic & British). westernBritain and Ireland
  3. St. Winwaloe of Brittany (530) (Celtic & British). westernBritain and Ireland
  4. Venerable Piama, virgin (337).
  5. Sts. Zeno and Zoilus.
  6. "Volokolamsk" Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos (1572).
  7. Virgin-martyr Martha and martyr Michael (1938).
  8. St. Alexandra, of Alexandria (4th c.).
  9. St. Caluppan of Auvergne (576) (Gaul).
  10. St. John (Chrysostom) IV, the Catholicos of Georgia (1049) (Georgia).
  11. Hieromartyr Theodoretus, Priest of Antioch (361-363) (Greek).

Scripture

  • Isaiah 14:24-32 - (6th Hour)
  • Genesis 8:21-9:7 - (Vespers, 1st Reading)
  • Proverbs 11:19-12:6 - (Vespers, 2nd Reading)