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Sunday March 22, 2026 / March 9, 2026

Fourth Sunday of the Great Lent. Tone eight.

Great Lent. Food with Oil

Calculated: Food with Oil (f4)

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Fasting Season

  • Great Lent

Saints

  1. Venerable John Lestvichnik (movable holiday on the 4th Sunday of the Great Lent). primary
  2. The Holy Forty Martyrs of Sebaste: Cyrion (or Quirio), Candidus, Domnus, Hesychius, Heraclius, Smaragdus, Eunoicus, Valens, Vivianus, Claudius, Priscus, Theodulus, Eutychius, John, Xanthias, Helianus, Sisinius, Angus, Aetius, Flavius, Acacius, Ecdicius, Lysimachus, Alexander, Elias, Gorgonius, Theophilus, Dometian, Gaius, Leontius, Athanasius, Cyril, Sacerdon, Nicholas, Valerius, Philoctimon, Severian, Chudion, Aglaius, and Meliton (320).
  3. Urpasianus of Nicomedia (295).
  4. Righteous Caesarius, brother of St. Gregory the Theologian (369).
  5. St. Tarasius of Liconium.
  6. "Albazin" Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos ("The Word Was Made Flesh") (1666).
  7. New Hieromartyr Archpriest Mitrophan Buchnoff of Voronezh (1931).
  8. New Hieromartyrs Michael, Alexis, Demetrius, Sergius, Sergius priests and Nicholas deacon, New Hieromartyr Iosaph and Virgin-martyrs Natalia and Alexandra (1938).
  9. St. Philoromus the Confessor of Galatia (4th c.).
  10. St. Pacianus, bishop of Barcelona (390).
  11. St. Jonah, archbishop of Novgorod (1470).
  12. St. Vitalius of Castronovo (994).

Scripture

  • John 20:11-18 - (8th Matins Gospel)
  • Hebrews 6:13-20
  • Mark 9:17-31
  • Hebrews 12:1-10 - 40 Martyrs
  • Matthew 20:1-16 - 40 Martyrs