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Monday March 23, 2026 / March 10, 2026

Fifth Week of the Great Lent. Tone eight.

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

Calculated: Strict Fast (f2)

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Fasting Season

  • Great Lent

Saints

  1. Martyrs Codratus (Quadratus) and with him: Cyprian, Dionysius, Anectus, Paul, Crescens, Dionysius (another), Victorinus, Victor, Nicephorus, Claudius, Diodorus, Serapion, Papias, Leonidas, Chariessa, Nunechia, Basilissa, Nice, Galla, Galina, Theodora, and others at Corinth (258). primary
  2. St. Paul of Taganrog (1879). primary
  3. Martyrs Codratus, Saturninus, and Rufinus of Nicomedia (3rd c.).
  4. Venerable Anastasia the Patrician of Alexandria (567).
  5. New Hieromartyr Demetrius, priest (1938).
  6. New Martyr Michael of Agrapha, Thessalonica (1544). (Greek).
  7. Martyr Marcian (Greek).
  8. Venerable George Arselaites (6th c.).
  9. St. Attalus, abbot of Bobbio (626).
  10. St. Kessog, bishop of Loch Lomond.
  11. St. John of Khakuhli, also called Chrysostom (10th-11th c.) (Georgia).

Scripture

  • Isaiah 37:33-38:6 - (6th Hour)
  • Genesis 13:12-18 - (Vespers, 1st Reading)
  • Proverbs 14:27-15:4 - (Vespers, 2nd Reading)