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Tuesday March 31, 2026 / March 18, 2026

Sixth Week of the Great Lent. Tone one.

Great Lent. By Monastic Charter: Food without Oil

Calculated: Food without Oil (f3)

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Fasting Season

  • Great Lent

Saints

  1. St. Cyril, archbishop of Jerusalem (386). primary
  2. St. Edward the Martyr, king of England (978) (Celtic & British). westernBritain and Ireland
  3. Martyrs Trophimus and Eucarpus of Nicomedia (300).
  4. Venerable Ananias (Aninas), presbyter and monk, of the Euphrates.
  5. New Hieromartyr Demetrius priest, Virgin-martyr Natalia (1938).
  6. Venerable Maria (Skobtsova), nun, who suffered at Ravensbruck (1945).
  7. The 10,000 Martyrs of Nicomedia.
  8. St. Tetricus, bishop of Langres in Gaul (572-573) (Gaul).
  9. Venerable Daniel, monk of Egypt (6th c.).
  10. Venerable Cyril of Astrakhan (1576).

Scripture

  • Isaiah 49:6-10 - (6th Hour)
  • Genesis 31:3-16 - (Vespers, 1st Reading)
  • Proverbs 21:3-21 - (Vespers, 2nd Reading)