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Wednesday April 01, 2026 / March 19, 2026

Sixth Week of the Great Lent. Tone one.

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 Chrysanthus and Daria, and those with them at Rome: Claudius, Hilaria, Jason, Maurus, Diodorus presbyter, and Marianus deacon (283). primary
  2. St. Sophia of Slutsk and Minsk (1612). primary
  3. St. John confessor (1932).
  4. St. Matrona (1938).
  5. Venerable Symeon of the Pskov Caves (Glorification 2003).
  6. Venerable Innocent of Komel (Vologda), disciple of St. Nilus of Sora (1521).
  7. Martyr Pancharius at Nicomedia (302).
  8. Venerable Bassa, nun, of Pskov (1473).
  9. Venerable Simeon, prior of the monastery Dajbabe (1941) (Serbia).
  10. The Smolensk "Tenderness" Icon of the Mother of God (1103).
  11. Martyr Dimitri of Tornada (564).
  12. New Martyr Demetrius at Constantinople (1564) (Greek).
  13. Righteous Mary, wife of Vsevelod III (1206).
  14. New Martyr Nicholas of Karamanos in Smyrna (1657).
  15. Martyr Alcmund, prince of Northumbria.

Scripture

  • Isaiah 58:1-11 - (6th Hour)
  • Genesis 43:26-31; 45:1-16 - (Vespers, 1st Reading)
  • Proverbs 21:23-22:4 - (Vespers, 2nd Reading)