Orthodox Calendar for March 2028

March 2028
Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
			1 Lenten Fast—No overrides Great Canon; Presanctified Liturgy Martyr Eudoxia of Heliopolis	2 Lenten Fast—No overrides Great Canon Hieromartyr Theodotus, Bishop of Cyrenia St Arseny, Bishop of Tver The Four Hundred and Forty Martyrs of Lombardy (579) Holy Martyr Euthalia (257)	3 Lenten Fast—No overrides Presanctified Liturgy Martyrs Eutropius, Cleonicus and Basiliscus An Unknown Girl in Alexandria (?)	4 Lenten Fast—Wine and Oil are Allowed St Theodore Tyro (the Recruit) Ven. Gerasimus of the Jordan Rt. Blv. Prince Daniel of Moscow St James the Faster of Phoenecia (6th c.)
5 Lenten Fast—Wine and Oil are Allowed First Sunday of Lent Sunday of Orthodoxy Martyr Conon of Isauria St Mark of Athens (4th c.) St Mark the Ascetic (5th c.)	6 Lenten Fast Forty-two Martyrs of Ammoria	7 Lenten Fast Seven Hieromartyrs of Cherson	8 Lenten Fast Presanctified Liturgy St Theophylactus, Bishop of Nicomedia Hieromartyr Theodoretus (362)	9 Lenten Fast Holy Forty Martyrs of Sebaste St Caesarius (369)	10 Lenten Fast Presanctified Liturgy Martyr Quadratus and Companions Our Holy Mother Anastasia (563)	11 Lenten Fast—Wine and Oil are Allowed Memorial Saturday St. Sophronius, Patriarch of Jerusalem St Euthymius, Bishop of Novgorod St Sophronios, patriarch of Jerusalem (638) St John Moschos, author of the Spiritual Meadow (622) Holy Martyr Pionius (250)
12 Lenten Fast—Wine and Oil are Allowed Second Sunday of Lent St Gregory Palamas Ven. Theophanes the Confessor St Gregory the Great (the Dialogist), Pope of Rome (604) Repose of St Symeon the New Theologian (1021)	13 Lenten Fast Trans. Rel. Nicephorus, Patr. Constantinopole	14 Lenten Fast Ven. Benedict of Nursia St Theognostus, Metropolitan of Kiev (1353)	15 Lenten Fast Presanctified Liturgy Martyr Agapius and Seven with Him Holy Martyr Alexander (270-275)	16 Lenten Fast Martyr Sabinas of Egypt Our Holy Father Christodoulos, Wonderworker of Patmos (1111) Holy Apostle Aristobulus of the Seventy, first Bishop of Britain (1st c.)	17 Lenten Fast Presanctified Liturgy Ven. Alexius the Man of God Ven. Makary of Kalyazinsk St Alexis, the Man of God (411) St Patrick, Enlightener of Ireland (ca. 461)	18 Lenten Fast—Wine and Oil are Allowed Memorial Saturday St Cyril, Archbishop of Jerusalem Rep. St Nikolaj of Zhicha St Ananias (Aninus) the Wonderworker (?) Saint Nikolai (Velimirovic), Bishop of Ochrid and Zica, Serbia (1956)(March 5 OC)
19 Lenten Fast—Wine and Oil are Allowed Third Sunday of Lent Veneration of the Precious Cross Martyrs Chrysanthius and Daria	20 Lenten Fast Holy Fathers Slain at St Sabbas Monastery St Photine the Samaritan Woman (66) St Cuthbert the Wonderworker, Bishop of Lindisfarne (687)	21 Lenten Fast St James the Confessor of Catania Our Holy Father Serapion (366)	22 Lenten Fast Presanctified Liturgy Hieromartyr Basil of Ancyra Martyr Drosida of Antioch, and five nuns (104)	23 Lenten Fast Martyr Nikon and 199 Disciples	24 Lenten Fast—Wine and Oil are Allowed Presanctified Liturgy Forefeast of Annunciation Ven. Zachariah the Recluse Saint Zacharias the Recluse of Egypt (4th c.) Commemoration of the Miracle at the Monastery of the Caves in Kiev (?)	25 Lenten Fast—Fish, Wine and Oil are Allowed Memorial Saturday Annunciation Most Holy Theotokos New Confessor/Hieromartyr Tikhon, patriarch of Moscow (1925)
26 Lenten Fast—Wine and Oil are Allowed Fourth Sunday of Lent St John Climacus Leavetaking of Annunciation Synaxis of Archangel Gabriel Synaxis of the Archangel Gabriel	27 Lenten Fast Martyr Matrona of Thessalonica	28 Lenten Fast Ven. Hilarion the New Repose of Gerontissa Gavrilia (1992) (March 15 OC)	29 Lenten Fast—Wine and Oil are Allowed Presanctified Liturgy Hieromartyr Mark, Bishop of Anthusa Our Holy Father John the Hermit (4th c.)	30 Lenten Fast—Wine and Oil are Allowed Great Canon of St Andrew of Crete Presanctified Liturgy Ven. John Climacus Commemoration of an Uncondemning Monk	31 Lenten Fast—Wine and Oil are Allowed Presanctified Liturgy Repose St Innocent, Metr. Moscow and Apostle to Americas Hieromartyr Hypatius, Bishop of Gangra (326) St Jonah, Metropolitan of Moscow (1461)