Mar. 19 – 3rd Sunday of the Great Lent. Adoration of Cross. Tone 7

The 42 Martyrs of Ammoria in Phrygia, including: Constantine, Aetius, Callistus, Basoes, and others (845). Monk-martyrs Conon and his son Conon (270-275). The uncovering of the Precious Cross and the Precious Nails by Empress St. Helen (326). St. Arcadius, monk, of Cyprus (361), and his disciples Julian and Bulius.

Heb. 4:14–5:6; Mk. 8:34–9:1;

Liturgy of St. Basil the Great.

Mar. 12 – 2nd Sunday of the Great Lent Tone 6

St. Gregory Palamas the Archbishop of Thessalonica. Synaxis of all Venerable Fathers of the Kyiv Caves. St. Procopius the Confessor of Decapolis (ca. 750). St. Thalelaeus, hermit of Syria (460). St. Titus the Soldier, monk of the Kyiv Caves (14th c.). St. Titus, presbyter of the Kyiv Caves (1190).

Heb. 1:10–2:3; Mk. 2:1-12;
Heb. 7:26 - 8:2; Jn. 10:9-16;

Liturgy of St. Basil the Great

Mar. 5 – 1st Sunday of the Great Lent: Triumph of Orthodoxy. Tone 5

St. Leo, bishop of Catania in Sicily (ca. 780). Hieromartyr Sadoc, bishop of Persia, and 128 Martyrs with him (342). St. Agatho, pope of Rome (682). Ven. Prince Yaroslav the Wise (1054). St. Agatho, wonderworker of the Kyiv Caves (13th-14th c.).

Heb. 11:24-26, 32–12:2;
Jn. 1:43-51;
Liturgy of St. Basil the Great.

Feb. 26 – Cheesefare Sunday, of Forgiveness Tone 4

Expulsion of Adam from the Paradise of Bliss. St. Martinian (422). Venn. Zoe of Bethlehem and Virgin Photina (5th c.). Ven. Eulogius, archbishop of Alexandria (607-608).

Rom. 13:11–14:4; Mt. 6:14-21;
The Last day before the Great Lent

Feb. 19 – Meatfare Sunday, of the Last Judgment. Tone 3

Afterfeast of the Meeting. Ven. Bucolus, bishop of Smyrna (ca. 100). Virgin-martyr Dorothea, and with her Martyrs Christina and Callista, sisters, and Theophilus, at Caesarea in Cappadocia (288-300). Martyr Julian (312). Virginmartyrs Martha and Mary, and their brother Martyr Lycarion, in Egypt. Venn. Barsanuphius the Great and John the Prophet, monks of Palestine (6th c.). St. Photius, patriarch of Constantinople (891).

1 Cor. 8:8–9:2 ;         Mt. 25:31-46;

Feb. 12 – Sunday of Prodigal Son. Tone 2

Synaxis of the Three Hierarchs: St. Basil the Great, St. Gregory the Theologian, and St. John Chrysostom. Hieromartyr Hippolytus, pope of Rome, and with him Martyrs Censorinus, Sabinus, and others (269). St. Zeno, hermit and disciple of St. Basil the Great (414). Martyr Theophilus the New (784). St. Peter, king of Bulgaria (967). St. Zeno the Faster of the Kyiv Caves (14th c.).

1 Cor. 6:12-20; Lk. 15:11-32;
Heb. 13:7-16; Mt. 5:14-19;

Feb. 5 – Sunday of the Publican and the Pharisee. Tone 1

Hieromartyr Clement, bishop of Ancyra, and Martyr Agathangelus (296). Ven. Mausimas the Syrian (4th c.). Ven. Salamanes the Silent (ca. 400). St. Paulinus the Merciful, bishop of Nola (431). Commemoration of the Sixth Ecumenical Council (680-681).

2 Tim. 3:10-15 ; Lk. 18:10-14;

Fast-free week.