Day Year: 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 2030 2031 2032 2033 2034 2035 Month: January February March April May June July August September October November December Day: Monday, February 23, 2026 - Hieromartyr Polycarp, Bishop of Smyrna Monday, February 23, 2026Monday, Great Lent week 1Triodion week 4 Great Lent begins Great CanonBeginning of the Great Fast. Readings: Isaiah 1.1-20 (6th Hour) Genesis 1.1-13 (Vespers) Proverbs 1.1-20 (Vespers) Psalter: Kathisma 4, Kathisma 5, Kathisma 6 (Matins) Kathisma 7 (3rd Hour) Kathisma 8 (6th Hour) Kathisma 9 (9th Hour) Kathisma 18 (Vespers) On this day the Church remembers: Hieromartyr Polycarp the Bishop of Smyrna Venerable Polycarp of Briansk Venerable John, Ascetic of the Syrian Deserts Venerable Antiochus, Ascetic of the Syrian Deserts Venerable Antoninus, Ascetic of the Syrian Deserts Venerable Moses, Ascetic of the Syrian Deserts Venerable Zebinas, Ascetic of the Syrian Deserts Venerable Polychronius, Ascetic of the Syrian Deserts Venerable Moses, Ascetic of the Syrian Deserts Venerable Damian, Ascetic of the Syrian Deserts Venerable Alexander the founder of the Monastery, of the Unsleeping Ones Venerable Damian of Esphigmenou of Mt Athos Monkmartyr Damian of Philotheou New Hieromartyr Nicholas (Dmitrov) of Tver St Gorgonia, sister of St Gregory the Theologian Hymns: Hieromartyr Polycarp the Bishop of Smyrna February 2026SMTWTFS12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728(Go to today)
