Russian Orthodox

Wednesday March 4, 2026 / February 19, 2026

Second Week of the Great Lent. Tone five.
Great Lent. By Monastic Charter: Strict Fast (Bread, Vegetables, Fruits)

Apostles Archippus and Philemon of the Seventy, and Martyr Apphia (1st c.).

St. Theodore of Sanaxar Monastery (1791).

New Martyr Demetrius(1942).

Martyrs Maximus, Theodotus, Hesychius, and Asclepiodotus of Adrianopolis (305-311).

Venerables Eugene and Macarius, presbyters, confessors at Antioch (363).

Venerable Dositheus of Palestine (6th c.), disciple of St. Abba Dorotheus.

Venerable Rabulas of Samosata (530).

Venerable Conon, abbot in Palestine (555).

New Hieromartyr Nicetas of Epirus (1809).

Venerable Philothea, nun-martyr, of Athens (1589) (Greek).

St. Mesrop the Translator of Armenia (439).

The Scripture Readings

Isaiah 5:16-25 (6th Hour)
Genesis 4:16-26 (Vespers, 1st Reading)
Proverbs 5:15-6:4 (Vespers, 2nd Reading)

Troparion

Holy Apostle Archippus, Troparion, Tone III —
O holy apostle Archippus/ entreat the merciful God// that He grant to our souls remission of transgressions.

Kontakion, Tone IV "Thou hast appeared today" —
The Church, possessing thee as a great star,/ O Archippus,/ and illumined by the rays of thy miracles,/ crieth out to thee:// Save those who honor thy memory with faith!

Design Jason Powell.