non-liturgical day

St. Porphyrius the Bishop of Gaza; Martyr Photini, the Samaritan woman (Great Canon)

Orthodox Calendar February 26 Saint Porphyrius, Archbishop of Gaza He was born about the year 346 at Thessalonica. His parents were people of substance, and this allowed Saint Porphyrius to receive a fine education. Having the inclination for monastic life, he left his native region at twenty-five years of age and set off for Egypt,…

Feb 26, 2026basilica.ro

Venerable Basil the Confessor; Hieromartyr Proterius the Patriarch of Alexandria (Non-liturgical day. Cheese, milk, eggs, fish allowed)

Venerable Basil the Confessor Saint Basil the Confessor was a monk and suffered during the reign of the iconoclast emperor Leo the Isaurian (717-741). When a persecution started against those who venerated holy icons, Saint Basil and his companion Saint Procopius of Decapolis (February 27) were subjected to much torture and locked up in prison.…

Feb 28, 2020Sorin Ioniţe