10 Марта 2008 - Orthodox Calendar / Orthodox Menologion Online

Monday, March 10, 2008 (February 26, 2008 by the Julian calendar)
The 1-st week of the Great Lent, Bright Monday, Tone eight

Bright Monday. Beginning of the Great Lent. Clean Monday. (On Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday of the 1st week of Great Lent the Great Vespers the canon of St. Andrew of Crete is read). St. Porphyrius, bishop of Gaza (420). New Hieromartyr Peter priest (1930). New Hieromartyr Sergius priest (1933). Virgin-martyr Anna (1937). New Hieromartyrs John bishop of Rylsk and John priest (1938). St. Sebastian, monk of Poshekhonye (1542). Martyrs Sebastian and Christodoulos (66). New Martyr John Calphas ("the Apprentice") at Constantinople (1575) (Greek). St. Photina, the Samaritan woman, and her sisters Anatola, Phota, Photis, Parasceva, and Cyriaca; her sons Photinus and Joses; and Sebastian the Duke, Victor, and Christodulus — all martyred under Nero (66) (Greek). Martyr Theoclitas, martyred with St. Photina (Greek). New Martyr Elias of Trebizond (1749).