28 Февраля 1944 - Orthodox Calendar / Orthodox Menologion Online

Monday, February 28, 1944 (February 15, 1944 by the Julian calendar)
The 1-st week of the Great Lent, Bright Monday, Tone four

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). Apostle Onesimus of the Seventy (109). New Hieromartyrs Michael Piataev and John Kumin priests (1930). New Hieromartyrs Nicolos, Alexis, Alexis priests, Simeon deacon, New Hieromartyr Paul and Virgin-martyr Sophia (1938). St. Paphnutius, recluse of the Kiev Caves (13th c). St. Paphnutius, monk, and his daughter St. Euphrosyne, nun, of Alexandria (5th c.). St. Eusebius, hermit of Syria (440). "Vilensk" (transferred to Vilnius in 1495) and "Dalmatian" (1646) Icons of the Mother of God. St. Dalmatus, abbot and founder of the Dormition Monastery in Siberia (1697). Martyr Major of Gaza (304). St. Oswy, king of Northumbria (670) (Celtic & British). St. Anthimus of Chios (1960) (Greek). Synaxis of St. John the Theologian at Diaconissa. St. Theognius, bishop of Bethelia near Gaza (523).