---
title: "March 4, 2026 — Apostles Archippus and Philemon of the Seventy"
description: "Wednesday, March 4, 2026. 19 February (Old Style). Apostles Archippus and Philemon of the Seventy. Fast day"
url: "https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2026-03-04"
language: "en"
---

Wednesday

# March 4, 2026

19 February (Old Style) · 2nd week of Great Lent

Russian Orthodox Church (Old Calendar)

[Old Style](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2026-03-04) [New Style](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/new-style/2026-03-04)

[Month calendar](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2026-03)

[← March 3](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2026-03-03) [March 5 →](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2026-03-05)

## Events of the day

- Apostles Archippus and Philemon of the Seventy

  Commemoration

## Fasting

Fast day · Great Lent

Great Lent, Monday, Wednesday and Friday: xerophagy.

- Meat: not allowed
- Dairy & eggs: not allowed
- Fish: not allowed
- Oil: not allowed
- Wine: not allowed
- Xerophagy

Food rules are reference church information. Agree your personal measure of fasting with a priest; consult a doctor if you are ill.

## Readings of the day

- 6th Hour

  Isaiah 5:16–25

- Vespers

  Genesis 4:16–26

- Vespers

  Proverbs 5:15–6:3

Source: Orthocal: lectionary data — Slavic tradition, Julian calendar.

## Saints and icons

- Prayer of the day: [Prayer of St Ephrem the Syrian](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/prayers/ephrem)