February 24 (old calendar) / March 9 (new) Cheesefare week Saturday of Cheesefare — Commemoration of All Departed Righteous Monastics. First (4th c.) and Second (452) Finding of the Honorable Head of the Holy Glorious Prophet, Forerunner and Baptist of the Lord, John. Ven. Erasmus of the Kiev Caves (Near Caves—12th c.). Finding of the Honorable Head of the Holy Glorious Prophet, Forerunner and Baptist of the Lord, John After