February 28 (old calendar) / March 13 (new)

February 28 (old calendar) / March 13 (new) Great Lent Ven. Basil the Confessor, Companion of Ven. Procopius at Decapolis (750). Bl. Nikolai, Fool-for-Christ at Pskov (1576). Hieromartyr Proterius, Patriarch of Alexandria (457). Hieromartyr Nestor, Bishop of Magydos in Pamphylia (250). Ven. Marina (Marana), Cyra (Kira) and Domnica (Domnina), of Syria (ca. 450). Venerable Kyra (ca. 450). Venerable Domnica (ca. 450). John Cassian the Roman (435). SAINT BASIL THE CONFESSOR