March 14 (old calendar) /  March 27 (new)

March 14 (old calendar) /  March 27 (new) Great Lent Ven. Benedict of Nursia (543). St. Theognostus, Metropolitan of Kiev and All Russia (1353). Rt. Blv. Great Prince Rostilav (Michael), Prince of Kiev and Smolensk (1167). St. Euschemon the Confessor, Bishop of Lampsacus (9th c.). The “FEODOROVSKAYA” Icon of the Most-holy Theotokos. SAINT BENEDICT Saint Benedict, founder of Western monasticism, was born in the Italian city of Nursia in the