March 18 (old calendar) / March 31 (new)

March 18 (old calendar) / March 31 (new) Great Lent Oil and wine allowed THIRD SUNDAY OF LENT — Tone 3. Veneration of the Cross. Repose of St. Nikolai of Zhicha (1956). St. Cyril, Archbishop of Jerusalem (386). Martyrs Trophimus and Eucarpus of Nicomedia (ca. 300). Ven. Aninas of the Euphrates. Veneration of the Cross The Third Sunday of Lent is that of the Veneration of the Cross. The cross stands in the