In the news, Saturday, February 28, 2026

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EMBER SATURDAY IN LENT

Western:

St. Hilary, Pope

St. Caerealis

St. Oswald

St. Romanus of Condat

St. Ruellinus

Bl. Villana de'Botti

Orthodox – OCA:

1st Saturday of Great Lent: The Miracle of the Boiled Wheat

Venerable Basil the Confessor, companion of Venerable Procopius at Decapolis

Blessed Nicholas (Salos) of Pskov the Fool-For-Christ

Hieromartyr Proterius, Patriarch of Alexandria

Hieromartyr Nestor, Bishop of Magydos in Pamphylia

Venerable Marina and Kyra of Syria

Venerable Domnica (Domnina) of Syria

Venerable John Cassian the Roman

Venerable John-Barsanuphius, Bishop of Damascus

Heiromartyr Theokteristus

Saint Leo of Cappadocia

Saint Meletius, Archbishop of Khar'kov and Akhtyrsk

Saint Germanus of Dacia Pontica (Dobrogea)

Devpeteruv Icon of the Mother of God

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In the news, Friday, February 27, 2026

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EMBER FRIDAY IN LENT

Western:

St. Gabriel. C.  d

com, George Herbert

St. Leander of Seville

St. Anne Line

St. Augustus Chapdelaine

St. Baldomerus

St. Bernard

St. Gregory of Narek

St. Honorina

St. John of Gorze

Bl. Maria Caridad Brader

Bl. Mark Barkworth

St. Thalelaeus

Orthodox – OCA:

Repose of Saint Raphael, Bishop of Brooklyn

Venerable Prokopios the Confessor of Decapolis

Venerable Titus the Presbyter of the Kiev Near Caves

Venerable Titus the Soldier, of the Kiev Caves

Venerable Thalelaios the Hermit of Syria

Saints Asclepius and James of Syria

Saint Stephen of Constantinople

Martyrs Julian, Eunos, Beza, and Mekaro of Alexandria

Saint Leander of Seville

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How Secularization Happens

“DOGE and USAID tell a different story, not of impersonal social forces, but of decisions made, money spent, and power exerted to nudge and club recalcitrant traditionalists into submission. The point holds more broadly: Insofar as our societies are actually secular, it’s the result of deliberate, well-funded efforts to secularize. Inevitable it is not.” — Peter J. Leithart

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In the news, Thursday, February 26, 2026

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Western:

St. Isabel of France

St. Alexander

St. Alexander of Alexandria

St. Dionysius of Augsburg

St. Faustinian

St. Papias

St. Porphyry of Gaza

St. Victor

Orthodox – OCA:

Saint Porphyrius, Bishop of Gaza

Venerable Sebastian of Poshekhonye

Martyr Christodoulos

New Martyr John Kalphes, the Apprentice

“Mezhetsk” Icon of the Mother of God

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from Inlander

Ritzville hospital shares its plan to get out of debt

Ritzville’s financially embattled hospital announced a plan last week to pay back its largest creditors in a bid to avoid bankruptcy. The announcement was made at a press conference called by East Adams Rural Healthcare administrators in the Spokane law office of Lee & Hayes.

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In the news, Wednesday, February 25, 2026

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EMBER WEDNESDAY IN LENT

Western:

St. Ethelbert of Kent,  K. C.  d.

St. Walburga, Abs. V.

St. Tarasius

St. Ananias II

St. Ananias III

St. Aventanus

St. Caesarius of Nazianzus

St. Callistus Caravario

Bl. Constantius

Bl. Didacus Carvalho

Bl. Dominic Lentini

St. Donatus

St. Luigi Versiglia

Bl. Maria Adeodata Pisani

St. Nestor of Magydos

St. Victorinus

Orthodox – OCA:

Saint Tarasius, Archbishop of Constantinople

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In the news, Tuesday, February 24, 2026

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Western:

St. Matthias,  Ap. M.   d2c

St. John Theristus

St. Adela

St. Betto

St. Modestus

St. Montanus

St. Primitiva

St. Sergius

Bl. Tommaso Maria Fusco

Orthodox – OCA:

First and second finding of the Honorable Head of the Holy Glorious Prophet,

      Forerunner, and Baptist of the Lord, John

Venerable Erasmus of the Kiev Near Caves

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In the news, Monday, February 23, 2026

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Western:

St Peter Damian,  B. C. D.

Vigil of St. Matthias.

St. Polycarp of Smyrna

St. Alexander Akimetes

St. Boswell

St. Cerneuf

Bl. Daniel Brottier

St. Dositheus

St. Felix of Brescia

St. Florentius

St. Josephine Vannini

St. Jurmin

St. Lazarus Zographos

St. Martha

Martyrs of Sirmium

St. Medrald

St. Milburga

St. Ordonius

Bl. Rafaela Ybarra de Villalongo

St. Romana

St. Serenus the Gardener

St. Willigis

St. Zebinus

Orthodox – OCA:

Beginning of Great Lent

Hieromartyr Polycarp, Bishop of Smyrna

Venerable Polycarp of Briansk

Venerable John, Ascetic of the Syrian Deserts

Venerable Antiochus and Antoninus, ascetics of the Syrian Deserts

Venerable Moses, Ascetic of the Syrian Deserts

Venerable Zebinas, Ascetic of the Syrian Deserts

Venerable Polychronius, Ascetic of the Syrian Deserts

Venerable Damian, Ascetic of the Syrian Deserts

Venerable Alexander, founder of the Monastery of the “Unsleeping Ones”

Venerable Damian of Esphigmenou of Mount Athos

Monastic Martyr Damian of Philotheou

New Hieromartyr Nicholas (Dmitrov) of Tver

Saint Gorgonia, Sister of Saint Gregory the Theologian

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In the news, Sunday, February 22, 2026

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QUADRAGESIMA — LENT I

Western:

Chair of St. Peter at Antioch.

St. Margaret of Cortona

St. Aristion

St. Athanasius

St. Baradates

St. Elwin

Bl. John the Saxon

Martyrs of Arabia

St. Maximian of Ravenna

St. Papias of Hierapolis

St. Raynerius

Bl. Stefan Wincenty Frelichowski

St. Thalassius & Limuneus

Orthodox – OCA:

Sunday of Cheesefare: Expulsion of Adam from Paradise

Uncovering of the relics of the Holy Martyrs at the Gate of Eugenius at Constantinople

Martyrs Maurice and his son, Photinus, and Martyrs Theodore, Philip, and 70 soldiers,

      at Apamea in Syria

Venerable Thalassius, Hermit of Syria

Venerable Limnaeus, Hermit of Syria

Venerable Baradates, Hermit of Syria

Saint Athanasius the Confessor of Constantinople

9 Martyred brothers of Kola: Guram, Adarnerse, Baqar, Vache, Bardzim,

      Dachi, Juansher, Ramaz, and Parsman

Finding of the Relics of Saint Tikhon of Moscow

Secular:

George Washington, 1st POTUS

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