29th of February in Old Style
13th of March in New Style

Monday

Beginning of Great Lent. St. John Cassiam the Roman, abbot (453). St. John, called Barsanuphius, of Nitria in Egypt (5th cen.). Martyr Theocteristus, abbot of Pelecete Monastery near Prusa (8th cen.). St. Cassian, recluse and faster of thr Kiev Caves. St. Meletius, bishop of Kharkov.
Great Canon of St. Andrew of Crete.