16 February 1942, Monday (03.02 according to the old style)
Clean Monday. Beginning of Great Lent
Saints commemorated
- Equal-to-the-Apostles Nicholas of Japan 1836 — 1912
- Hierarch Ansgar of Hamburg 801 — 3 февраля 865
- Hierarch Jacob I of Serbia XIII в. — 1292
- Martyr Claudian of Perge † ок. 250
- Venerable Werburgh of Chester ок. 650 — ок. 700
- Righteous Azariah IX век до Р.Х.
- Righteous Righteous Anna the Prophetess I в. до Р.Х. — I в.
- Saint Simeon the God-Receiver I век до Р.Х. — I век