8 March 1954, Monday (23.02 according to the old style)

Clean Monday. Beginning of Great Lent

Saints commemorated

Hieromartyr Polycarp of Smyrna ок. 69/80 — ок. 155/167
Venerable Polycarp of Bryansk XVI в. — 1620/1621
Righteous Gorgonia of Nazianzus IV век, †ок. 370-375
Righteous Holy Righteous Matrona of Moscow 1881–1952