17 March 1975, Monday (04.03 according to the old style)

Clean Monday. Beginning of Great Lent

Saints commemorated

Martyr Juliana of Ptolemais † ок. 273
Martyr, Right-Believing Right-Believing Prince and Martyr Vasily (Vasilko) Konstantinovich of Rostov 1208–1238
Venerable Gerasimus of the Jordan V век — 475
Venerable James the Faster VI век
Right-Believing Right-Believing Prince Daniel of Moscow 1261–1303