March 26
No celebration in the General Roman Calendar is fixed to March 26, but the saints below keep their feast on this date.
Saint profile for March 26
March 26 in 2026, 2027 and 2028
A Sunday, a season or a greater feast can take the place of a memorial, so what is celebrated on this date changes from year to year.
Thursday, March 26, 2026
Thursday of the Fifth Week of Lent
WeekdayViolet
Readings for March 26, 2026Friday, March 26, 2027
Friday of the Passion of the Lord (Good Friday)
Paschal TriduumRed
A day of fasting and abstinence. No Mass is celebrated anywhere in the Church; the liturgy is the Celebration of the Lord’s Passion.
Readings for March 26, 2027Sunday, March 26, 2028
Fourth Sunday of Lent
SundayRose
Laetare Sunday. Rose vestments may be worn in place of violet.
Readings for March 26, 2028
Celebrations are from the General Roman Calendar and the proper calendar for the dioceses of the United States, computed as described on the liturgical calendar. Your diocese or religious community may keep its own proper celebrations on this date. Saint profiles are listed under every date their own feast-day line gives.
