March 1/14
Martyr Eudocia of Heliopolis
(152). Martyr Antonina of Nicaea
(284-305). Virgin Domnina, ascetic
near Cyrrhus (450-460). St.
Albinus, bishop of Angers (550).
St. David of Wales, bishop (6th
c.). St. Suitbert (Swidbert),
bishop in southern Westphalia and
monastic founder on the Rhine
River (713). St. Leo-Luke of
Corleone, Sicily (ca. 900). St.
Agapius of the Vatopedi Skete of
Kolitsou, Mt. Athos, and his four
companions (13th c.). St.
Martyrius, abbot of Zelenets
(Novgorod) (1603). New Martyr
Paraskevas of Trebizond (1659).
New Martyr Abbess Antonina of
Kizliar (1924).
Friday
First Week of Great
Lent
Sixth Hour: Is. 3:1-14
Vespers: Gen. 2:20-3:20
Prov. 3:19-34
Liturgy of the
Presanctified Gifts,
concluding with the Canon
of St.
Theodore the Tyro and the
Blessing
of Kolyva
March 2/15
Hieromartyr Theodotus, bishop of
Cyrenia (315). Hieromartyrs Nestor
the bishop and Tribimius the
deacon, of Perga in Pamphylia (ca.
250). Virgin-martyr Euthalia of
Sicily (257). Martyr Troadius of
Neo-Caesarea (3rd c.). Martyr
Hesychius the Palatine of Antioch
(ca. 304). St. Agatho of Egypt,
monk (5th c.). 440 Martyrs slain
by the Lombards in Italy (ca.
579). St. Chad, bishop of
Lichfield (England) (672). St.
Arsenius, bishop of Tver (1409).
St. Sabbatius, monk of Tver
(1434), and his disciple St.
Euphrosynus (1460). Sts.
Barsanuphius (1459) and Sabbas
(1467), abbots of Tver. New Martyr
Theodore Sladic of Komogovina
(1788). St. Joachim (Papoulakis),
monk of Vatopedi, Mt. Athos and
Ithaca (1868). (Gr. Cal.: St.
Quintus of Phrygia, confessor and
wonderworker [283].) Appearance of
the Kolomenskoye
“Reigning” Icon of the
Most Holy Theotokos (1917).
Repose of Abbess Philareta of
Ufa (1890).
First Saturday of Great
Lent
Heb. 1:1-12; Mark 2:23-3:5
Commemoration of St.
Theodore
the Tyro: II Tim. 2:1-10;
John
15:17-16:2
New Martyr Theodore Sladic
of
Serbia (1788)
From the Synaxarion:
“On this day
we celebrate the most
glorious miracle
which was performed by the
holy and
glorious Great-martyr
Theodore the
Tyro, through the boiled
wheat.”
Wine and oil
allowed
March 3/16
Martyrs Eutropius and Cleonicus of
Amasea, and Basiliscus of Comana
(308). St. Piama, virgin (337).
St. Alexandra of Alexandria (4th
c.). St. Winwaloe of Brittany (ca.
530). St. Caluppan of Auvergne
(Gaul) (576). St. Non, mother of
St. David of Wales (6th c.). St.
John IV (Chrysostom), catholicos
of Georgia (1001). (Gr. Cal.:
Hieromartyr Theodoretus, priest of
Antioch [361-363].) Volokolamsk
Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos
(1572).
First Sunday of Great
Lent
Sunday of Orthodoxy
Tone 1
Matins: (IX) John 20:19-31
Liturgy of St. Basil: Heb.
11:24-26,
32-12:2; John 1:43-51
From the Synaxarion:
“On this day
the Church of Christ
celebrates the
restoration of the holy and
honorable
icons, which occurred
through the
holy and most blessed
rulers Michael
and Theodora, and St.
Methodius,
patriarch of
Constantinople.”
Icon of the Most Holy
Theotokos
of Cyprus
Wine and oil
allowed
March 4/17 St.
Gerasimus of the Jordan (475). St.
Julian, patriarch of Alexandria
(189). Martyrs Paul, his sister
Juliana, and Quadratus, Acacius,
and Stratonicus, at Ptolemais in
Syria (273). St. Gregory, bishop
of Constantia in Cyprus. St. James
the Faster of Phoenicia (Syria)
(6th c.). Translation of the
relics (938) of Martyr Wenceslaus
(Vyacheslav), prince of the Czechs
(935). St. Gregory, bishop of
Assos near Ephesus (1150). St.
Gerasimus, monk of Vologda (1178).
Blessed Basil (Basilko), prince of
Rostov (1238). Saints of Pskov
martyred by the Latins: St.
Ioasaph of Snetogorsk Monastery
and St. Basil of Mirozh Monastery
(1299). St. Daniel, prince of
Moscow (1303). New Hieromartyrs
Archpriest Dimitry Ivanov of Kiev
(1933) and Priest Vyacheslav
Leontiev of Nizhegorod (1937).
Repose of Schemamonk Mark of
Glinsk Hermitage (1893) and
Schemanun Agnia, eldress of
Karaganda (1976).
Monday
Second Week of Great
Lent
Sixth Hour: Is. 4:2-6;
5:1-7
Vespers: Gen. 3:21-4:7
Prov. 3:34-4:22
No Liturgy
March 5/18
Martyr Conon of Isauria (1st c.).
Martyr Conon the Gardener of
Pamphylia (251). Martyr Onisius of
Isauria (1st c.). Virgin- martyr
Irais (Rhais) of Antinoe in Egypt
(3rd c.). St. Theophilus, bishop
of Caesarea in Palestine (200).
Martyr Eulogius of Palestine.
Martyr Eulampius of Palestine. St.
Mark the Faster of Egypt (5th c.).
St. Kieran (Ciaran) of Saighir,
Munster (5th-6th c.). St. Virgil,
archbishop of Arles (618). Martyr
Archelaus and 152 Martyrs in
Egypt. St. Hesychius the Faster of
Bithynia (790). Sts. Basil (1249)
and Constantine (1257), princes of
Yaroslavl. Translation of the
relics (1463) of St. Theodore,
prince of Smolensk and Yaroslav
(1299), and his children Sts.
David (1321) and Constantine.
Monk-martyr Adrian, abbot of
Poshekhonye (1550) and his
fellow-ascetic St. Leonidas
(1549). New Martyr John the
Bulgarian, at Constantinople
(1784). New Hieromartyr
Parthenius, bishop of
Didymoteichon in Thrace (1805).
New Martyr George of Rapsana, at
Larissa (1818). St. Nikolai
(Velimirovich), bishop of Ochrid
and Zhicha, Serbia (1956).
Repose of Metropolitan
Cornelius of Novgorod
(1698).
Tuesday
Great Lent
Sixth Hour: Is. 5:7-16
Vespers: Gen. 4:8-15
Prov. 5:1-15
No Liturgy
March 6/19 The
42 Martyrs of Ammoria in Phrygia,
including Constantine, Aetius,
Theophilus, Theodore, Melissenus,
Callistus, Basoes, and others
(845). Monk-martyrs Conon and his
son Conon, of Iconium (270-275).
Martyrs Cyriacus and 12
companions, who suffered under
Diocletian in Augsburg (ca. 304).
The uncovering of the Precious
Cross and the Precious Nails by
Empress St. Helen (326). St.
Arcadius, monk of Cyprus (361),
and his disciples Julian and
Bulius. St. Fridolin, abbot,
enlightener of the Upper Rhine
(5th-6th c.). Translation to
Vladimir (1230) of the relics of
Martyr Abraham of the Bulgars on
the Volga (1229). St. Job (Joshua
in schema) of Anzersk (Solovki)
(1720). Icons of the Most Holy
Theotokos
“Chenstokhovskaya”
(Poland) and “Blessed
Heaven” (Moscow). Repose
of Helen Kontzevitch, Church
writer (1989).
Wednesday
Great Lent
Sixth Hour: Is. 5:16-25
Vespers: Gen. 4:16-26
Prov. 5:15-6:3
Liturgy of the
Presanctified Gifts
March 7/20 The
Holy Hieromartyrs of Cherson:
Basil, Ephraim, Capito, Eugene,
Aetherius, Elpidius, and
Agathodorus (4th c.). St. Paul the
Simple of Egypt, disciple of St.
Anthony the Great (4th c.). St.
Emilian of Rome. St. Ephraim,
patriarch of Antioch (546). St.
Paul the Confessor, bishop of
Plousias in Bithynia (ca. 840).
St. Dandus and All Saints of
Thrace. (Gr. Cal.: Martyrs
Codratus, Saturninus, and Rufinus
of Nicomedia [250-259]. Sts.
Nestor and Arcadius, bishops of
Tremithus. St. Laurence, founder
of the monastery of the Mother of
Godon Salamis [1707].) Icons of
the Most Holy Theotokos
“Surety of Sinners,”
in Moscow (1848), and “of
Czestochowa.” Repose of
Schemamonk Sisoes of Valaam
(1931).
Thursday
Great Lent
Sixth Hour: Is. 6:1-12
Vespers: Gen. 5:1-24;
Prov. 6:3-20
No Liturgy
March 8/21 St.
Theophylactus, bishop of Nicomedia
(845). Apostle Hermas of the
Seventy (1st c.). Hieromartyr
Theodoretus, priest of Antioch
(361-363). St. Dometius, monk
(363). St. Felix of Burgundy,
bishop of Dunwich and enlightener
of East Anglia (ca. 648). Martyrs
Quintilian and Capatolinus, in
Nicomedia. Sts. Lazarus (1391) and
Athanasius (15th c.), monks of
Murman Island, Onega Lake. (Gr.
Cal.: St. Paul the Confessor,
bishop of Plousias [ca. 840]. St.
Tarasius the Wonderworker of
Lycaonia.) “Kursk
Root” Icon of the Sign of
the Most Holy Theotokos (1295).
Repose of Archbishop Vitaly
(Maximenko) of Eastern America
(1960) and Schema-archimandrite
Andronicus of Tbilisi, Georgia,
elder of Glinsk Monastery
(1974).
Friday
Great Lent
Sixth Hour: Is. 7:1-14
Vespers: Gen. 5:32-6:8
Prov. 6:20-7:1
Liturgy of the
Presanctified Gifts
March 9/22 The
Holy Forty Martyrs of Sebaste:
Cyrion (or Quirio), Candidus,
Domnus, Hesychius, Heraclius,
Smaragdus, Eunoicus, Valens,
Vivianus, Claudius, Priscus,
Theodulus, Eutychius, John,
Xanthias, Helianus, Sisinius,
Angus, Aetius, Flavius, Acacius,
Ecdicius, Lysimachus, Alexander,
Elias, Gorgonius, Theophilus,
Dometian, Gaius, Leontius,
Athanasius, Cyril, Sacerdon,
Nicholas, Valerius, Philoctimon,
Severian, Chudion, Aglaius, and
Meliton (320) (Vespers: (1) Is.
43:9-14; (2) Wis. 3:1-9; (3) Wis.
5:15-24; 6:1-3.Matins: Luke
21:12-19. Liturgy:Heb.
12:1-10;Matt. 20:1-16). Martyr
Urpasianus of Nicomedia (295). St.
Philoromus the Confessor of
Galatia (4th c.). St. Caesarius,
brother of St. Gregory the
Theologian (369). St. Pacianus,
bishop of Barcelona (390). St.
Vitalis of Castronovo (994). St.
Tarasius the Wonderworker of
Lycaonia. St. Jonah, archbishop of
Novgorod (1470). New Hieromartyr
Archpriest Mitrophan Buchnoff of
Voronezh (1931).
“Albazin” Icon of the
Most Holy Theotokos (“The
Word Was Made Flesh”).
Repose of Elder Cleopas of
Ostrov-Vvedensky Monastery (1778),
Priest Theodosius Levitsky (1845),
and Schema-archimandrite
Theophilus of Kiev
(1996).
Second Saturday of
Great Lent
Heb. 3:12-16
Mark 1:35-44
Commemoration of the Dead
I Thess. 4:13-17
John 5:24-30
Wine and oil
allowed
March 10/23
Martyrs Codratus (Quadratus) and
with him: Cyprian, Dionysius,
Anectus, Paul, Crescens, Dionysius
(another), Victorinus, Victor,
Nicephorus, Claudius, Diodorus,
Serapion, Papias, Leonidas,
Chariessa, Nunechia, Basilissa,
Nika, Galla, Galina, Theodora, and
others, at Corinth (258). Martyrs
Codratus, Saturninus, and Rufinus
of Nicomedia (250-259). St.
Anastasia the Patrician of
Alexandria (567). St. George
Arselaites (6th c.). St. Attalus,
abbot of Bobbio (626). St. John of
Khakuhli, Georgia, called
Chrysostom (10th-11th c.). New
Martyr Michael of Agrapha, at
Thessalonica (1544). St. Paul of
Taganrog (1879). Commemoration
of the desert-dwellers of
theRoslavl Forests near
Briansk. Repose of Priest
Alexander Badanin of Vologda
(1913).
Second Sunday of Great
Lent
Tone 2
Matins: (X) John 21:1-14
Liturgy of St. Basil: Heb.
1:10-2:3
Mark 2:1-12
Commemoration of St.
Gregory
Palamas: Heb. 7:26-8:2
John 10:9-16
Synaxis of All Saints of the
Kiev
Caves
Wine and oil
allowed
March 11/24
St. Sophronius, patriarch of
Jerusalem (638). Hieromartyr
Pionius, priest of Smyrna, and
those with him: Asclepiades,
Macedonia, Linus, and Sabina
(250). Translation to
Constantinople of the relics of
Martyr Epimachus of Pelusium
(250). St. George, abbot of Sinai,
brother of St. John Climacus (7th
c.). St. Oengus the Culdee,
bishop, of Clonenagh (Ireland)
(824). Hieromartyr Eulogius,
metropolitan of Cordoba (859). St.
Sophronius, recluse of the Kiev
Caves (13th c.). St. Euthymius,
archbishop of Novgorod (1458). St.
Sophronius, bishop of Vratsa
(Bulgaria) (1813). St. Alexis of
Goloseyevsky Skete, Kiev Caves
(1917). (Gr. Cal.: Martyrs
Trophimus and Thalus of Laodicea
[300]. St. George the New,
wonderworker of Constantinople
[ca. 970]. St. Theodora, queen of
Arta, wife of Despot Michael II of
Epirus [ca. 1275].) Slaying of
Emperor Paul I of Russia
(1801).
Monday
Third Week of Great
Lent
Sixth Hour: Is. 8:13-9:7
Vespers: Gen. 6:9-22
Prov. 8:1-21
No Liturgy
March 12/25
St. Gregory the Dialogist, pope of
Rome (604). St. Theophanes the
Confessor of Sigriane (818). Sts.
Symeon the New Theologian (1022)
and his elder, Symeon the Reverent
of the Studion (987). Righteous
Aaron the High Priest, brother of
Prophet Moses the God-seer (ca.
1530 b.c.). Righteous Phineas,
grandson of Aaron (ca. 1500 b.c.).
St. Cyrus, monk of Alexandria (6th
c.). St. Paul, bishop of Leon in
Brittany (572). St. Alphege,
bishop of Winchester, England
(951). St. Nicodemus of Mammola in
Calabria (990). Martyr Demetrius
the Devoted, king of Georgia
(1289). St. Theoctistus Dragutin
of Serbia (1316). Icon of the Most
Holy Theotokos
“Not-Made-By-Hands”
(on the Pillar) at Lydda.
Repose of Schemamonk Anthony
the Gorge-dweller of Zelenchug
Monastery in Kuban
(1908).
Tuesday
Great Lent
Sixth Hour: Is. 9:9-10:4
Vespers: Gen. 7:1-5
Prov. 8:32-9:11
No Liturgy
March 13/26
Translation of the relics (846) of
St. Nicephorus the Confessor,
patriarch of Constantinople (829).
Hieromartyr Publius, bishop of
Athens and disciple of St.
Dionysius the Areopagite (2nd c.).
Martyr Alexander of Macedonia
(305). Martyrs Africanus, Publius,
and Terence, of Carthage (3rd c.).
Martyr Christina of Persia (4th
c.). St. Leander, bishop of
Seville (596). New Hieromartyr
Stephen (Bekh), bishop of Izhevsk
(1933). Repose of Elder
Ephraim of Valaam (1946) and
Bishop Tikhon (Tikhomirov) of
Kyrillov (1955).
Wednesday
Great Lent
Sixth Hour: Is. 10:12-20
Vespers: Gen. 7:6-9
Prov. 9:12-18
Liturgy of the
Presanctified Gifts
March 14/27
St. Benedict of Nursia, abbot
(543). Martyr Eustathius and his
company at Carrhae, Mesopotamia
(741). St. Euschemon, bishop of
Lampsacus (9th c.). St.
Rostislav-Michael, great prince of
Kiev (1167). St. Theognostus,
metropolitan of Kiev and Moscow
(1353). Icon of the Most Holy
Theotokos of St. Theodore
(“Feodorovskaya”) of
Kostroma (1239). Repose of
Blessed John, fool-for-Christ of
Yurievits (1893).
Thursday
Great Lent
Sixth Hour: Is. 11:10-12:2
Vespers: Gen. 7:11-8:3
Prov. 10:1-22
No Liturgy
March 15/28
Martyrs Agapius, Publius
(Pauplius), Timolaus, Romulus, two
named Dionysius, and two named
Alexander, at Caesarea in
Palestine (303). Hieromartyr
Alexander of Side in Pamphylia
(270-275). Martyr Nicander of
Egypt (302). St. Zachariah, pope
of Rome (752). St. Nicander, monk,
of Gorodets (Novgorod) (1603). New
Martyr Manuel of Crete (1792).
(Gr. Cal.: Apostle Aristobulus of
the Seventy, bishop of Britain
[1st c.].)
Friday
Great Lent
Sixth Hour: Is. 13:2-13
Vespers: Gen. 8:4-21
Prov. 10:31-11:12
Liturgy of the
Presanctified Gifts
March 16/29
Martyr Sabinas of Hermopolis,
Egypt (303). Martyr Papas of
Lycaonia (305). Apostle
Aristobulus of the Seventy, bishop
of Britain (1st c.). Hieromartyr
Alexander, pope of Rome (119).
Hieromartyrs Trophimus and Thalus,
priests of Laodicea (300). Martyr
Julian of Anazarbus (305). St.
Abban of Kilabban (Ireland) (650).
Martyr Romanus at Parium on the
Hellespont. St. Christodulus,
wonderworker of Patmos (1093). St.
Pimen, fool-for-Christ,
enlightener of the Dagestani, and
his companion Anthony ofMeskhi,
Georgia (13th c.). New Martyr
Malachi of Rhodes, at Jerusalem
(1500). St. Serapion, archbishop
of Novgorod (1516). St. Ambrose
(Khelaia) the Confessor,
catholicos of Georgia (1927).
Third Saturday of Great
Lent
Heb. 10:32-38
Mark 2:14-17
Commemoration of the Dead
I Thess. 4:13-17
John 5:24-30
Wine and oil
allowed
March 17/30
St. Alexis the Man of God, in Rome
(411). Martyr Marinus, soldier, at
Caesarea in Palestine (260). St.
Ambrose, deacon and disciple of
St. Didymus the Blind, of
Alexandria (400). St. Patrick,
enlightener of Ireland (451). St.
Gertrude, abbess of Nivelles
(659). St. Beccan of Rhum (677).
St. Withburga, solitary at Holkham
and East Dereham (ca. 743).
Monk-martyr Paul of Crete (767).
St. Macarius, abbot of Kalyazin
(1483). Hieromartyr Gabriel the
Lesser of Gareji, Georgia (1802).
(Gr. Cal.: St. Theosterictus the
Confessor, abbot of Pelecete
Monastery near Prusa [826].)
Repose of Archbishop Tikhon
(Troitsky) of San Francisco
(1963).
Third Sunday of Great
Lent
Adoration of the Holy
Cross
Tone 3
Matins: (XI) John 21:15-25
Liturgy of St. Basil: Heb.
4:14-5:6
Mark 8:34-9:1
Wine and oil
allowed
March 18/31
St. Cyril, archbishop of Jerusalem
(386). St. Aninas, priestmonk, of
the Euphrates. Martyrs Trophimus
and Eucarpus of Nicomedia (300).
St. Tetricus, bishop of Langres in
Gaul (572). St. Daniel, monk of
Egypt (6th c.). St. Edward the
Martyr, king of England (978). St.
Cyril of Astrakhan (1576). St.
Maria (Skobtsova), nun, who
suffered at Ravensbruck (1945).
Repose of Abbot Mark of Optina
(1909).
Monday
Fourth Week of Great
Lent
Sixth Hour: Is. 14:24-32
Vespers: Gen. 8:21-9:7
Prov. 11:19-12:6
No Liturgy
March 19/April
1 Martyrs Chrysanthus and
Daria, and those with them at
Rome: Claudius the Tribune,
Hilaria his wife, their sons Jason
and Maurus, Diodorus the priest,
and Marianus the deacon (283).
Martyr Pancharius at Nicomedia
(302). Righteous Mary, wife of
Vsevelod III (1206). St. Bassa,
nun, of Pskov Caves (1473). St.
Innocent of Komel (1521), disciple
of St. Nilus of Sora. New Martyr
Demetrius, at Constantinople
(1564). St. Sophia of Slutsk and
Minsk (1612). New Martyr Nicholas
of Karamanos, at Smyrna (1657).
Smolensk “Umileniye”
Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos.
Repose of Archimandrite Simeon
(Popovic) of Dajbabe, Montenegro
(1941).
Tuesday
Great Lent
Sixth Hour: Is. 25:1-9
Vespers: Gen. 9:8-17
Prov. 12:8-22
No Liturgy
March 20/April
2 Martyrs Photina
(Svetlana), the Samaritan woman,
and her sisters Phota, Photis,
Parasceva, and Cyriaca; her sons
Victor (or Photinus) and Joses;
and Sebastian the Duke, the
officer Anatolius, and Theoclitus,
the former sorcerer—all
martyred under Nero (66). The Holy
Fathers who were slain at the
Monastery of St. Sabbas: Sts.
John, Sergius, Patrick, and others
(796). Righteous Abel, first
martyr in history of mankind.
Seven Virgin-martyrs of Amisus
(Samsun): Alexandra, Claudia,
Euphrasia, Matrona, Juliana,
Euphemia, and Theodosia (310). St.
Martin of Braga in Iberia (580).
St. Austregisilus, bishop of
Bourges (624). St. Cuthbert of
Lindisfarne, bishop (687). Martyr
Michael the Sabbaite, at Jerusalem
(691). St. Wulfram, missionary
(Neth.) (703). St. Archil II, king
of Georgia (744). St. Nicetasthe
Confessor, bishop of Apollonias in
Bithynia (813). Suffering of St.
Euphrosynus of Blue-Jay Lake
(Novgorod) (1612). New Martyr
Myron of Mega Castro on Crete
(1793).NewHieromartyr
PriestNicholas Holz of Novosiolki
(Chelm and Podlasie, Poland)
(1944).
Wednesday
Great Lent
Sixth Hour: Is. 26:21-27:9
Vespers: Gen. 9:18-10:1
Prov. 12:23-13:9
Liturgy of the
Presanctified Gifts
March 21/April
3 St. James the
Confessor, bishop, of the Studion
(late 8th c.). St. Cyril, bishop
of Catania (1st-2nd c.). St.
Beryllus, bishop of Catania (2nd
c.). St. Serapion, bishop of
Thmuis, Egypt (ca. 358). St.
Lupicinus, desert-dweller of the
Jura Mountains (Gaul) (480). St.
Enda of Aran, monk of Ireland
(530). St. Sophronius, abbot of
the monastery of St. Theodosius in
Palestine (542). St. Thomas,
patriarch of Constantinople (610).
New Martyr Michael of Agrapha, at
Thessalonica (1544). St. Seraphim
of Vyritsa (1949). (Gr. Cal.:
Martyrs Philemon and Domninus of
Rome. St. Serapion the Sindonite,
monk of Egypt [542].)
Thursday
Great Lent
Sixth Hour: Is. 28:14-22
Vespers: Gen. 10:32-11:9
Prov. 13:20-14:6
No Liturgy
March 22/April
4 Hieromartyr Basil,
priest of Ancyra (362). Virgin-
confessor Drosis of Antioch,
daughter of Emperor Trajan, and
with her five Virgin-martyrs
(104-117). St. Paul, bishop of
Narbonne, Brittany (3rd c.). St.
Isaac, founder of the Dalmatian
Monastery at Constantinople (383).
Martyrs Callinica and Basilissa of
Rome (2nd c.). Martyr Basil of
Mangazea in Siberia (1602). New
Monk-martyr Euthymius of Demitsana
and Mt. Athos, at Constantinople
(1814). New Martyr Schema-abbess
Sophia of Kiev (1941).
Friday
Great Lent
Sixth Hour: Is. 29:13-23
Vespers: Gen. 12:1-7
Prov. 14:15-26
Liturgy of the
Presanctified Gifts
March 23/April
5 Monk-martyr Nicon and
199 disciples, in Sicily (251).
Martyrs Philetas the Senator, his
wife Lydia, their sons Macedon and
Theoprepius, the notary Cronides,
and Amphilochius the Captain, in
Illyria (125). Martyr Dometius the
Persian, under Julian the Apostate
(360-361). St. Nicon, abbot of the
Kiev Caves (1088). St. Pachomius,
abbot of Nerekhta (1384). St.
Bassian, archbishop of Rostov
(1481). New Monk-martyr Luke the
New of Adrianople and Mt. Athos,
at Mytilene (1802). Repose of
Elder Porphyrius of Glinsk
Hermitage (1868).
Fourth Saturday of
Great Lent
Heb. 6:9-12
Mark 7:31-37
Commemoration of the Dead
I Cor. 15:47-57
John 5:24-30
Wine and oil
allowed
March 24/April
6 St. Zachariah the
Recluse of Egypt (4th c.). St.
Artemon, bishop of Seleucia (1st
c.). St. Thomas, abbot of the
monastery of St. Euthymius (542).
St. Caimin of Holy Island on Lough
Derg (Ireland) (654). St. Severus
of Catania (802-811). St.
Zachariah, faster of the Kiev
Caves (13th c.). Martyrs Stephen
and Peter of Kazan (1552). St.
Artemon, bishop of Thessalonica.
New Hieromartyr Parthenius,
patriarch of Constantinople
(1657). St. Savvas the New of
Kalymnos (1948). (Gr. Cal.: St.
Martin of Thebes, monk.)
Fourth Sunday of Great
Lent
Tone 4
Matins: (I) Matt. 28:16-20
Liturgy of St. Basil: Heb.
6:13-20
Mark 9:17-31
Commemoration of St. John
of
the Ladder (Climacus)
Eph. 5:9-19
Matt. 4:25-5:12
Wine and oil
allowed
March 25/April 7 The
Annunciation of Our Most Holy
Lady, the Theotokos and
Ever-Virgin Mary
(Vespers: (1) Gen. 28:10-17; (2)
Ezek. 43:27-44:4; (3) Prov.
9:1-11. Matins: Luke 1:39-49, 56.
Vespers: Ex. 3:1-8; Prov. 8:22-30.
Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom:
Heb. 2:11-18; Luke 1:24-38).
Martyrs Pelagia, Theodosia, and
Dula of Nicomedia, who suffered
under Valentinian (4th c.). St.
Senuphius the Wonderworker of
Latomos Monastery in Thessalonica
(9th c.). St. Nicander of Pskov
(1581). St. Parthenius of the Kiev
Caves (1855). New Hiero-confessor
Tikhon, patriarch of Moscow and
All Russia (1925) (the service
to him is celebrated on Sept.
26). St. Justin (Popovic),
archimandrite of Chelije in Serbia
(1979).
Monday
Fifth Week of Great
Lent
Sixth Hour: Is. 37:33-38:6
Vespers: Gen. 13:12-18
Prov. 14:27-15:4
Fish, wine and oil
allowed
March 26/April 8
Synaxis of the Archangel
Gabriel. Hieromartyr
Eusebius, bishop of Kival, and
Martyr Pullius the Reader.
Hieromartyr Irenaeus, bishop of
Sirmium (304). Hieromartyr
Montanus the priest, and his wife
Maxima, at Sirmium (ca. 304). St.
Malchus of Chalcis in Syria (4th
c.). Martyr Codratus (Quadratus),
and with him 40 Martyrs, who
suffered under Diocletian
(284-305). St. Eutychius,
subdeacon of Alexandria (356).
Martyrs Bathusius and Bercus the
priests, monk Arpilus, laymen
Abibus, Agnus, Reasus, Igathrax,
Iscoeus (Iskous, Escoes), Silas,
Signicus, Sonerilas, Suimbalus,
Thermus, Phillus (Philgas), and
the women Anna, Alla, Larissa,
Monco (Manca), Mamica, Uirko
(Virko), Animais (Animaida),
Gaatha the queen of the Goths, and
Duklida, in the Crimea (375). St.
Braulio of Saragossa in Iberia
(646). St. Ludger, bishop of
Münster and missionary to
northwestern Germany (809). St.
Basil the Younger, anchorite near
Constantinople (944). New Martyr
George of Sofia, at Adrianople
(1437). (Gr. Cal.: St. Stephen the
Confessor and Wonderworker, abbot
of Tryglia [815].)
Tuesday
Great Lent
Sixth Hour: Is. 40:18-31
Vespers: Gen. 15:1-15
Prov. 15:7-19
No Liturgy
Wine and oil
allowed
March 27/April
9 St. Matrona of
Thessalonica (3rd-4th c.). Prophet
Hanani (Ananias) (II Chron., ch.
16). Martyrs Manuel and Theodosius
(304). St. Cyricus, monk of
Thrace. St. Paphnutius, disciple
of St. Anthony the Great (4th c.).
St. John the Clairvoyant of
Lycopolis, anchorite of Egypt
(394). St. Rupert, bishop of
Salzburg (718). St. Paul, bishop
of Corinth (ca. 925). St. Ephraim
of Rostov (1454). St. Alexander,
abbot of Voche, near Galich (16th
c.). St. Anthony, metropolitan of
Tobolsk (1740). Icons of the Most
Holy Theotokos on Mt. Athos
“Glykophylousa”
(“Sweet-kissing”) and
“Of the Akathist.”
Repose of Elder Augustine of
Philotheou, Mt. Athos
(1965).
Wednesday
Great Lent
Sixth Hour: Is. 41:4-14
Vespers: Gen. 17:1-9
Prov. 15:20-16:9
Liturgy of the
Presanctified Gifts
Wine and oil
allowed
March 28/April
10 St. Hilarion the New,
abbot of Pelecete (754). St.
Stephen the Confessor and
Wonderworker, abbot of Tryglia
(815). Sts. Priscus, Malchus, and
Alexander in Caesarea of Palestine
(259). Martyrs Jonah and
Barachisius and those with them in
Persia: Zanithas, Lazarus,
Maruthas (Marotas), Narses, Elias,
Marinus (Mares), Abibus, Sembeeth
(Sivsithina), and Sabbas (330).
St. Hesychius the Theologian of
Jerusalem, disciple of St. Gregory
the Theologian (434). Sts. George,
bishop, Parodus and Peter,
priests, and Prince Enravota-Boyan
(833), martyrs of Bulgaria. Martyr
Eustratius of the Kiev Caves
(1096). St. Hilarion, monk of Gdov
(Pskov) (1476). St. Dionysius the
Merciful, bishop of Larissa
(1510). St. Jonah of Kliminetsk
(Olonets) (1534). St. John, bishop
of Manglisi, Georgia (1751). New
Hieromartyr Priest Peter Ochryzko
of Chartoviec (Chelm and Podlasie,
Poland) (1944). (Gr. Cal.: Apostle
Herodion of the Seventy [1st.
c.].) Repose of Abbot Adrian
(in schema Alexis) of Konevits
(1812) and Blessed Helen of
Arzamas, disciple of Abbot
Nazarius of Valaam
(1820).
Thursday
Great Lent
Matins: (Wednesday
evening)
The Great Canon of St. Andrew
of
Crete.
Sixth Hour: Is. 42:5-16
Vespers: Gen. 18:20-33
Prov. 16:17-17:17
Liturgy of the
Presanctified Gifts
Wine and oil
allowed
March 29/April
11 St. Mark the
Confessor, bishop of Arethusa
(364), and with him Hieromartyr
Cyril the deacon of Heliopolis,
and others, who suffered under
Julian the Apostate (362). St.
John, anchorite of Egypt (4th c.).
St. Diadochus, bishop of Photike
in Epirus (ca. 486). St.
Eustasius, abbot of Luxeuil (7th
c.). St. Eustathius (Eustace) the
Confessor, bishop of Kios in
Bithynia (9th c.). Sts. Jonah
(1480) and Mark (15th c.) of the
Pskov Caves. New Martyrs Priest
Paul Voinarsky, and brothers Paul
and Alexis Kiryan, of the Crimea
(1919). Repose of Elder
Nicetas of the Roslavl Forests
(1793).
Friday
Great Lent
Sixth Hour: Is. 45:11-17
Vespers: Gen. 22:1-18
Prov. 17:17-18:5
Liturgy of the
Presanctified Gifts
Wine allowed
March 30/April
12 St. John (Climacus) of
Sinai, author of The
Ladder (649). Prophet Joad
(10th c. b.c.) (I Kings 13:11),
who dwelt in Bethel. Holy Apostles
Sosthenes, Apollos, Cephas,
Caesar, and Epaphroditus, of the
Seventy (1st c.). St. Eubula,
mother of St. Panteleimon (304).
St. John the Hermit of Cilicia
(4th c.). St. John the Silent of
St. Sabbas Monastery (558). St.
Zosimas, bishop of Syracuse (662).
St. John II, patriarch of
Jerusalem (5th c.). St. Osburga of
Coventry, virgin (ca. 1015). New
Hieromartyr Zachariah,
metropolitan of Corinth (1684).
St. Sophronius, bishop of Irkutsk
(1771). Repose of Blessed
Matrona (Mylnikova) the Barefoot
of St. Petersburg (1911).
Fifth Saturday of Great
Lent
Heb. 9:24-28
Mark 8:27-31
Laudation of the Most Holy
Theotokos:
Matins (Friday
evening):
The Akathist of the Most
Holy
Theotokos.
Liturgy: Heb. 9:1-7; Luke
10:38-42; 11:27-28
Wine and oil
allowed
March 31/April
13 St. Innocent,
metropolitan of Moscow,
enlightener of Alaska and Siberia
(1879). St. Hypatius the
Wonderworker, bishop of Gangra
(ca. 360). Righteous Joseph the
Fair, son of Jacob (ca. 1700
b.c.). St. Acacius the Confessor,
bishop of Antioch in Pisidia
(251). St. Apollonius, ascetic of
the Thebaid (395). Hieromartyrs
Abdas, bishop of Hormizd-Ardashir,
Persia, and Deacon Benjamin (ca.
424). St. Hypatius the Healer of
the Kiev Caves (14th c.). St.
Jonah, metropolitan of Kiev,
Moscow, and all Russia (1461).
(Gr. Cal.: St. Blaise of Amorium
and Mt. Athos [ca. 908].)
Repose of Abbot Philaret of
Glinsk Hermitage (1841),
Archbishop Averky of Jordanville
(1976), and Archimandrite Thaddeus
(Tadej) (Shtrbulovic) of Vitovnica
Monastery, Serbia (2003).