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). |
Fifth Sunday of Great Lent Tone 5 Matins: (II) Mark 16:1-8 Liturgy of St. Basil: Heb. 9:11-14 Mark 10:32-45 Commemoration of St. Mary of Egypt Gal. 3:23-29 Luke 7:36-50 Wine and oil allowed |