“But, beloved, do not forget this one thing, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.” 2 Peter 3:8

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March

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Triodion and Pascha


1st

  • Holy Martyr Eudocia the Samaritan
  • Venerable Domnina of Syria
  • Holy Martyr Antonina
  • Holy Martyrs Marcellus and Antoninus, who died by fire
  • Holy Martyrs Sylvester and Sophronius, slain by the sword
  • Holy Martyr Nestorian, slain by the sword
  • Holy Martyrs Charisius, Nicephorus and Agapius
  • Venerable Agapius of Vatopedi
  • Venerable Martyrius of Zelenetsk
  • Our Holy Father David, Bishop of Wales
  • Saint Albinus, Bishop of Angers

2nd

  • Holy Martyr Hesychius the Palatine
  • Holy Hieromartyr Theodotus, Bishop of Cyrenia on Cyprus
  • Saint Quintus the Wonderworker
  • Holy Hieromartyrs Nestor the Bishop and Tribimius the Deacon
  • Saint Troadius and his Companions, Martyred at Neocaesarea
  • Holy Virgin and Martyr Euthalia, slain by the sword
  • Our Venerable Father Nicolas Planas (Papa Planas)
  • Venerable Joachim of Ithaca, nicknamed ‘Papoulakis’
  • Saint Arsenius, Bishop of Tver
  • Our Venerable Fathers Sabas and Barsanuphius of Tver
  • Our Venerable Fathers Sabbatius and Euphrosynus of Tver
  • Saint Chad, Bishop of Lichfield

3rd

  • Holy and Glorious Martyrs Eutropius, Cleonicus and Basiliscus
  • Holy Hieromartyr Theodoretus, Priest of Antioch
  • Saints Zenon and Zoilus, who died in peace
  • Venerable Virgin Piamoun, who died in peace
  • Our Venerable Father Winwaloe
  • Saint John IV, nicknamed ‘Chrysostom’, and John V, each Catholicos of Georgia

4th

  • Our Venerable Father Gerasimus, Hermit of the Jordan
  • Holy Martyrs Paul, his sister Juliana and their Companions Quadratus, Acacius and Stratonicus
  • Saint Gregory, Bishop of Constantia in Cyprus, who died in peace
  • Saint Gregory, Bishop of Assos, who died in peace
  • Saint Daniel, Prince of Moscow
  • Our Holy Fathers Basil and Joasaph of Pskov
  • Our Venerable Father Gerasimus of Vologda

5th

  • Holy Martyr Conon of Isauria, the Wonderworker
  • Holy Martyr Conon the Gardener
  • Our Venerable Father Mark the Ascetic, the God-Bearer
  • Holy Martyr Eulogus, slain by the sword in Palestine
  • Holy Martyr Eulampius, slain by the sword in Palestine
  • Holy Martyr Archelaus and his One Hundred and Fifty-Two Companions, slain by the sword
  • Our Venerable Father Mark of Athens
  • Holy New Hieromartyr Parthenius Bishop of Didymoteichon in Thrace
  • Holy New Martyr John the Bulgarian, slain by the sword in Constantinople in 1784
  • Holy New Martyr George of Rapsane
  • Our Venerable Fathers Adrian of Poshekhona and Leonid, his companion in Asceticism
  • Our Holy Father Virgil, Archbishop of Arles
  • Our Holy Father Nicolas, Bishop of Zhicha and Ochrid

6th

7th

  • Holy Hieromartyrs, Bishops of Cherson: Ephraim, Basil, Eugenius, Agathodorus, Capito, Aetherius and Elpidius
  • Saints Arcadius and Nestor, Bishops of Tremithus on Cyprus, who died in peace
  • Our Venerable Father Paul the Simple
  • Saint Ephraim, Patriarch of Antioch, who died in peace
  • Our Venerable Father Laurence, Founder of the Monastery of the Mother of God Phaneromene on the Island of Salamis

8th

  • Our Venerable Father Theophylactus, Bishop of Nicodemia
  • Our Venerable Father Paul the Confessor, Bishop of Plousias
  • Holy Apostle Hermas, Disciple of Saint Paul, who died in peace
  • Holy Martyr Dion, slain by the sword
  • Venerable Dometius, who died in peace
  • Venerable Lazarus, Abbot of the Monastery of Murmansk, and his successor Athanasius
  • Saint Felix, Bishop of Dunwich and Enlightener of East Anglia

9th

  • The Forty Holy and Glorious Martyrs of Sebaste
  • Holy Martyr Urpasian
  • Saint Caesarius of Nazianzus, brother of Saint Gregory the Theologian
  • The Holy Martyrs, a Grandfather, Grandmother, Father, Mother and Two Children, slain by the sword
  • Our Holy Father Pacianus, Bishop of Barcelona
  • Holy Monk and Martyr ‘Abd Al-Masih, Abbot of Mount Sinai
  • Our Venerable Father Moses, Abbot of the Monastery of the Mother of God in the village of al-Rass in Syria

10th

  • Holy Martyr Codratus of Corinth and his Companions: Anectus, Paul, Dionysius, Cyprian and Crescens
  • Our Venerable Mother Anastasia the Patrician
  • Saint Marcian, who accomplished his Martyrdom by being crushed to death under pieces of wood
  • Blessed Paul Stozhkov of Taganrog
  • Venerable Attalus of Bobbio
  • Our Venerable Father Agathon, who strove in the Monastery of Saint Symeon Stylites the Younger on the Wonderful Mountain
  • Our Venerable Father John of Khakhuli

11th

  • Our Holy Father Sophronius, Patriarch of Jerusalem
  • Holy Hieromartyr Pionius of Smyrna and his Companions
  • Holy Martyrs Trophimus and Thallus
  • Our Venerable Father George the Sinaite
  • Our Venerable Father George the New, the Wonderworker, who entered into rest in the Diipon quarter of Constantinople
  • Saint Theodora, Queen of Epirus
  • Holy Martyr Epimachus of Pelusium
  • Holy Father Euthymius the Wonderworker, Archbishop of Novgorod
  • Our Venerable Father Alexis, Elder of the Skete of Goloseievsk in Kiev
  • Holy Hieromartyr Eulogius of Cordova

12th

  • Our Venerable Father Theophanes the Confessor, Abbot of the Monastery of Megalos Agros on Mount Sigriane
  • Our Holy Father Gregory I, Pope of Rome, called the Dialogist
  • Our Venerable and God-Bearing Father Symeon the New Theologian
  • The Nine Holy Martyrs, who died by fire
  • Venerable Nicodemus of Mammola in Calabria
  • Our Venerable Father Paul, Bishop of Leon in Brittany

13th

  • The Translation of the Relics of our Holy Father Nicephorus, Patriarch of Constantinople
  • Holy Hieromartyr Publius, Bishop of Athens
  • Holy Martyr Christina, flogged to death in Persia

14th

  • Our Venerable and God-Bearing Father Benedict of Nursia
  • Holy Martyr Alexander of Pydna in Macedonia
  • Our Venerable Father Euschemon the Confessor, Bishop of Lampsacus
  • Holy Martyrs Fronton, Alexander and Dionysius the Palatines, Martyred in Thessalonica
  • Saint Rostislav-Michael, Prince of Kiev
  • Holy Father Theognostus, Metropolitan of Kiev and All Russia

15th

  • Holy Martyrs Agapius, Timolaus, Paisius (or Plision), Dionysius, Dionysius, Alexander and Alexander in Caesarea in Palestine
  • Holy Apostle Aristobulus, Bishop of Great Britain
  • Holy Martyr Nicander, who was burned alive in Egypt
  • Holy Martyr Philotecmon
  • Saint Zacharias, Pope of Rome
  • Holy New Martyr Manuel the Cretan, slain by the sword in Chios in 1792
  • Our Venerable Father Nicander of Gorodno
  • Holy Martyr Philoctemon of Heliopolis
  • Saints Zabulon and Susannah, the parents of Saint Nino

16th

  • Holy Martyrs Sabinus of Egypt
  • Venerable John of the Monastery of the Rufinianes, who died in peace
  • Holy Martyr Romanus of Parium (Hellespont), slain by the sword
  • The Ten Martyrs of Phoenicia, slain by the sword
  • Holy Hieromartyr Alexander I, Pope of Rome, slain by the sword
  • Our Holy Father Aninas the Wonderworker
  • Our Venerable Father Christodulus the Wonderworker, Founder of the Monastery of Saint John the Theologian on Patmos
  • Holy New Martyr Malachi
  • Saint Serapion, Archbishop of Novgorod
  • Saint Dimitri II the Devout, King of Georgia
  • Saint Ambrose the Confessor, Catholicos of Georgia

17th

  • Our Venerable Father Alexis the Man of God
  • Holy Martyr Marinus, slain by the sword
  • Our Holy Father Theosterictus the Confessor, Abbot of the Monastery of Pelekete
  • Holy Monk and Martyr Paul, who perished by fire in defence of the Holy Icons
  • Our Venerable Father Macarius the Outpourer of Myrrh, Abbot of Koliazino
  • Our Venerable Father Parthenius of Kiev
  • Saint Patrick, Bishop and Enlightener of Ireland
  • Our Venerable Father Gabriel Mzire the Younger

18th

  • Our Holy Father Cyril, Archbishop of Jerusalem
  • Saints Trophimus and Eucarpion, who accomplished their Martyrdom in Nicodemia
  • The Ten Thousand Unknown Martyrs slain by the sword
  • Saint Cyril, Bishop of Astrakhan

19th

  • Holy Martyrs Chrysanthus and Daria his wife, and their Companions: Claudius the Tribune, his wife Hilaria and their sons Maurus and Jason; also Saint Diodorus the Priest, Saint Marianus the Deacon, and other devout Christians who accomplished their Martyrdom, being incinerated in a cave
  • Holy Martyr Pancharius, slain by the sword
  • Holy New Martyr Demetrius the Cabinetmaker
  • Our Venerable Father Innocent of Komel
  • Venerable Bassa, Nun of Pskov

20th

  • The Twenty Venerable Fathers, massacred by the Saracens in the Monastery of Saint Sabas
  • Holy Martyrs Alexandra, Claudia, Euphrasia, Matrona, Juliana, Euphemia and Theodosia
  • Our Venerable Father Nicetas the Confessor, Bishop of Apollonias
  • Holy Martyr Michael the Sabaite
  • Holy Martyr Maria of Perga
  • Holy Martyr Rodian, slain by the sword
  • Holy Martyr Akylas the Prefect, slain by the sword
  • Saint Lollion, who achieved his Martyrdom by being punched and kicked to death
  • Holy Martyr Emmanuel, slain by the sword
  • Holy New Martyr Myron of Crete, put to death by hanging in 1793
  • Our Venerable Father Euphrosynus of the Blue Lake (Sinozerski)
  • Holy Martyr Archil II, King of Georgia
  • Our Venerable Father Cuthbert, Bishop of Lindisfarne

21st

  • Our Venerable Father James, Bishop and Confessor
  • Our Holy Father Thomas I, Patriarch of Constantinople
  • Holy Martyrs Philemon and Dominus, slain by the sword
  • Our Venerable Father Birillus, Bishop of Catania in Sicily
  • Venerable Serapion the Sindonite
  • Our Holy Father Serapion, Bishop of Thmuis in Egypt
  • Venerable Sophronius, Abbot of the Monastery of Saint Theodosius
  • Holy New Martyr Michael of Agrapha, killed by fire in Thessalonica in 1544
  • Venerable Monk of the Great Habit, Seraphim of Byritsa

22nd

  • Holy Martyr Basil, Priest of the Church of Ancyra
  • Holy Martyr Drosis of Antioch, who died by fire
  • Saint Drosis, daughter of the Emperor Trajan, and of her Five Companions
  • Holy Martyrs Callinica and Basilissa, slain with the sword
  • Holy New Martyr Euthymius the Athonite, slain by the sword in Constantinople in 1814
  • Our Holy Father Paul, first Bishop of Narbonne
  • Holy New Hieromartyr Basil, Bishop of Priluk

23rd

  • Holy Hieromartyr Nicon and his 199 Disciples
  • Holy Martyr Dometius of Phrygia
  • Holy New Martyr Luke, who was hanged in Mytilene in 1802
  • Our Venerable Father Nicon of the Lavra of the Kiev Caves
  • Our Venerable Father Pachomius of Nerekhta
  • Holy Martyr Basil of Magnezea
  • Our Holy Father Bassian I, Bishop of Rostov

24th

  • Forefeast of the Annunciation of the Most Holy Mother of God
  • Our Venerable Father Artemon, Bishop of Seleucia in Pisidia
  • Our Venerable Father Zacharias of Scetis
  • Venerable Thomas, Abbot of the Monastery of Saint Euthymius
  • Venerable Martin of Thebes, who died in peace
  • Holy New Hieromartyr Parthenius, Patriarch of Constantinople, who died by hanging in 1657
  • Venerable Zacharias the Faster, of the Lavra of the Kiev Caves
  • Holy Martyrs Stephen and Peter of Kazan

25th

  • The Annunciation of our Most Holy Lady and Ever-Virgin Mary
  • Holy Martyrs Pelagia and Theodosia, who were slain by the sword
  • The Executioner who, having come to believe in Christ, was cast into a dark dungeon and there found death
  • Venerable Senuphius the Wonderworker
  • Our Holy Father Tikhon, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia
  • Our Venerable Fathers Tamoun the Recluse of Antioch, Ya’ich, Ephraim, Jeremiah, George, John, Chariton, Atticus and Gregory, Disciples of the Holy Hieromartyr Christopher, Patriarch of Antioch
  • Our Venerable Father Justin (Popovich) of Tjelije

26th

  • The Synaxis of the Archangel Gabriel, servant of the ineffable, supernatural and Divine Mystery of the Incarnation of our Lord Jesus Christ
  • Holy Martyrs Codratus (Quadratus), Theodosius, Emmanuel, (Sabinus), and the Forty other Martyrs of the East
  • The Twenty-Six Martyrs of the Goths: the two Priests Bathusius and Wereka with two of their sons and two of their daughters, Arpilas the Monk; the laymen Abippas, Hagias, Ryas, Igathrax, Hiscoeus, Silas, Sigetzas, Souerilas, Suemblas, Guimblas, Therthas, Philgas; the women Anna, Alla, Baride, and Manea
  • Our Venerable Father Stephen of Triglia, the Confessor
  • Venerable Basil the Younger
  • Our Venerable Father Abraham of Mount Latros
  • Venerable Stephen of Mount Latros, nicknamed ‘the Xylinite’
  • Holy New Martyr George, who came from Sofia, burned alive in Adrianople in 1437

27th

  • Holy Martyr Matrona of Thessalonica
  • Holy Prophet Hanani
  • Holy Martyrs Philetus the Senator, his wife Lydia, their two children Theoprepius and Macedonius, the Duke Amphilochius and Chronidus the Clerk
  • Saint Eutyches the Bishop
  • Venerable Cyricus of Apros in Thrace
  • Our Holy Father Paul, Bishop of Corinth
  • Our Venerable Father John of Lycopolis
  • Our Venerable Father Alexander of Vocha
  • Saint Ephrem II, Archbishop of Rostov
  • Our Holy Father Antony, Metropolitan of Tobolsk

28th

  • Our Venerable Father Hilarion the New, Abbot of the Monastery of Pelekete
  • Our Venerable Father Hesychius of Jerusalem
  • Holy Father Denys the Merciful, Bishop of Larissa and Founder of the Monastery of Saint Nicolas, called ‘Anapavsas’, in the Meteora
  • Holy Martyr Eustratius the Faster, of the Lavra of the Kiev Caves
  • Saint Hilarion of Gdov
  • Holy Martyr Boyan, Prince of Bulgaria
  • Saint John of Manglisi

29th

  • Holy Martyrs Mark, Bishop of Arethusa, Cyril, Deacon in Heliopolis, and Clergy and Virgins of Gaza and Ascalon
  • Holy Martyrs Jonas and Barachisus, and of their Companions: Zanitas, Lazarus, Maruthas, Narses, Elias, Mares, Habibus, Sembeeth and Sabas
  • Our Venerable Father Diadochus the God-Bearer, Bishop of Photike in Epirus
  • Our Venerable Father Eustathius, Bishop of Kios in Bithynia
  • Our Venerable Fathers Jonas and Mark of the Monastery of the Caves in Pskov
  • Our Venerable Father Eustathius, Abbot of Luxeuil

30th

31st

  • Holy Hieromartyr Hypatius, Bishop of Gangra
  • Our Venerable Father Acacius the Confessor
  • Our Venerable Father Blasius of Amorium
  • Saint Menander, who accomplished his Martyrdom being dragged naked over rocky ground
  • The Thirty-Eight Holy Martyrs, kinsfolk according to the flesh, who were killed by the sword
  • Saint Theophilus, his Wife and his Two Children, Martyred on Crete
  • Our Venerable Father Hypatius the Physician of the Lavra of the Kiev Caves
  • Our Holy Father Jonah, Metropolitan of Kiev and All Russia
  • Our Holy Father Innocent (Veniaminov), Metropolitan of Moscow and Enlightener of Alaska and Siberia
  • Holy Martyr Makhlouf of Saidnaya