Orthodox Calendar March 21 St. James the Confessor Saint James, Bishop and Confessor,was inclined toward the ascetic life from his early years. Saint James left the world and entered the Studite monastery, where he was…
Orthodox Calendar March 20 Martyred Holy Fathers who were slain at the Monastery of St Sabbas Saints John, Sergius, Patrick and others were slain in the Monastery of Saint Sabbas. During the eighth century the…
Orthodox calendar March 19 Holy Martyrs Chrysanthus and Daria The Holy Martyrs Chrysanthus and Daria and with them the Martyrs Claudius the Tribune with his wife Hilaria and their sons Jason and Maurus, and Diodorus…
Orthodox Calendar March 18 St. Cyril the Archbishop of Jerusalem Saint Cyril, Archbishop of Jerusalem, was born in Jerusalem in the year 315 and was raised in strict Christian piety. Upon reaching the age of…
Orthodox Calendar March 17 Venerable Alexis the Man of God Saint Alexis was born at Rome into the family of the pious and poverty-loving Euphemianus and Aglais. The couple was childless for a long time…
Orthodox Calendar March 16 Holy Martyr Sabinus The Holy Martyr Sabinus was the administrator of the Egyptian city of Hermopolis. During a persecution of Christians under the emperor Diocletian (284-305), Saint Sabinus and some like-minded…
Orthodox Calendar March 15 Martyrs Agapius, Publius & Timolaus The Holy Martyrs Agapius, Publius, Timolaus, Romulus, Alexander, Alexander, Dionysius and Dionysius suffered under the emperor Diocletian (284-305) in the city of Palestinian Caesarea. During one…
Orthodox Calendar, March 14 Venerable Benedict of Nursia The founder of Western monasticism was born in the Italian city of Nursia in the year 480. When he was fourteen years of age, the saint’s parents…
Orthodox Calendar, March 13 Translation of the relics of St Nicephorus the Patriarch of Constantinople Saint Nicephorus was a dignitary at the court of the empress Irene (797-802), and then after receiving monastic tonsure, he…
Orthodox Calendar, March 12 Saint Theophanes the Confessor He was born in 759 in Constantinople into a pious and renowned family. His father was a relative of the Byzantine emperor Leo the Isaurian (717-741). Three…