Feasts and Saints

St Mavra of Ceahlău Mountain; Virginmartyr Pelagia; Venerable Monica

Orthodox Calendar, May 4 St. Mavra of the Ceahlău Mountain Schema-nun Mavra of Mount Ceahlău lived toward the end of the seventeenth century, being a native of a village in the Bistrița Valley, not far from Ceahlău, in Moldavia, in present-day Romania. Having received the blessing of her parents, she departed at the age of…

May 4, 2026basilica.ro

Venerable Irodion of Lainici; Martyr Timothy and his wife Maura; 4th Sunday after Pascha

Orthodox Calendar, May 3 Venerable Irodion of Lainici Saint Irodion was born in 1821 in Bucharest and received the name John at baptism. His parents gave him good education and taught him Christian behaviour ever since he was a child. At that time, at Cernica Monastery, nearby Bucharest, under the guidance of Saint abbot George,…

May 3, 2026basilica.ro

Saint Athanasius III Patelarios, Patriarch of Constantinople; St. Athanasius the Great, Patriarch of Alexandria; St. Matrona of Moscow

Orthodox Calendar, May 2 Hierarch Athanasius III Patelarios, Patriarch of Constantinople He was born in 1560 on the island of Crete, into the pious Greek family Patelarios, with the name of Alexis. Despite his education and position in society, Alexis was attracted by the life of Christian ascetics. After his father’s death, he became a…

May 2, 2026basilica.ro

Prophet Jeremiah; Martyrs Ignatius, Acacius and Euthymius, Right-believing Tamara, Blessed Isidora (Fish permitted)

Orthodox Calendar, May 1 Prophet Jeremiah One of the four great Old Testament prophets, he was son of the priest Helkiah from the city of Anathoth near Jerusalem, and he lived 600 years before the Birth of Christ, under the Israelite king Josiah and four of his successors. He was called to prophetic service at…

May 1, 2026basilica.ro

Apostle James, the Brother of Saint John the Theologian

Orthodox Calendar April 30 Apostle James, the Brother of Saint John the Theologian Holy Apostle James, the son of Zebedee, was the brother of Saint John the Theologian, and one of the Twelve Apostles. He and his brother, Saint John, were called to be Apostles by our Lord Jesus Christ, Who called them the “Sons…

Apr 30, 2026basilica.ro

The Holy Martyrs at Cyzicus; Venerable Memnon the Wonderworker (Fish permitted)

Orthodox Calendar April 29 The Holy Martyrs at Cyzicus The city of Cyzicus is in Asia Minor on the coast of the Dardenelles (Hellespont). Christianity already began to spread there through the preaching of Saint Paul (June 29). During the persecutions by the pagans, some of the Christians fled the city, while others kept their…

Apr 29, 2026basilica.ro

Apostles Jason and Sosipater of the Seventy; Martyrs Maximus, Quinctilian and Dada at Dorostolum

Orthodox Calendar April 28 Apostle Jason He was from Tarsus (Asia Minor). He was the first Christian in the city. The Apostle Sosipater was a native of Patra, Achaia. He is thought to be the same Sosipater mentioned in Acts 20:4. They both became disciples of Saint Paul, who even called them his kinsmen (Rom 16:21).…

Apr 28, 2026basilica.ro

Hieromartyr Simeon, the kinsman of the Lord, bishop of Jerusalem

Orthodox Calendar April 27 Hieromartyr Simeon, the kinsman of the Lord, bishop of Jerusalem The holy, glorious, all-laudable Apostle and Hieromartyr Symeon the Kinsman of the Lord (Simeon) of the Seventy, was the second Bishop of Jerusalem, serving for the period of 67 to 107. He is commemorated by the Church on April 27, and…

Apr 27, 2026basilica.ro

Synaxis of Romanian Women Saints; Sunday of the Holy Myrrhbearing Women; Martyrs Cyrillus, Kindaeas and Dasius of Axiopolis; Hieromartyr Basil the Bishop of Amasea; St. Glaphyra

Orthodox Calendar April 26 Synaxis of Romanian Women Saints On this day, the third Sunday after Pascha, when we celebrate the Feast of the Holy Myrrh-bearing Women—the first witnesses of Christ’s Resurrection—the Romanian Orthodox Church has appointed that all holy women of Romanian descent, as well as those who, though of other nations, struggled in…

Apr 26, 2026basilica.ro

Apostle and Evangelist Mark; †) Venerable Basil of Poiana Mărului

Orthodox Calendar April 25 Apostle and Evangelist Mark The Holy Apostle and Evangelist Mark, also known as John Mark (Acts 12:12), was one of the Seventy Apostles, and was also a nephew of Saint Barnabas (June 11). He was born at Jerusalem. The house of his mother Mary adjoined the Garden of Gethsemane. As Church…

Apr 25, 2026basilica.ro

Sts Elijah Iorest, Simeon Stephan and Sava Brancovic, metropolitans of Transylvania; St. Joseph the Confessor of Maramureș; Martyrs Pasikrates and Valentine; St. Elizabeth (Fish allowed)

Orthodox Calendar April 24 Saint Iorest the Confessor Saint Iorest the Confessor was born into a peasant family of Transylvania and received the name Elias in Baptism. He entered the Putna Monastery at an early age and was tonsured with the name Iorest. He made great progress in his spiritual life and was also a…

Apr 24, 2026Sorin Ioniţe