Feasts and Saints

Translation of the relics of St Nicephorus the Patriarch of Constantinople

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 became known for his piety. In the year 806 he was elevated to the patriarchal throne. The saint was a…

Mar 13, 2026basilica.ro

Saint Theophanes the Confessor of Sigriane; Saint Gregory Dialogus; Saint Simeon the New Theologian

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 years after Theophanes was born, his father died, leaving his family under the care of the emperor himself. Theophanes grew…

Mar 12, 2026basilica.ro

St. Sophronius the Patriarch of Jerusalem

Orthodox Calendar, March 11 Saint Sophronius, Patriarch of Jerusalem Saint Sophronius, Patriarch of Jerusalem, was born in Damascus around 560. From his youth he was distinguished for his piety and his love for classical studies. He was especially proficient in philosophy, and so he was known as Sophronius the Wise. The future hierarch, however, sought…

Mar 11, 2026basilica.ro

Martyrs Quadratus, Cyprian and Dionysius

Orthodox Calendar, March 10 Martyrs Quadratus, Cyprian and Dionysius The Holy Martyr Quadratus (Codratus) and those with him: During a persecution against Christians (in the third century) a certain pious woman named Rufina fled from Corinth to a mountain, to escape from her pursuers. There she gave birth to a son Quadratus, and died soon…

Mar 10, 2026basilica.ro

† 40 Holy Martyrs of Sebaste

Orthodox Calendar, March 9 In the year 313 Saint Constantine the Great issued an edict granting Christians religious freedom, and officially recognizing Christianity as equal with paganism under the law. But his co-ruler Licinius was a pagan, and he decided to stamp out Christianity in his part of the Empire. As Licinius prepared his army…

Mar 9, 2026basilica.ro

Holy Priest-Martyr Liviu Galaction of Cluj; St. Theophylactus the Bishop of Nicomedia; Sunday of St. Gregory Palamas

Orthodox Calendar, March 8 Holy Priest-Martyr Liviu Galaction of Cluj Saint Liviu Galaction was born on May 16, 1898, in the village of Cristian, Brașov County. His father, Nicolae Munteanu, was a teacher, and his mother, Maria, was a homemaker. They had six children, of whom Liviu Galaction was the second. From childhood, he showed…

Mar 8, 2026basilica.ro

Hieromartyrs Ephraim of Tomis and Basil, Eugene, Agathodorus, Capiton, Elpidius and Aetherius, bishops of Cherson (Commemoration of the departed)

Orthodox Calendar, March 7 In the year 300, Bishop Hermon of Jerusalem sent to the city of Cherson in Tauric Scythia (Crimea) two bishops, Ephraim and Basileus, to preach the teaching of the Gospel. Ephraim went to Scythia, where, after many labours in the service of the Word of God, he suffered a martyr’s death.…

Mar 7, 2026basilica.ro

42 Martyrs of Ammoria; Uncovering of the Precious Cross and the Precious Nails by the Empress St Helen in Jerusalem

Orthodox Calendar, March 6 42 Martyrs of Ammoria The Holy 42 Martyrs of Ammoria: Constantine, Aetius (Aetitus), Theophilus, Theodore, Melissenus, Callistus, Basoes and the others with them. During a war between the Byzantine Emperor Theophilus (829-842) and the Saracens, the Saracens managed to besiege the city of Ammoria (in Galicia in Asia Minor). As a…

Mar 6, 2026basilica.ro

Martyr Conon of Isauria; Martyr Conon the Gardener of Pamphylia; St. Mark the Ascetic of Egypt (Great Canon)

Orthodox Calendar, March 5 Martyr Conon of Isauria The Holy Martyr Conon of Isauria was born in Bethany, a village near the Asia Minor city of Isauria, whose inhabitants had accepted Christianity from the Apostle Paul. From his youth, Saint Conon was accorded the special protection of the “Archistrategos” (“Leader of the Heavenly Hosts”) Michael,…

Mar 5, 2026basilica.ro

Venerable Gerasimus of the Jordan; Martyr Paul and his sister Juliana

Orthodox Calendar, March 4 Saint Gerasimus of Jordan He was a native of Lycia (Asia Minor). From his early years he was distinguished for his piety. Having received monastic tonsure, he withdrew into the desert of the Thebaid (in Egypt). Thereafter, in about the year 450, the monk arrived in Palestine and settled at the…

Mar 4, 2026basilica.ro

Martyrs Eutropius, Cleonicus and Basiliscus of Amasea

Orthodox Calendar, March 3 The Holy Martyrs Eutropius, Cleonicus and Basiliscus of Amasea The Holy Martyrs Eutropius, Cleonicus and Basiliscus suffered in the city of Pontine Amasea (Asia Minor) in about the year 308. The brothers Eutropius and Cleonicus, and Basiliscus the nephew of the Great Martyr Theodore the Recruit (February 17), were comrades. After…

Mar 3, 2026basilica.ro