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…
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.…
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…
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…