Venerable Alexis the Man of God
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…
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Martyr Sabinus of Egypt; St. Christodoulos of Patmo; 2nd Sunday of Lent (St. Gregory Palamas)
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…
Martyrs Agapius, Publius & Timolaus (Memorial Saturday)
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…
Venerable Benedict of Nursia; Hieromartyr Alexander the priest
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…
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…
Venerable Theophanes the Confessor of Sigriane; Saint Gregory Dialogus; Venerable 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…
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.…
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…
† 40 Holy Martyrs of Sebaste; First Sunday of Lent (of Orthodoxy)
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…
Holy Priest-Martyr Liviu Galaction of Cluj; St. Theophylactus the Bishop of Nicomedia (St. Theodore Saturday – Memorial Saturday)
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…