Third Week of the Great Lent. Tone one. Great Lent. By Monastic Charter: Strict Fast (Bread, Vegetables, Fruits)
Martyr Sabinas of Hermopolis, Egypt (303). Martyr Papas of Lycaonia (305). St. Serapion, archbishop of Novgorod (1516). Apostle Aristobulus of the Seventy, bishop of Britain (1st c.). Hieromartyr Alexander, pope of Rome (119). Martyr Julian of Anazarbus (305). Martyrs Trophimus and Thalus of Laodicea (300). Venerable Christodulus, wonderworker of Patmos (1093). Martyr Romanus at Parium on the Hellespont. 10 Martyrs in Phoenicia (Greek). St. Pimen, Fool-for-Christ and Enlightener of Dagestan, and his companion Anton Meskhi, the Censurer of Kings (13th c.) (Georgia). St. Ambrosi (Khelaia) the Confessor, Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia (1927) (Georgia). New Martyr Malachi of Rhodes, who suffered at Jerusalem (1500). St. Abban of Kilabban (650) (Celtic & British).
Third Week of the Great Lent. Tone one. Great Lent. By Monastic Charter: Food without Oil
Venerable Alexis the Man of God, in Rome (411). Venerable Macarius, abbot of Kalyazin (1483). New Hieromartyr Alexander priest (1919). New Hieromartyr Victor priest (1942). Venerable Parthenius of Kiev (1855). Martyr Marinus, soldier, at Caesarea in Palestine (260). Venerable Patrick, enlightener of Ireland (451) (Celtic & British). Monk-martyr Paul of Crete (767). St. Withburga, solitary at Holkham and East Dereham (ca. 743) (Celtic & British). St. Ambrose, deacon of Alexandria (400). St. Gertrude, abbess of Nivelles (659) (Belgium). St. Theosterictus the Confessor, abbot of Pelecete Monastery near Prusa (826). Venerable Hieromartyr Gabriel the Lesser of Garesja (1802) (Georgia). St. Beccan of Rhum (677) (Celtic & British).
Third Week of the Great Lent. Tone one. Great Lent. By Monastic Charter: Strict Fast (Bread, Vegetables, Fruits)
St. Cyril, archbishop of Jerusalem (386). New Hieromartyr Demetrius priest, Virgin-martyr Natalia (1938). Venerable Maria (Skobtsova), nun, who suffered at Ravensbruck (1945). Martyrs Trophimus and Eucarpus of Nicomedia (300). Venerable Ananias (Aninas), presbyter and monk, of the Euphrates. St. Edward the Martyr, king of England (978) (Celtic & British). The 10,000 Martyrs of Nicomedia. St. Tetricus, bishop of Langres in Gaul (572-573) (Gaul). Venerable Daniel, monk of Egypt (6th c.). Venerable Cyril of Astrakhan (1576).
Third Week of the Great Lent. Tone one. Great Lent. By Monastic Charter: Food without Oil
Martyrs Chrysanthus and Daria, and those with them at Rome: Claudius, Hilaria, Jason, Maurus, Diodorus presbyter, and Marianus deacon (283). St. Sophia of Slutsk and Minsk (1612). St. John confessor (1932). St. Matrona (1938). Venerable Symeon of the Pskov Caves (Glorification 2003). Venerable Innocent of Komel (Vologda), disciple of St. Nilus of Sora (1521). Martyr Pancharius at Nicomedia (302). Venerable Bassa, nun, of Pskov (1473). Venerable Simeon, prior of the monastery Dajbabe (1941) (Serbia). The Smolensk "Tenderness" Icon of the Mother of God (1103). Martyr Dimitri of Tornada (564). New Martyr Demetrius at Constantinople (1564) (Greek). Righteous Mary, wife of Vsevelod III (1206). New Martyr Nicholas of Karamanos in Smyrna (1657). Martyr Alcmund, prince of Northumbria.
Third Week of the Great Lent. Tone one. Great Lent. By Monastic Charter: Strict Fast (Bread, Vegetables, Fruits)
The Holy Fathers who were slain at the Monastery of St.Sabbas: Venerables John, Sergius, Patrick, and others (796). New Hieromartyr Vladimir priest (1918). New Hieromartyr Basil deacon (1938). New Hieromartyr Priest Nicholas Holz of Novosiolki (Chelm and Podlasie, Poland) (1944). Suffering of Venerable Euphrosynus of Blue-Jay Lake (Valaam) (1612). Martyr Photina (Fatima, Svetlana) the Samaritan Woman and her sons: Martyrs Victor named Photinos, and Josiah with Anatolia, Photo, Photida, Paraskeva, Kyriakia, Domnina and Sebastian (66). Seven Virgin-martyrs of Amisus (Samsun): Alexandra, Claudia, Euphrasia, Matrona, Juliana, Euphemia, and Theodosia (310). St. Nicetas the Confessor, bishop of Apollonias in Bithynia (813). New Martyr Myron of Crete (1793). St. Martin of Braga in Iberia (580). St. Wulfram, missionary (703) (Neth.). St. Cuthbert of Lindisfarne, bishop (687) (Celtic & British). Righteous Abel, first martyr in history of mankind. St. Austreigiselis, bishop of Bourges (624) (Neth.). Martyr Michael the Sabbaite, who suffered at Jerusalem (691). St. Archil II, king of Georgia (744). St. Herbert, hermit of Derwentwater. Martyrs Rodion, Aquila the Eparch, Longinus, and Emmanuel (Greek).
Third Saturday of the Great Lent. Tone one. Great Lent. Food with Oil
Parents’ Saturday. Remembrance of the dead. Venerable James the Confessor, bishop, of the Studium (late 8th c.). New Hieromartyr Vladimir priest (1931). New Martyr Archbishop Theodore Pozdeyev (1938). Venerable Seraphim Vyritsa (1949). St. Cyril, bishop of Catania (2nd c.). St. Thomas, patriarch of Constantinople (610). Venerable Serapion, bishop of Thmuis in Lower Egypt, friend of St. Anthony the Great (358). Venerable Lupicinus, desert-dweller of the Jura Mountains (480) (Gaul). St. Enda of Aran, monk, earliest leader of Irish monas-ticism (530) (Celtic & British). Martyrs Philemon and Domnina of Rome (Greek). St. Beryllus, bishop of Catania (2nd c.). St. Sophronius, abbot of the monastery of St. Theodosius (542). New Martyr Michael of Agrapha (1544). St. Serapion the Sindonite, monk of Egypt (542).
Third Sunday of the Great Lent: Adoration of Cross. Tone two. Great Lent. Food with Oil
Hieromartyr Basil, presbyter of Ancyra (362). Martyr Drosida (Drosis) of Antioch, and five virgins (104). Venerable Isaac, founder of the Dalmatian Monastery at Constantinople (383). Martyrs Callinica and Basilissa of Rome (2nd c.). Venerable Euthymius of Constantinople. "The Izborsk" Icon of the Mother of God (1657). St. Paul, bishop of Narbonne, Brittany (3rd c.) (Celtic & British). New Martyr Euthymius of Mt. Athos (1814) (Greek). New Martyr Basil (Zelentsov) bishop of Priluk (1930). New Martyr Schema-abbess Sophia of Kiev (1941) and her priest Demetrius Ivanov (1934).
Fourth Week of the Great Lent: Adoration of Cross. Tone two. Great Lent. By Monastic Charter: Strict Fast (Bread, Vegetables, Fruits)
Monk-martyr Nicon and 199 disciples, in Sicily (251). New Hieromartyr Macarius priest (1931). New Hieromartyr Stephen priest (1937). New Martyr James, New Hieromartyr Basil priest, Virgin-martyr Anastasia and Barbara, Martyr Alexis (1938). New Hieromartyr venerable confessor archbishop Sergius (Serebriansky) (1948). Venerable Nicon, abbot of the Kiev Caves (1088). Martyrs Philetas the Senator, his wife Lydia, their sons Macedon and Theoprepius, the notary Cronides, and Amphilochius the Captain, in Illyria (125). St. Basil of Mangazea in Siberia (1600). Martyr Dometius the Persian, under Julian the Apostate (ca. 360-361). Venerable Luke the New of Mytilene, Mt. Athos (1802). Venerable Pachomius, abbot of Nerekhta (1384). St. Bassian, archbishop of Rostov (1481). St. Gwinear of Cornwall.
Fourth Week of the Great Lent: Adoration of Cross. Tone two. Great Lent. Food with Oil
Forefeast of the Annunciation. Venerable Zacharias the Recluse of Egypt (4th c.). St. Artemon, bishop of Seleucia (1st c.). New Hieromartyr Alexander priest (1918). New Hieromartyr Vladimir priest (1920). Venerable Zachariah, faster of the Kiev Caves (13th c.). Martyrs Stephen and Peter of Kazan (1552). Venerable James the Confessor, bishop of Catania (802-811). "The Clouded Mount" Icon of the Mother of God. Hieromartyr Parthenius, patriarch of Constantinople (1657). St. Savvas the New of Kalymnos (1948) (Greek). Eight Martyrs of Caesarea in Palestine (Greek). Venerable Martin of Thebes, monk (Greek). St. Thomas, abbot of the monastery of St. Euthymius (542). St. Severus of Catania (802-811). St. Artemius, bishop of Thessalonica. St. Dunchad, abbot of Iona.
Fourth Week of the Great Lent: Adoration of Cross. Tone two. Great Lent. Fish Allowed
The Annunciation of Our Most Holy Lady, the Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary. New Hieromartyr Tikhon, patriarch of Moscow and All Russia (1925). Venerable Sabbas the New (1948). "Annunciation" (16th c.) Icon of the Mother of God. Martyrs Pelagia, Theodosia, and Dula of Nicomedia, who suffered under Valentinian. Venerable Parthenius of the Kiev Caves (1855). St. Senuphius the Wonderworker of Latomos (9th c.). St. Nicander of Pskov (1581).
Fourth Week of the Great Lent: Adoration of Cross. Tone two. Great Lent. By Monastic Charter: Strict Fast (Bread, Vegetables, Fruits)
St. Matrona of Thessalonica (4th c.). Martyrs Manuel and Theodosius (304). Venerable John the Clairvoyant of Lycopolis, anchorite of Egypt (394). Venerable Cyricus (Quiricus), monk, of Thrace. Prophet Hanani (Ananias). Venerable Paul, bishop of Corinth (ca. 925). Venerable Paphnutius, disciple of St. Anthony the Great (4th c.). St. Ephraim of Rostov (1454). Venerable Alexander, abbot of Voche, near Galich (on the Volga) (16th c.). St. Anthony, metropolitan of Tobolsk (1740). Icons of the Most Holy Theotokos on Mt. Athos "Glykophylousa" ("Sweet-kissing") and "Of the Akathist". St. Rupert, bishop of Salzburg (718). Martyrs John and Baruch (Greek). St. Eutyches, monk (Greek).
Fourth Saturday of the Great Lent. Tone two. Great Lent. Food with Oil
Parents’ Saturday. Remembrance of the dead. Venerable Hilarion the New, abbot of Pelecete (754). Venerable Stephen the Wonderworker, abbot of Tryglia (815). New Hieromartyr Nicholas priest(1931). New Hieromartyr Basil priest(1938). Martyr John (1939). New Hieromartyr Priest Peter Ochryzko of Chartoviec (Chelm and Podlasie, Poland) (1944). Martyr Eustratius of the Kiev Caves (1096). Venerable Hilarion, monk, of Gdov (Pskov) (1476). Martyrs Jonah and Barachisius and those with them in Persia: Zanithas, Lazarus, Maruthas (Marotas), Narses, Elias, Marinus (Mares), Abibus, Sembeeth (Sivsithina), and Sabbas (330). Sts. George, bishop, Parodus and Peter, presbyters, and Prince Enravota-Boyan (833), martyrs of Bulgaria (Bulgaria). St. Hesychius the Theologian of Jerusalem, disciple of St. Gregory the Theologian (434). Apostle Herodion of the Seventy (Greek). Sts. Priscus, Malchus, and Alexander in Caesaria of Palestine (259). St. Dionysius the Merciful, bishop of Larissa (1510). Venerable Jonah of Kliminetsk (Olonets) (1534). Venerable John, Bishop of Manglisi (1751) (Georgia).
Fourth Sunday of the Great Lent. Tone three. Great Lent. Food with Oil
Venerable John Lestvichnik (movable holiday on the 4th Sunday of the Great Lent). Martyr Mark, bishop of Arethusa (364), and with him Hieromartyr Cyril the Deacon of Heliopolis, and others, who suffered under Julian the Apostate (362). New Martyrs Priest Paul (Voinarsky), and brothers Paul and Alexis Kiryan, of the Crimea (1919). New Hieromartyr Michael priest(1933). Venerable John, Anchorite of Egypt (4th c.). St. Eustathius (Eustace) the Confessor, bishop of Kios in Bithynia(9thc.). Venerables Jonah (1480) and Mark of the Pskov Caves. St. Diadochus, bishop of Photike in Epirus (ca. 486). St. Eustasius, abbot of Luxeuil (7th c.). Sts. Gwynllw and Gwladys, parents of St. Cadoc.
Fifth Week of the Great Lent. Tone three. Great Lent. By Monastic Charter: Strict Fast (Bread, Vegetables, Fruits)
The Meeting of the Mother of God and Saint Elizabeth (movable Feast on March 30. If March 30 should fall between Lazarus Saturday and Pascha, however, the Feast is transferred to Bright Friday). Venerable John (Climacus) of Sinai, author of The Ladder (649). St. Sophronius, bishop of Irkutsk (1771). Prophet Joad (I Kings 13:11 -10th c. BC ) who dwelt in Bethel. Holy Apostles Sosthenes, Apollos, Cephas, Caesar, and Epaphroditus, of the Seventy (1st c.). St. Eubula, mother of St. Panteleimon (304). Venerable John the Silent of St. Sabbas monastery (558). Venerable Zosimas, bishop of Syracuse (662). St. John II, patriarch of Jerusalem (5th c.). Hieromartyr Zacharias, bishop of Corinth (1684). St. Osburga of Coventry, virgin (1015) (Celtic & British). Translation of the relics of the Martyr-King Edmund of East Anglia (Celtic & British). Venerable John the Hermit of Cilicia (4th c.).
Fifth Week of the Great Lent. Tone three. Great Lent. By Monastic Charter: Food without Oil
Venerable Hypatius the Wonderworker, bishop of Gangra (ca. 360). Repose of St. Jonah, metropolitan of Kiev, Moscow, and all Russia (1461). St. Innocent of Moscow, enlightener of Alaska and Siberia (1879). New Hieromartyr John priest (1938). St. Hypatius the Healer of the Kiev Caves (14th c.). Venerable Philaret Danilevsky (1841). Venerable Apollonius, ascetic of the Thebaid (395). Martyrs Abdas the Bishop and Benjamin the Deacon, of Persia (424). Venerable Hypatius, abbot of Rufinus in Chalcedon (446). Appearance of the "Iberian" ("Iveron") Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos. Righteous Joseph the Fair, son of Jacob (ca. 1700 B.C.). 38 Martyrs, beheaded by the sword under Julian (361-363). Saint Akakios the Confessor, Bishop of Meletinia (249-251). Venerable Blaise of Amorium and Mt. Athos (908) (Greek). Martyr Menander (Greek). St. Stephen the Wonderworker, monk (Greek).
Fifth Week of the Great Lent. Tone three. Great Lent. By Monastic Charter: Strict Fast (Bread, Vegetables, Fruits)
Venerable Mary the Egyptian (522). Venerable Euthymius, monk, of Suzdal (1404). Venerable Barsanuphius of Optina (1913). New Hieromartyr Sergius priest (1938). New Hieromartyr Schema-bishop Macarius of St. Macarius the Roman Monastery near Lezna (1944) and Michael, fool-for-Christ (1931). Martyr Abraham of Bulgaria (1229). Venerable Gerontius, youth, canonarch of the Kiev Caves (14th c.). Venerable Macarius, abbot of Pelecete (840). Martyrs Geroncius and Basilides (3rd c.). Righteous Achaz. St. Meliton, bishop of Sardis (177). St. Procopius, abbot of Sazava (1053). Sts. John of Shavta and Vardzia (12-13th c.) and Eulogius the Prophet and Fool-for-Christ (Georgia). Martyr-hermit Tewdric of Tintem.
Fifth Week of the Great Lent. Tone three. Great Lent. Food with Oil
Venerable Titus the Wonderworker (9th c.). Martyrs Amphianus (Apphianus) and Edesius (Aedesius) of Lycia (306). Martyr Polycarp of Alexandria (4th c.). Venerable Gregory, ascetic of Nicomedia (1290). St. George of Matskveri Monastery (9th c.) (Georgia). St. Nicetius of Lyons (573) (Gaul). Virgin-martyr Theodora of Palestine (Greek). St. Sabbas, archbishop of Crimea (11th c.).
Fifth Week of the Great Lent. Tone three. Great Lent. Food with Oil
Venerable Nicetas the Confessor, abbot of Medikion (824). Virgin-martyr Theodosia of Tyre (307-308). Venerable Illyricus of Mt. Myrsinon in the Peloponnesus. Martyrs Elpidephorus, Dius, Bithonius, and Galycus (3rd c.). Icons of the Most Holy Theotokos "The Unfading Flower", and Iveron. New Martyr Paul the Russian at Constantinople (1683). Venerable Nectarius, abbot, of Bezhetsk (1492). Martyr Ulphianus of Tyre (306). Venerable Joseph the Hymnographer, of Sicily (883) (Greek). Martyrs Cassius, Philip, and Eutychius of Thessalonica (304). Martyrs Evagrius, Benignus, Christus, Arestus, Kinnudius, Rufus, Patricius, and Zosima at Tomis (310). St. Fara (Burgondofara) of Eboriac or Faremoutiers (7th c.).
Fifth Saturday of the Great Lent: Laudation of the Mother of God. Tone three. Great Lent. Food with Oil
Venerable Joseph the Hymnographer of Sicily (883). Venerable George, monk, of Mt. Maleon in the Peloponnesus (9th c.). New Hieromartyrs Archimandrite Benjamin (Kononov) and Hieromonk Nicephorus (Kuchin) of Solovki (1928). Virgin-martyr Mary (1932). New Hieromartyr Nicholas bishop of Velsk (1933). New Hieromartyr John priest (1933). Martyr John (1943). Venerable Joseph the Muchailing of the Kiev Caves (14th c.). Venerable Zosimas, abbot of Vorbozomsk (1550). Venerable Zosimas, monk, of Palestine (560). Virgin-martyr Pherbutha of Persia, her sister and servants (343). Icons of the Mother of God, named "Gerontissa" and "Deliveress". New Hieromartyr Nicetas the Serb of Albania, Mt. Athos and Serres (1808). Venerable Theonas, metropolitan of Thessalonica (1541). St. Isidore, bishop of Seville (636). Holy Martyr Kallinikos. Venerable James of Old Torzhok in Galich, Kostroma (15th-16th c.). Martyr Basil of Mangazea in Siberia (1602).
Fifth Sunday of the Great Lent. Tone four. Great Lent. Food with Oil
Venerable Mary of Egypt (movable holiday on the 5th Sunday of the Great Lent). Transation of the relics (1652) of St. Job, patriarch of Moscow (1607). Martyrs Theodulus, reader, and Agathopodes, deacon, and those with them at Thessalonica (303). New Hieromartyr Alexis priest (1930). New Hieromartyr Nicholas priest (1931). Venerable Publius of Egypt, monk (4th c.). Venerables Theonas, Symeon, and Phorbinus of Egypt (4th c.). Venerable Mark the Anchorite of Athens (400). Venerable Plato, abbot of the Studion (813). Venerable Theodora, nun, of Thessalonica (892) (Greek). New Martyr George of New Ephesus (1801). Repose of St. Philip the First, metropolitan of Moscow (1473). Five girls martyred at Neanidor of Lesbos (Greek). Martyrs Theodora and Didymus of Alexandria (305). The Martyr Fermus. New Martyr Argyra at Constantinople (1725). New Martyr Panaghiotis of Jerusalem (1820). St. Derfel of Lianderfel. Venerable Ethelburga, queen and Abbess of Lyminge, Kent. Martyrs Claudius, Diodorus, Victor, Victorinus, Pappia, Serapion, and Nicephorus (Greek).
Sixth Week of the Great Lent. Tone four. Great Lent. By Monastic Charter: Strict Fast (Bread, Vegetables, Fruits)
St. Eutychius, patriarch of Constantinople (582). Martyrs Peter and Prokhor (1918). New Hieromartyr John priest (1934). New Hieromartyr James priest (1943). St. Sebastian, Elder of Optina and Karaganda (1966). St. Methodius, Equal-to-the-Apostles, enlightener of the Slavs (885). Venerable Platonida (Platonis) of Nisibis (308). 120 Martyrs of Persia (345). Martyrs Jeremiah and Archilias the Presbyter. Venerable Gregory of St. Athanasius monastery on Mt. Athos, instructor of St. Gregory Palamas (1308). Venerable Gregory the Sinaite (1346). 2 Martyrs from Ascalon. New Martyr Nicholas of Lesbos (1463). New Monk-martyr Gennadius of Dionysiou, Mt. Athos, who suffered at Constantinople (1818). New Martyrs Manuel, Theodore, George, Michael, and another George, of Samothrace (1835).
Sixth Week of the Great Lent. Tone four. Great Lent. By Monastic Charter: Food without Oil
Venerable George the Confessor, bishop of Mitylene (820). New Hieromartyr Arcadius priest (1933). Martyr Eudocia (1939). Venerable Daniel, abbot, of Pereyaslavl-Zalesski (1540). Martyr Calliopus at Pompeiopolis in Cilicia (304). Martyrs Rufinus deacon, Aquilina, and 200 soldiers at Sinope (310). Venerable Serapion of Egypt, monk (5th c.). Venerable Nilus, abbot of Sora (1508). Venerable Serapion archbishop of Novgorod. The Byzantine Icon of the Mother of God. St. George, patriarch of Jerusalem (807). St. Gerasimus of Byzantium (1739). Venerable Leucius, abbot of Volokolamsk (1492). St. Govan of Cornwall.
Sixth Week of the Great Lent. Tone four. Great Lent. By Monastic Charter: Strict Fast (Bread, Vegetables, Fruits)
Holy Apostles of the Seventy: Herodion, Agabus, Asyncritus, Rufus, Phlegon, Hermes, and those with them (1st c.). New Hieromartyr Sergius priest (1933) St. Niphont, bishop of Novgorod (1156). Venerable Rufus the Obedient of the Kiev Caves (14th c.). Martyr Pausilippus of Heraclea in Thrace (117-138). St. Celestine, pope of Rome (432). New Martyr John Naukliros ("the Navigator") in Thessaly (1699). Monk-martyrs Josias and Joseph of Mt. Kharasam, Persia (341). New Martyr John (Koulika) (1564). St. Philaret of Seminara, Calabria (1070). Spanish Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos (792).
Sixth Week of the Great Lent. Tone four. Great Lent. By Monastic Charter: Food without Oil
Martyr Eupsychius of Caesarea in Cappadocia (362). New Martyr Gabriel (1942). Martyrs Desan bishop, Mariabus presbyter, Abdiesus, and 270 other martyrs in Persia (362). Hieromartyr Bademus (Vadim), archimandrite of Persia (379). Venerable Woutruide, foundress of a monastery (688) (Neth.). Newly revealed Martyrs Raphael, Nicholas, and Irene of Lesbos (1463) (Greek). Martyrs Fortunatus, Donatus, twelve virgins and six laymen at Sirmium (304). St. Acacius, bishop of Amida in Mesopotamia (5th c.).
Sixth Week of the Great Lent. Tone four. Great Lent. By Monastic Charter: Strict Fast (Bread, Vegetables, Fruits)
Martyrs Terence, Pompeius, Africanus, Maximus, Zeno, Alexander, Theodore, and 33 others, beheaded at Carthage (250). New Hieromartyr Flegont priest (1938). Martyr Demetrius (1942). Martyrs James, presbyter, and Azadanes and Abdicius, deacons, of Persia (ca. 380). New Hieromartyr Gregory V, patriarch of Constantinople (1821) (Greek). Prophetess Huldah (Olda) (II Kings 22:14). St. Milteades, pope of Rome. The Holy Martyrs of the Kvabtakhevi Monastery, who suffered during the invasion of Tamerlane (1386) (Georgia). New Martyr Demos of Smyrna (1763) (Greek). Nun-martyr Anastasia, abbess of Uglich and 34 nuns with her (1609). Monk-martyr Chrysanthus of Xenophontos, Mt. Athos (Greek). Martyrs Beocca, Hethor and others, at Chertsey.
Lazarus Saturday. Tone four. Great Lent. Caviar Allowed
Feast of the Georgian Language (movable holiday on the Lazarus Saturday) (Georgia). Hieromartyr Antipas, bishop of Pergamus (92), disciple of St. John the Theologian. New Hieromartyr Nicholas priest (1938). Venerable James, abbot of Zhelezny Bor (1442), and his fellow-ascetic St. James. St. Barsanuphius, bishop of Tver (1576). Martyrs Processus and Martinian of Rome (67). Venerable Pharmuthius, anchorite of Egypt (4th c.). Venerable John, disciple of Venerable Gregory of Decapolis (820). St. Callinicus of Cernica, bishop of Rimnic in Romania (1868) (Romania). Venerables Euthymius (1456) and Chariton (1509), abbots of Syanzhema (Vologda). Venerable Guthlac, hermit of Crowland (714) (Celtic & British). Hieromartyr Domninus, bishop of Salona in Dalmatia, and eight soldiers with him (100). St. Philip, bishop of Gortyna, Crete (180).
The Entry of the Lord into Jerusalem. Great Lent. Fish Allowed
Venerable Basil the Confessor, bishop of Parium (760). New Hieromartyr Sergius (1938). Hieromartyr Zeno, bishop of Verona (ca. 260). Venerable Isaac the Syrian, abbot of Spoleto, Italy (ca. 550). Martyrs Menas, David, and John of Palestine (630). Virgin Anthusa of Constantinople (801). Venerable Athanasia, abbess of Aegina (860). "Murom" (12th c.) and "Belynich" (13th c.) Icons of the Mother of God. St. Acacius of Kapsokalyvia Skete, Mt. Athos (1730). St. Basil, bishop of Ryazan (1295). Deposition of the Belt of the Most Holy Mother of God in Constantinople (942). Martyr Sabbas the Goth, who suffered at Buzau in Wallachia (372) (Romania). St. Sergius, patriarch of Constantinople (1019). Martyrs Demas, Protion, and those with them (Greek).
Passion Week: Great Monday. Great Lent. By Monastic Charter: Strict Fast (Bread, Vegetables, Fruits)
Hieromartyr Artemon, presbyter of Laodicea in Syria (303). New Hieromartyr Stephen (Bekh) bishop of Izhevsk (1933). Virgin-martyr Martha (1941). Martyr Crescens of Myra in Lycia. Martyr Thomais of Alexandria (476). Martyr Demetrius of the Peloponnesus who suffered at Tripoli (1803). Martyr Eleutherius of Persia (4th c.). Martyr Zoilus of Rome (4th c.). Venerable Martins, abbot, of Clermont (Gaul). St. Martin the Confessor, pope of Rome (655) (Greek). Martyrs Maximus (286), Dada and Quinctilian at Dorostolum in Moesia. St. Martyrius, archbishop of Jerusalem (486). St. Guinoch of Buchan. Martyr Theodosius (Greek).
Passion Week: Great Tuesday. Great Lent. By Monastic Charter: Strict Fast (Bread, Vegetables, Fruits)
St. Martin the Confessor, pope of Rome (655). New Martyr Sergius (Trofimov) of Nizhni-Novgorod and one with him (1918). New Hieromartyr Alexander confessor, priest (1941). Martyrs Anthony, John and Eustathius of Vilnius (Lithuania) (1347). Martyr Ardalion the Actor, who suffered under Maximian (3rd c.). Martyr Azat the Eunuch and 1,000 Martyrs in Persia (341). "Vilna" Icon of the Mother of God. Monk-martyr Christopher of Mar Sabbas (797). St. Cyriacus, bishop of Jerusalem (4th c.) (Greek). Apostles Aristarchus, Pudens, and Trophimus of the Seventy (Greek). New Martyr Demetrius of the Peloponnesus, who suffered at Tripoli (1803). St. Euthymius the Wonderwoker (Greek).
Passion Week: Great Wednesday. Great Lent. By Monastic Charter: Strict Fast (Bread, Vegetables, Fruits)
Apostles Aristarchus, Pudens, and Trophimus of the Seventy (67). New Hieromartyr Alexander priest (1930). Martyrs Basilissa and Anastasia of Rome, disciples of Apostles Peter and Paul (1st c.). Martyr Suchias and his companions: Andrew, Anastasius, Thalaleus, Theodoretus, Ivchirion, Jordan, Quadratus, Lucian, Mimnenos, Nerangius, Polyeuctus, James, Phocas, Domentianus, Victor, and Zosima (Chorimos), in Armenia (123). Martyr Sabbas the Goth of Buzau in Wallachia (Romania) (372). St. Mstislav Theodore, prince of Kiev (1132). Venerable Ruadhan, founder and abbot of Lothra, Ireland (ca. 584) (Celtic & British). St. Leonidas, bishop of Athens (Greek). St. Basil of Poiana Marului (1767). St. Daniel of Achinsk, Siberia (1843). Martyr Pausilipus of Thrace (2nd c.). Martyr Crescens of Myra (3rd c.). St. Paternus, bishop of Llandbadarn Fawr.
Passion Week: Great Thursday. Great Lent. Food with Oil
Virgin-martyrs Agape, Irene, and Chionia in Illyria (304). Martyrs Leonidas, Chariessa, Nice, Galina, Callista (Calisa), Nunechia, Basilissa, Theodora, and Irene of Corinth (250). The Weeping Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos "Ilyin Chernigov" (1658) and "Tambov" Icon (1692). Venerable Theodora-Bassa, princess of Novgorod (1378). Martyr Irene of Greece. New Martyr Michael of Smyrna (1772). Martyrs Felix the bishop, Januarius the priest, Fortunatus and Septimus of Lycaonia (304). St. John, blessed fool-for-Christ's sake of Verkhoturye (1701). St. Fructuosis of Braga in Iberia. Monk-martyr Christopher of Dionysiou, Mt. Athos, who suffered at Adrianople (1818).
Passion Week: Great Friday, Passion of Jesus Christ. Great Lent. By Monastic Charter - Full abstention from food
Hieromartyr Simeon, bishop in Persia, and those with him: Martyrs Abdechalas and Ananias presbyters, Usthazanes, Fusicus (Pusicius), Ascitrea, and Azat the Eunuch (341). Venerable Acacius, bishop of Melitene (435). Venerable Zosimas of Solovki (1478). New Hieromartyr John priest (1918). New Hieromartyr Michael confessor, priest (1935). New Hieromartyr Theodore priest (1942). Uncovering of the relics (1641) of Venerable Alexander of Svir (1533). Martyr Adrian of Corinth (151). St. Paisius, fool-for-Christ of Kiev (1893). St. Agapitus, pope of Rome (536). Venerable Macarius of Corinth (1805). St. Ephraim the Great of Matskveri Monastery (9th c.) (Georgia). Monk-martyr Donnan of Eigg and those with him (618) (Celtic & British).
Passion Week: Great Saturday, descent into Hades. Great Lent. By Monastic Charter: Strict Fast (Bread, Vegetables, Fruits)
Venerable John, disciple of St. Gregory of Decapolis (820). New Hieromartyr Bessarion priest (1918). New Hieromartyrs Priests Nicholas (1937) and Basil (Derzhavin) (1930) and lay people of the city of Gorodets, Nizhni-Novgorod. Virgin-martyr Tamara (1942). Martyrs Victor, Zoticus, Zeno, Acindynus, and Severian of Nicomedia (ca. 303). Venerable Cosmas, bishop of Chalcedon, and his fellow-ascetic Venerable Auxentius (815-820). New Martyr John the Tailor of Ioannina, at Constantinople (1526). "Maximov" Icon of the Mother of God (1299). Venerable Euthymius the Enlightener of Karelia (1435), and Venerables Anthony and Felix of St. Nicholas Monastery in Karelia. Monks John and Athanasius of Aegina (Greek). St. Naucratius, abbot of the Studion (848). St. Athanasia the Wonderworker of Aegina (9th c.). St. Basil Ratishvili of the Holy Mountain (13th c.) (Georgia). Martyr Sabbas the Goth (372).
The Bright Resurrection of Christ, The Pascha of the Lord. The End of the Great Lent.
Venerable John of the Ancient Caves in Palestine (8th c.). St. Matrona the Blind of Moscow (1952). New Hieromartyr Victor, bishop of Glazov (1934). New Hieromartyr Demetrius priest (1942). Martyrs Christopher, Theonas, and Antoninus in Nicomedia (303). Hieromartyr Paphnutius of Jerusalem. St. George the Confessor, bishop of Antioch in Pisidia (813-820). St. Tryphon, patriarch of Constantinople (933). Venerable Nicephorus, abbot of Katabad. Venerable Symeon the Barefoot of Philotheou Monastery, Mt. Athos. Finding of the relics (1621) of Venerable Joachim, abbot of Opochka (Pskov) (1515). Venerable Joasaph (Bolotov) of Alaska. Hieromartyr Alphege, archbishop of Canterbury (1012) (Celtic & British). New Martyr Agathangelus of Esphigmenou Monastery, Mt. Athos (1819) (Greek). Martyrs Theodore, his mother Philippa and two soldiers, Socrates and Dionysius at Perge in Pamphylia (2nd c.).