For Prayer and Fasting

March 1

Martyr Eudocia of Heliopolis (152).
Martyrs Nestor, Tribimius, Marcellus, and Anthony of Perge in Pamphylia (3rd c.).
Martyr Antonina of Nicaea in Bithynia (284-305).
Venerable Domnina of Syria (450-460).
Venerable Agapius of Vatopedi Skete of Kolitsou, Mt. Athos, and his four companions.
Venerable Swidbert, monastic founder on the Rhine River (713).
St. David of Wales, bishop (6th c.).
St. Albinus, bishop of Angers (550).
St. Leo-Luke of Corleone, Sicily (900).
Martyrs Sophronius and Silvester.
Martyrs Charisius, Nicephorus, and Agapius.

March 2
Hieromartyr Theodotus, bishop of Cyrenia (315).
St. Arsenius, bishop of Tver (1409).
Virgin-martyr Euthalia of Sicily (257).
Martyr Troadius of Neo-Caesarea (3rd c.).
Venerable Agatho of Egypt, monk (5th c.).
440 Martyrs slain by the Lombards (579).
St. Chad, bishop of Lichtfield, England (672).
St. Quintus of Phrygia, confessor and wonderworker (283).
Martyr Andronicus and the virgin Athanasia.
Hieromartyrs Nestor the bishop and Tribimius the deacon of Perga in Pamphylia (250).
Martyr Hesychius the Palatine of Antioch (304).

Tone seven. 
Hebrews4:14-5:6
Mark8:34-9:1
Εβρ.δ´ 14 - 16, ε´ 1 - 6
Μαρκ.η´ 34 - 38, θ´ 1 - 1
Евреям4:14-5:6
Марка8:34-9:1 

March 3
Martyr Eutropius of Amasea, and with him Martyrs Cleonicus and Basiliscus (308).
Venerable Piama, virgin (337).
Sts. Zeno and Zoilus.
St. Alexandra, of Alexandria (4th c.).
St. Caluppan of Auvergne (576) .
St. Non, mother of St. David of Wales (6th c.).
St. Winwaloe of Brittany (530).
St. John (Chrysostom) IV, the Catholicos of Georgia (1049).
Hieromartyr Theodoretus, Priest of Antioch (361-363).

March 4
Venerable Gerasimus of the Jordan (475).
Martyrs Paul, his sister Juliana, and Quadratus, Acacius, and Stratonicus, at Ptolemais in Syria (273).
Venerable James the Faster of Phoenicia (6th c.).
Translation of the relics (938) of Martyr Wenceslaus, prince of the Czechs (935).
St. Gregory, bishop of Constantia in Cyprus.
St. Gregory, bishop of Assos near Ephesus (1150).
St. Julian, patriarch of Alexandria (189).

March 5
Martyr Conon of Isauria (2nd c.).
Martyr Onisius of Isauria (2nd c.).
Martyr Conon the Gardener of Pamphylia (251).
Virgin-martyr Irais (Rhais) of Antinoe in Egypt (3rd c.) and with her Martyr Archelaus and 152 Martyrs in Egypt.
Martyr Eulogius of Palestine.
Martyr Eulampius of Palestine.
Venerable Mark the Faster of Egypt (5th c.).
Venerable Hesychius the Faster of Bithynia (790).
"Nurtured Up-Bringing" Icon of the Mother of God.
Martyr Archelaus and 152 Martyrs in Egypt.
St. Kieran (Ciaran) of Saigher, Munster(5th-6th c.).
St. Theophilus, bishop of Caesaria in Palestine (200).
St. Virgil, archbishop of Aries (618).

March 6
Parents’ Saturday. Remembrance of the dead.
The 42 Martyrs of Ammoria in Phrygia, including: Constantine, Aetius, Theophilus, Theodore, Melissenus, Callistus, Basoes, and others (845).
The uncovering of the Precious Cross and the Precious Nails by Empress St. Helen (326).
Monk-martyrs Conon and his son Conon of Iconium (270-275).
Venerable Arcadius, monk, of Cyprus (361), and his disciples Julian and Bulius.
Venerable Fridolin, abbot, enlightener of the Upper Rhine (538).
Martyrs Cyriacus and 12 companions, who suffered under Diocletian in Augsburg (304).
Translation of the relics Sts. Cyneswitha and Cyneburga, abbesses of Caistor, and St. Tibba, nun, of Rynall.
Monk-martyr Maximus.
Martyr Euphrosynus.
Martyrs Julian and Eubulus.
St. Hesychius the Wonderworker, monk.

March 7
St. Gregory Palamas the Archbishop of Thessalonica (movable holiday on the 2nd Sunday of the Great Lent).
Synaxis of all Venerable Fathers of the Kiev Caves (movable holiday on the 2nd Sunday of the Great Lent).
The Holy Hieromartyrs of Cherson: Basil, Ephraim, Capito, Eugene, Aetherius, Elpidius, and Agathodorus (4th c.).
Venerable Paul the Simple of Egypt, disciple of St. Anthony the Great (4th c.).
St. Paul the Confessor, bishop of Prusias in Bithynia (850).
Venerable Emilian of Rome.
Sts. Nestor and Arcadius, bishops of Tremithus.
Venerable Laurence, founder of the monastery of the Mother of God on Salamis (1707) .
St. Ephraim, Patriarch of Antioch (546).
St. Dandus and all Saints of Thrace.
St. Eosterwine, abbot of Wearmount.

March 8
Venerable Theophylactus, bishop of Nicomedia (845).
Apostle Hermas of the Seventy (1st c.).
Hieromartyr Theodoretus of Antioch (361).
Venerable Dometius, monk (363).
Kursk "Sign" Icon (1898) Icon of the Mother of God.
St. Felix of Burgundy, bishop of Dunwich and enlightener of East Anglia (648).
Venerable Paul of Prusias, confessor (840).
Martyrs Quintilian and Capatolinus in Nicomedia.

Tone eight. 
John20:11-18 (8th Matins Gospel)
ΕΩΘΙΝΟΝ Η' (8) ΙΩΑΝΝΗ 20,11-18 (Αγρυπνία)
Иоанна20:11-18 (на утрене. Евангелие 8-e)

March 9
The Holy Forty Martyrs of Sebaste: Cyrion (or Quirio), Candidus, Domnus, Hesychius, Heraclius, Smaragdus, Eunoicus, Valens, Vivianus, Claudius, Priscus, Theodulus, Eutychius, John, Xanthias, Helianus, Sisinius, Angus, Aetius, Flavius, Acacius, Ecdicius, Lysimachus, Alexander, Elias, Gorgonius, Theophilus, Dometian, Gaius, Leontius, Athanasius, Cyril, Sacerdon, Nicholas, Valerius, Philoctimon, Severian, Chudion, Aglaius,and Meliton (320).
Urpasianus of Nicomedia (295).
Righteous Caesarius, brother of St. Gregory the Theologian (369).
St. Tarasius of Liconium.
St. Philoromus the Confessor of Galatia (4th c.).
St. Pacianus, bishop of Barcelona (390).
St. Vitalius of Castronovo (994).

Tone eight.
Hebrews6:13-20
Mark9:17-31
Εβρ.ϛ´ 13 - 20
Μαρκ.θ´ 17 - 31
Евреям6:13-20
Марка9:17-31 

March 10
Martyrs Codratus (Quadratus) and with him: Cyprian, Dionysius, Anectus, Paul, Crescens, Dionysius (another), Victorinus, Victor, Nicephorus, Claudius, Diodorus, Serapion, Papias, Leonidas, Chariessa, Nunechia, Basilissa, Nice, Galla, Galina, Theodora, and others at Corinth (258).
Martyrs Codratus, Saturninus, and Rufinus of Nicomedia (3rd c.).
Venerable Anastasia the Patrician of Alexandria (567).
New Martyr Michael of Agrapha, Thessalonica (1544). 
Martyr Marcian.
Venerable George Arselaites (6th c.).
St. Attalus, abbot of Bobbio (626).
St. Kessog, bishop of Loch Lomond.
St. John of Khakuhli, also called Chrysostom (10th-11th c.).

March 11
St. Sophronius, patriarch of Jerusalem (638).
Hieromartyr Pionius of Smyrna and those with him: Asclepiades, Macedonia, Linus and Sabina (250).
Translation of the relics of Martyr Epimachus of Pelusium to Constantinople (250).
St. Sophronius of Vratsa (1815).
Venerable George, abbot of Sinai, brother of St. John Climacus (7th c.).
Venerable John Moskhos (622).
Venerable Oengus the Culdee, compiler of first Irish martyrology (824).
Venerable George the New, wonderworker of Constantinople (970).
Hieromartyr Eulogius, metropolitan of Cordova (859).
Martyrs Trophimus and Thalus of Laodicea (300).
Hieromartyr Constantine, in Kintyre.

March 12
Venerable Theophanes the Confessor of Sigriane (818).
St. Gregory the Dialogist, pope of Rome (604).
Venerable Symeon the New Theologian (1022) and his elder Symeon the Reverent of the Studium (987).
The Lydda Icon of the Mother of God Not-Made-by-Hands (1st c.).
Righteous Aaron the High Priest, brother of Prophet Moses the God-Seer.
Venerable Cyrus, monk of Alexandria (6th c.).
St. Alphege, bishop of Winchester, England (951).
St. Paul, bishop of Leon in Brittany (572).
St. Nicodemus of Mammola in Calabria (990).

March 13
Parents’ Saturday. Remembrance of the dead.
Translation of the relics (846) of St. Nicephorus the Confessor, patriarch of Constantinople (829).
Martyr Sabinus (Abibus) of Egypt (303).
Martyrs Africanus, Publius, and Terence of Carthage (3rd c.).
Martyr Alexander of Macedonia (305).
Martyr Christina of Persia (4th c.).
Venerable Aninas the Presbyter of the Euphrates.
Hieromartyr Publius, bishop of Athens and disciple of St. Dionysius the Areopagite (2nd c.).
St. Leander, bishop of Seville (596).

March 14
Venerable Benedict of Nursia, abbot (543).
St. Euschemon, bishop of Lampsacus (9th c.).
Martyr Eustathius and his company at Carrhae, Mesopotamia (741).

March 15
Martyrs Agapius, Publius (Pauplios), Timolaus, Romulus, two named Dionysius, and two named Alexander, at Caesarea in Palestine (303).
Hieromartyr Alexander of Side in Pamphylia (270-275).
Martyr Nicander of Egypt (302).
St. Hebarestes.
St. Zachariah, pope of Rome (752).

Tone one.
John20:19-31 (9th Matins Gospel)
ΕΩΘΙΝΟΝ Θ' (9) ΙΩΑΝΝΗ 20,19-31 (Αγρυπνία)
Иоанна20:19-31 (на утрене. Евангелие 9-e)

March 16
Martyr Sabinas of Hermopolis, Egypt (303).
Martyr Papas of Lycaonia (305).
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.
St. Abban of Kilabban (650).

Tone one.
Hebrews9:11-14
Mark10:32-45
Εβρ.θ´ 11 - 14
Μαρκ.ι´ 32 - 45
Евреям9:11-14
Марка10:32-45 
Galatians3:23-29 (Venerable Mary)
Luke7:36-50 (Venerable Mary)
Γαλάτας 3:23-29
Λουκᾶν 7:36-50
Галатам3:23-29 (прп. Марии)
Луки7:36-50 (прп. Марии)

March 17
Venerable Alexis the Man of God, in Rome (411).
Martyr Marinus, soldier, at Caesarea in Palestine (260).
Venerable Patrick, enlightener of Ireland (451).
Monk-martyr Paul of Crete (767).
St. Withburga, solitary at Holkham and East Dereham (ca. 743).
St. Ambrose, deacon of Alexandria (400).
St. Gertrude, abbess of Nivelles (659).
St. Theosterictus the Confessor, abbot of Pelecete Monastery near Prusa (826).
St. Beccan of Rhum (677) .

March 18
St. Cyril, archbishop of Jerusalem (386).
Martyrs Trophimus and Eucarpus of Nicomedia (300).
Venerable Ananias (Aninas), presbyter and monk, of the Euphrates.
St. Edward the Martyr, king of England (978).
The 10,000 Martyrs of Nicomedia.
St. Tetricus, bishop of Langres in Gaul (572-573).
Venerable Daniel, monk of Egypt (6th c.).