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February 28
"Cyprus" Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos from the village Staromniy, Moscow region (movable holiday on the 1st Sunday of the Great Lent).
Venerable Basil the Confessor (747), companion of St. Procopius at Decapolis.
Hieromartyr Proterius, patriarch of Alexandria, and six companions (457).
Hieromartyr Nestor, bishop of Magydos in Pamphylia (250).
Venerables Marana, Cyanna (Kyra), and Domnica (Domnina), nuns, of Syria (ca. 450).
Apostles Nymphas and Eubulus.
Venerable Romanus, desert-dweller of Condat in the Jura Mountains (460).
Venerable Barsus of Damascus, bishop.
  February 29th
Venerable John Cassian the Roman, abbot (435).
Venerable John, called Barsanuphius, of Nitria in Egypt (5th c.).
Martyr Theoctyrist [Theostyrictus] (8th C).
The Monk Leo, Cappadocian Monastic.
St. Oswald, archbishop of York (992).
St. Germanus of Dacia Pontica (Dobrogea, Romania) (5th c.) .
St. Theosterictus the Confessor, abbot of Pelecete Monastery near Prusa (826).

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.).

March 19
Martyrs Chrysanthus and Daria, and those with them at Rome: Claudius, Hilaria, Jason, Maurus, Diodorus presbyter, and Marianus deacon (283).
Martyr Pancharius at Nicomedia (302).
Venerable Bassa, nun, of Pskov (1473).
Venerable Simeon, prior of the monastery Dajbabe (1941).
The Smolensk "Tenderness" Icon of the Mother of God (1103).
Martyr Dimitri of Tornada (564).
New Martyr Demetrius at Constantinople (1564).
Righteous Mary, wife of Vsevelod III (1206).
New Martyr Nicholas of Karamanos in Smyrna (1657).
Martyr Alcmund, prince of Northumbria.

March 20
Parents’ Saturday. Remembrance of the dead.
The Holy Fathers who were slain at the Monastery of St.Sabbas: Venerables John, Sergius, Patrick, and others (796).
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).
Righteous Abel, first martyr in history of mankind.
St. Austreigiselis, bishop of Bourges (624).
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 .

March 21
Venerable John Lestvichnik (movable holiday on the 4th Sunday of the Great Lent).
Venerable James the Confessor, bishop, of the Studium (late 8th c.).
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) .
St. Enda of Aran, monk, earliest leader of Irish monas-ticism (530).
Martyrs Philemon and Domnina of Rome.
St. Beryllus, bishop of Catania (2nd c.).
St. Sophronius, abbot of the monastery of St. Theodosius (542).
St. Serapion the Sindonite, monk of Egypt (542).

March 22
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.).
St. Paul, bishop of Narbonne, Brittany (3rd c.).

March 23
Monk-martyr Nicon and 199 disciples, in Sicily (251).
Martyrs Philetas the Senator, his wife Lydia, their sons Macedon and Theoprepius, the notary Cronides, and Amphilochius the Captain, in Illyria (125).
Martyr Dometius the Persian, under Julian the Apostate (ca. 360-361).

March 24
Venerable Zacharias the Recluse of Egypt (4th c.).
St. Artemon, bishop of Seleucia (1st c.).
Venerable James the Confessor, bishop of Catania (802-811).
"The Clouded Mount" Icon of the Mother of God.
Eight Martyrs of Caesarea in Palestine.
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.

March 25
St. Senuphius the Wonderworker of Latomos (9th c.).
St. Nicander of Pskov (1581).

Hebrews 2:11-18 Theotokos
Luke 1:24-38 Theotokos

March 26
Synaxis of the Archangel Gabriel.
Hieromartyr Irenaeus, bishop of Srem (Sirmium), Serbia (304).
Martyrs Bathusius and Bercus presbyters, monk Arpilus, laymen Abibus, Agnus, Reasus, Igathrax, Iscoeus (Iskous, Escoes), Silas, Signicus, Sonerilas, Suimbalus, Thermus, Phillus (Philgas), and the women Anna, Alia, Larissa, Monco (Manca), Mamica, Uirko (Virko), Animais (Animaida), Gaatha, and Duklida, in Crimea (375).
Venerable Malchus of Chalcis in Syria (4th c.).
Venerable Basil the Younger, anchorite near Constantinople (944).
Hieromartyr Eusebius, bishop of Kival, and Martyr Pullius the Reader.
St. Braulio of Saragossa in Iberia (646).
Martyr Codratus (Quadratus), and with him 40 Martyrs, who suffered under Diocletian.
St. Ludger, bishop of Munster (809).
Martyr Montanus the priest, and his wife Maxima at Sirmium (beginning of 4th c.).
St. Eutychius, subdeacon of Alexandria (356).
Venerable Stephen the Wonderworker, abbot of Tryglia (815).
St. Govan, hermit of Pembrokeshire.

March 27
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. Rupert, bishop of Salzburg (718).
Martyrs John and Baruch.
St. Eutyches, monk.

March 28
Venerable Mary of Egypt (movable holiday on the 5th Sunday of the Great Lent).
Venerable Hilarion the New, abbot of Pelecete (754).
Venerable Stephen the Wonderworker, abbot of Tryglia (815).
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.
St. Hesychius the Theologian of Jerusalem, disciple of St. Gregory the Theologian (434).
Apostle Herodion of the Seventy.
Sts. Priscus, Malchus, and Alexander in Caesaria of Palestine (259).

March 29
Martyr Mark, bishop of Arethusa (364), and with him Hieromartyr Cyril the Deacon of Heliopolis, and others, who suffered under Julian the Apostate (362).
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.

March 30
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.).
St. Osburga of Coventry, virgin (1015).
Translation of the relics of the Martyr-King Edmund of East Anglia.
Venerable John the Hermit of Cilicia (4th c.).