For Prayer and Fasting

February 22
Uncovering of the relics of the Holy Martyrs at the gate of Eugenius at Constantinople (395-423).
Martyrs Maurice and his son Photinus, and Martyrs Theodore, Philip, and 70 soldiers, at Apamea in Syria (305).
Venerables Thalassius, Limnaeus, and Baradates, hermits of Syria (5th c.).
Venerable Athanasius the Confessor of Constantinople (826).
St. Telesphorus, pope of Rome (127).
St. Papius of Hierapolis (2nd c.).
Venerable Peter the Stylite of Mt. Athos.
St. Abilius, patriarch of Alexandria (98).
St. Titus, bishop of Bostra in Arabia (378).
Holy Nine Children of Kola: Guarami, Adarnasi, Bakari, Vache, Bardzini, Dachi, Djuansheri, Ramazi, and Parsmani (6th c.).
St. Leontius of Lycia (6th c.).
Sts. Babylus and his wife Comnita of Nicosa (7th c.).

After Liturgy : concluding with the Canon of St Theodore the Tyro and the Blessing ofKolyva

February 23
Hieromartyr Polycarp, bishop of Smyrna (167).
Venerables John, Antioch, Antoninus, Moses, Zebinas, Polychronius, Moses, and Damian, ascetics of the Syrian desert (5th c.).
Venerable Alexander, founder of the order of the Unsleeping Ones (430).
Venerable Gorgonia, sister of St. Gregory the Theologian (372).

Tone four
Luke24:1-12 (4th Matins Gospel)
ΕΩΘΙΝΟΝ Δ' (4) ΛΟΥΚΑ 24,1-12 (Αγρυπνία)
Луки24:1-12 (на утрене. Евангелие 4-e)

February 24
First (4th c.) and Second (452) Findings of the Precious Head of St. John the Baptist.
Martyrs Montanus, Lucias, Julian, Victoricus, Flavian and their companions at Carthage (259).
St. Cummain Ailbe, abbot of Ilona (669).

Tone four.
Hebrews11:24-26, 11:32-12:2
John1:43-51
Εβρ.ια´ 24 - 26, 32 - 40
Ιω.α´ 44 - 52
Евреям11:24-26, 32-12:2
Иоанна1:43-51

February 25
St. Tarasius, archbishop of Constantinople (806).
Hieromartyr Reginus, bishop of the isle of Skopelos (355).
Venerable Polycarp.
Martyr Anthony.
Venerables Erasmus and Paphnutius of Kephala, monks, contemporaries of St. Anthony the Great (4th c.).
Martyrs Alexander at Marcionopolis (305) and Hypatius.
St. Ethelbert, king of Kent (616).
Venerable Walburga, abbess of Heidenheim (779).
St. Maecellus, bishop of Apamea in Syria.
St. Theodore, fool-for-Chist.

February 26
St. Porphyrius, bishop of Gaza (420).
Martyrs Sebastian and Christodoulos (66).
New Martyr John Calphas ("the Apprentice") at Constantinople (1575).
St. Photina, the Samaritan woman, and her sisters Anatola, Phota, Photis, Parasceva, and Cyriaca; her sons Photinus and Joses; and Sebastian the Duke, Victor, and Christodulus — all martyred under Nero (66).
Martyr Theoclitas, martyred with St. Photina.
The Mezhetsk Icon of the Mother of God.

February 27
Great Martyr Theodore Tyro (306) (movable holiday on Saturday of the 1st week of the Great Lent).
Venerable Procopius the Confessor of Decapolis (ca. 750).
Venerable Thalelaeus, hermit of Syria (460).
Martyr Gelasius the Actor of Heliopolis (297).
Venerable Stephen, monk of Constantinople (614).
Venerables Asclepius and James of Syria, monks (5th c.).
Venerable Timothy of Caesarea, monk.
Martyr Nesius.
Martyrs Julian and his disciple Chroniun at Alexandria (250-252).
St. Macarius, bishop of Jerusalem (333).

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 five.
Luke24:12-35 (5th Matins Gospel)
ΕΩΘΙΝΟΝ Ε' (5) ΛΟΥΚΑ  24,12-35 (Αγρυπνία)
Луки24:12-35 (на утрене. Евангелие 5-e)

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).

Tone five. 
 Hebrews1:10-2:3
Mark2:1-12
Εβρ.α´ 10 - 14, β´ 1 - 3
Μαρκ.β´ 1 - 12
Евреям1:10-2:3
Марка2:1-12 
Hebrews7:26-8:2 (Saint)
John10:9-16 (Saint) 

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.

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 six.Luke24:36-53 (6th Matins Gospel)
ΕΩΘΙΝΟΝ ΣΤ' (6) ΛΟΥΚΑ 24,36-53 (Αγρυπνία)
Луки24:36-53 (на утрене. Евангелие 6-e)

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.).

Tone six. 
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 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).

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 seven.
John20:1-10 (7th Matins Gospel)
ΕΩΘΙΝΟΝ Ζ' (7) ΙΩΑΝΝΗ 20,1-10 (Αγρυπνία)
Иоанна20:1-10 (на утрене. Евангелие 7-e)

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) .

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

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).

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 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.

Tone eight.
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)

Luke 1:39-49, 56 Matins Gospel