February

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  • 17 February/2 March

    In the city of Amasea, in the province of Pontus, during the Emperor Maximian's (286­305) persecution, the soldier Theodore, together with other...
  • 18 February/2 March

    The Holy Hierarch was born in Cappadocia during the reign of Emperors Diocletian and Maximian (284 - 305). His parents were Christians. From...
  • 20 February/5 March

    St. Leo was bishop of Catania, Sicily. He was renowned for his kindness and charity, his Christian love for strangers and the poor. The Lord...
  • 23 February / 8 March

    Venerable Alexander, founder of the "Non-sleeping Ones" Monastery, was born in Asia and was educated in Constantinople. For a time, he was in...
  • 26 February/11 March

    St. John Kalphes, was from Galata, and was an apprentice to a cabinetmaker in the royal palace. Other members of the nobility would invite him...
  • 28 February/13 March

    For over three decades, Blessed Nikolas of Pskov waged the spiritual struggle of being a fool-for-Christ. Well before his death, he acquired...
  • 1/14 March

    St. Martyrius was from Velikiy Luk. At the age of 10 he was orphaned, and was raised by the priest Bogolep. After entering monastic life, he struggled for...
  • 4/17 March

    The right-believing Vyacheslav (also Wenceslaus or Vaclav), Prince of the Czechs, was the grandson of the Holy Princess Ludmilla, who instructed him in...
  • 5/18 March and 20 April/3 May

    At its meeting on May 19, the Council of Bishops of the Serbian Orthodox Church unanimously decided to officially canonize Bishop...
  • 6/19 March

    Venerable St. Job (in the world, John) of Anzera, was born in Moscow in 1635. He began pastoral service as a priest in one of the parish churches. He...
  • 12/25 March

    The saint was born in Constantinople, into a pious and prominent family. Theophanes’ father was related to the Byzantine Emperor Leo III the Isaurian (...
  • 14/27 March

    The founder of the Western Benedictine monastic order was born in the Italian city of Nursia in the year 480. At 14, the saint was dispatched by his...
  • 17/30 March

    In the fourth century, in Rome lived the wealthy spouses, Euthymianus and Aglaia, who were known for their kindheartedness and compassion. Daily they...
  • 18/31 March

    Edward was the oldest son of English King Edgar, who reigned from the year 957. Edgar, like his famous great-grandfather King Alfred the Great, was...

April

  • 19 March/1 April

    Saints Chrysanthus and Daria (and with them Claudius, Hilaria, Jason and Maurus) suffered in Rome in the year 283. Saint Chrysanthus was the son of...

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