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MARCH 2009
SUN
MON
TUE
WED
THU
FRI
SAT
1

Forgiveness Sunday


Eudokia the Martyr of
Heliopolis

Andonina the New
Martyr
2 *

First Monday in Lent


Hesychios the Martyr

Our Holy Father
Nicholas of Plana
3 *

First Tuesday in Lent


Eutropios, Kleonikos,
Vasiliskos, Zenos, &
Zoilis the Martyrs

Theodoretos the Holy
Martyr of Antioch
4 *

First Wednesday in
Lent

Gerasimos the Righteous
of Jordan

Paul & his sister Juliana
and their Companions
5 *

First Thursday in Lent


Konon the Gardener

Theodore the Recruit
6 *

First Friday in Lent


42 Martyrs of Amorion
in Phrygia

Finding the Precious
Cross by St. Helen
7 **

First Saturday in Lent


The 7 Hieromartyrs of
Cherson

Lavrentios of Megara,
the Righteous
8 **

Sunday of Orthodoxy


Theophylaktos, Bishop
of Nicomedea

Hermas the Apostle of
the 70
9 **

40 Martyrs at Lake
Sebaste

Caesarios the Righteous
10 *

2nd Tuesday of Lent


Kodratos the Martyr &
his Companions

Anastasia of Alexandria
11 *

2nd Wednesday of Lent


Sophronios, Patriarch of
Jerusalem

Theodora the Righteous
12 *

2nd Thursday of Lent


Theophanes the
Confessor

Symeon the New
Theologian
13 *

2nd Friday of Lent


Removal of the relics of
Nicephoros, Patriarch
of Constantinople

Pouplios the Martyr,
Bishop of Athens
14 **

Second Saturday in
Lent

Saint Benedict the
Righteous of Nursia

Euschemon the
Confessor, Bishop of
Lampasakos
15 **

Sunday of St. Gregory
Palamas

Agapios the martyr &
his Companions

Manuel the New Martyr
of Crete
16 *

3rd Monday of Lent


Savinos the Martyr of
Egypt

Christodoulos the
Wonderworker of
Patmos
17 **

3rd Tuesday of Lent

Saint Patrick, the
Enlightener of Ireland

Alexios man of God
18 *

3rd Wednesday of Lent


Cyril, Patriarch of
Jerusalem

Trophimos &
Eukarpion,
Monk-martyrs of
Nicomedea
19 *

3rd Thursday of Lent


Chrysanthos & Daria the
Martyrs

Demetrios the New
Martyr
20 *

3rd Friday of Lent


Righteous Fathers slain
at the Monastery of St.
Savas

Saint Cuthbert the
Wonderworker, Bishop
of Lindisfarne
21 **

Third Saturday of Lent


James the Confessor

Thomas I, Patriarch of
Constantinople
22 **

Sunday of the Holy
Cross

Basil the Holy Martyr
of Ancyra

Kalliniki & Vassilisa the
Martyrs
23 *

4th Monday of Lent


Nikon the Holy Martyr
& his 200 Companion
Martyrs

Anatolios & Protoleon
the Martyrs converted
by the martyrdom of St.
George
24 **

4th Tuesday of Lent

Forefeast of the
Annunciation of the
Theotokos

Saint Tikhon, Patriarch
of Moscow.
25 ***

Annunciation of the
Theotokos
26 *

4th Thursday of Lent


Synaxis in honor of the
Archangel Gabriel

26 Martyrs in Crimea
27

4th Friday of Lent


Matrona of
Thessaloniki

Paul, Bishop of Corinth
28 **

Fourth Saturday of
Lent

Hilarion the New

Herodion the Apostle of
the 70
29 **

Sunday of St. John
Climacus

Mark, Bishop of
Arethusa

Martyr Cyril the
Deacon and Those with
him
30 *

5th Monday of Lent


John Climacus the
Righteous, author of
The Divine Ladder of
Ascent

Sosthenes Apollos,
Cephas, Caesar, &
Epaphroditos, the
Apostles of the 70
31 *

5th Tuesday of Lent


Hypatios the
Wonderworker

Innocent, Enlightener of
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