March 25 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
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Mar. 23 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Mar. 25-Fixed commemorations:All commemorations below are observed on April 6 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Saint Zacharias the Recluse*Saint Ancmon, Bishop of Seleucia...

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March 26 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Mar. 25 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Mar. 27-Saints:*Synaxis of the Archangel Gabriel*Hieromartyr Irenaeus, Bishop of Sirmium in Hungary*Hieromartyr Eusebius, Bishop of Kival, and martyr Pullius the Reader*Saint Malchus of Chalcis in Syria...


Fixed commemorations

All commemorations below are observed on April 7 by Old Calendarists
Old calendarists
The term Old Calendarist refers to any Orthodox Christian or any Orthodox Church body which uses the historic Julian calendar , and whose Church body is not in communion with the Orthodox Churches that use the New Calendar...


Saints

  • Martyr
    Martyr
    A martyr is somebody who suffers persecution and death for refusing to renounce, or accept, a belief or cause, usually religious.-Meaning:...

    s Pelagia, Theodosia, and Dula of Nicomedia
    Nicomedia
    Nicomedia was an ancient city in what is now Turkey, founded in 712/11 BC as a Megarian colony and was originally known as Astacus . After being destroyed by Lysimachus, it was rebuilt by Nicomedes I of Bithynia in 264 BC under the name of Nicomedia, and has ever since been one of the most...

  • Russia
    Russia
    Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

    n new martyr Tikhon, Patriarch
    Patriarch
    Originally a patriarch was a man who exercised autocratic authority as a pater familias over an extended family. The system of such rule of families by senior males is called patriarchy. This is a Greek word, a compound of πατριά , "lineage, descent", esp...

     of Moscow
    Moscow
    Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...

     (1925)
  • Saint
    Saint
    A saint is a holy person. In various religions, saints are people who are believed to have exceptional holiness.In Christian usage, "saint" refers to any believer who is "in Christ", and in whom Christ dwells, whether in heaven or in earth...

     Justin Popovich of Cheliye (1979)

Other Commemorations

  • Repose of Hiero-schema monk
    Monk
    A monk is a person who practices religious asceticism, living either alone or with any number of monks, while always maintaining some degree of physical separation from those not sharing the same purpose...

     Parthenins of Kiev
    Kiev
    Kiev or Kyiv is the capital and the largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper River. The population as of the 2001 census was 2,611,300. However, higher numbers have been cited in the press....

     (1855)
  • Greek Independence Day
    History of Greece
    The history of Greece encompasses the history of the territory of the modern state of Greece, as well as that of the Greek people and the areas they ruled historically. The scope of Greek habitation and rule has varied much through the ages, and, as a result, the history of Greece is similarly...

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