March 29 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
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March 28 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Mar. 27 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Mar. 29-Fixed commemorations:All commemorations below are observed on April 10 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Hilarion the New, abbot of Pelecete*Saint Stephen the Wonderworker, abbot of Triglia...
- Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Mar. 30
March 30 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Mar. 29 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Mar. 31-Fixed commemorations:All commemorations below are observed on April 12 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Saint John Climacus of Sinai, author of The Ladder of Divine Ascent...
Fixed commemorations
All commemorations below are observed on April 11 by Old CalendaristsOld 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...
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- MartyrMartyrA martyr is somebody who suffers persecution and death for refusing to renounce, or accept, a belief or cause, usually religious.-Meaning:...
Mark, BishopBishopA bishop is an ordained or consecrated member of the Christian clergy who is generally entrusted with a position of authority and oversight. Within the Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox Churches, in the Assyrian Church of the East, in the Independent Catholic Churches, and in the...
of ArethusaArethusa- Mythology :* Arethusa , a nereid nymph who became a fountain* See Hesperides for Arethusa, a hesperid nymph- Places :* Arethusa , an ancient city in Mygdonia of ancient Macedonia* Arethusa , a titular see of Syria near Apameia... - Martyr Cyril the Deacon of Heliopolis of Phoenicia, and others who suffered under Julian the ApostateJulian the ApostateJulian "the Apostate" , commonly known as Julian, or also Julian the Philosopher, was Roman Emperor from 361 to 363 and a noted philosopher and Greek writer....
- SaintSaintA 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...
John of EgyptJohn of EgyptSaint John of Egypt was one of the hermits of the Nitrean desert. He began as a carpenter and left to solitude after receiving a divine call. According to hagiographer Alban Butler, John was noted for performing seemingly absurd acts at the bidding of the Holy Spirit, such as rolling rocks from...
, anchoriteAnchoriteAnchorite denotes someone who, for religious reasons, withdraws from secular society so as to be able to lead an intensely prayer-oriented, ascetic, and—circumstances permitting—Eucharist-focused life... - Saint Euscarhius (Eustace) the ConfessorConfessor-Confessor of the Faith:Its oldest use is to indicate a saint who has suffered persecution and torture for the faith, but not to the point of death. The term is still used in this way in the East. In Latin Christianity it has come to signify any saint, as well as those who have been declared...
, Bishop of BithyniaBithyniaBithynia was an ancient region, kingdom and Roman province in the northwest of Asia Minor, adjoining the Propontis, the Thracian Bosporus and the Euxine .-Description:... - Saints Jonah and Mark of the Pskov Caves
- RussiaRussiaRussia 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 martyrs PriestPriestA priest is a person authorized to perform the sacred rites of a religion, especially as a mediatory agent between humans and deities. They also have the authority or power to administer religious rites; in particular, rites of sacrifice to, and propitiation of, a deity or deities...
Paul Voinarsky and with him Paul and Alexis (1919)