March 31 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
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- Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Apr. 1
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...
- Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Apr. 1
April 1 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Mar. 31 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Apr. 2All fixed commemorations below celebrated on Apr. 14 by those churches which follow the Julian Calendar.-Saints:* Saint Mary of Egypt* Saint Euthymius of Suzdal, monk* Saint Meiton, Bishop of Sardis...
Fixed commemorations
All commemorations below are observed on April 13 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...
Saints
- 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...
Hypatius the WonderworkerHypatius the WonderworkerSaint Hypatius the Wonderworker, Hypatius of Gangra - Hieromartyr; titular Bishop of Gangra, Asia Minor; present at the First Ecumenical Council where he supported Saint Athanasius the Great against the Arian heresy. The Eastern Orthodox Church celebrates him on March 31.-Life:There is not much...
, 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 Gangra - Saint Hyparius, abbotAbbotThe word abbot, meaning father, is a title given to the head of a monastery in various traditions, including Christianity. The office may also be given as an honorary title to a clergyman who is not actually the head of a monastery...
of Rufinus in ChalcedonChalcedonChalcedon , sometimes transliterated as Chalkedon) was an ancient maritime town of Bithynia, in Asia Minor, almost directly opposite Byzantium, south of Scutari . It is now a district of the city of Istanbul named Kadıköy... - Saint Apollonius of the Thebaid, ascetic
- MartyrMartyrA martyr is somebody who suffers persecution and death for refusing to renounce, or accept, a belief or cause, usually religious.-Meaning:...
s Abdas the Bishop and Benjamin the Deacon, of Persia - Repose of Saint Jonah, MetropolitanMetropolitan bishopIn Christian churches with episcopal polity, the rank of metropolitan bishop, or simply metropolitan, pertains to the diocesan bishop or archbishop of a metropolis; that is, the chief city of a historical Roman province, ecclesiastical province, or regional capital.Before the establishment of...
of KievKievKiev 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....
and all 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... - Righteous JosephJoseph (Hebrew Bible)Joseph is an important character in the Hebrew bible, where he connects the story of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob in Canaan to the subsequent story of the liberation of the Israelites from slavery in Egypt....
the Fair, son of JacobJacobJacob "heel" or "leg-puller"), also later known as Israel , as described in the Hebrew Bible, the Talmud, the New Testament and the Qur'an was the third patriarch of the Hebrew people with whom God made a covenant, and ancestor of the tribes of Israel, which were named after his descendants.In the... - Saint Acacius the Confessor, Bishop of Mcliccne
- Saint Hypatius the Healer of the Kiev Caves
- Saint InnocentSaint InnocentSaint Innocent may refer to:*Pope Innocent I*Saint Innocent of Alaska*Saint Innocent, of the Theban Legion*Saint Innocent, a bishop of Tortona*Saint Innocent of Irkutsk, bishop...
of MoscowMoscowMoscow 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...
, enlightener of SiberiaSiberiaSiberia is an extensive region constituting almost all of Northern Asia. Comprising the central and eastern portion of the Russian Federation, it was part of the Soviet Union from its beginning, as its predecessor states, the Tsardom of Russia and the Russian Empire, conquered it during the 16th...
and AlaskaAlaskaAlaska is the largest state in the United States by area. It is situated in the northwest extremity of the North American continent, with Canada to the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, with Russia further west across the Bering Strait... - Martyr Menander
- Saint Blaise of Amoria, monkMonkA 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...
- 38 relatives who were beheaded 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....
- Saint Stephen the Wonderworker, monk
Other Commemorations
- Appearance of the Iberian (Iveron) IconIconAn icon is a religious work of art, most commonly a painting, from Eastern Christianity and in certain Eastern Catholic churches...
of the Most Holy TheotokosTheotokosTheotokos is the Greek title of Mary, the mother of Jesus used especially in the Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, and Eastern Catholic Churches. Its literal English translations include God-bearer and the one who gives birth to God. Less literal translations include Mother of God... - Repose of Abbot Philaret of Glinsk Hermitage (1841)