Orthodox Calendar for March 2016

March 2016
Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
		1 Martyr Eudoxia of Heliopolis	2 Fast Hieromartyr Theodotus, Bishop of Cyrenia St Arseny, Bishop of Tver The Four Hundred and Forty Martyrs of Lombardy (579) Holy Martyr Euthalia (257)	3 Martyrs Eutropius, Cleonicus and Basiliscus An Unknown Girl in Alexandria (?)	4 Fast Ven. Gerasimus of the Jordan Rt. Blv. Prince Daniel of Moscow St James the Faster of Phoenecia (6th c.)	5 Memorial Saturday Martyr Conon of Isauria St Mark of Athens (4th c.) St Mark the Ascetic (5th c.)
6 Sunday of Meatfare Sunday of the Last Judgment Forty-two Martyrs of Ammoria	7 Fast—Meat Fast Seven Hieromartyrs of Cherson	8 Fast—Meat Fast St Theophylactus, Bishop of Nicomedia Hieromartyr Theodoretus (362)	9 Fast—Meat Fast No Liturgy Holy Forty Martyrs of Sebaste St Caesarius (369)	10 Fast—Meat Fast Martyr Quadratus and Companions Our Holy Mother Anastasia (563)	11 Fast—Meat Fast No Liturgy St. Sophronius, Patriarch of Jerusalem St Euthymius, Bishop of Novgorod St Sophronios, patriarch of Jerusalem (638) St John Moschos, author of the Spiritual Meadow (622) Holy Martyr Pionius (250)	12 Fast—Meat Fast Commemoration of Departed Righteous Monastics Ven. Theophanes the Confessor St Gregory the Great (the Dialogist), Pope of Rome (604) Repose of St Symeon the New Theologian (1021)
13 Fast—Meat Fast Sunday of Cheesefare: Expulsion of Adam from Paradise Forgiveness Sunday Trans. Rel. Nicephorus, Patr. Constantinopole	14 Lenten Fast—No overrides Great Canon Beginning of the Great Fast Ven. Benedict of Nursia St Theognostus, Metropolitan of Kiev (1353)	15 Lenten Fast—No overrides Great Canon Martyr Agapius and Seven with Him Holy Martyr Alexander (270-275)	16 Lenten Fast—No overrides Great Canon; Presanctified Liturgy Martyr Sabinas of Egypt Our Holy Father Christodoulos, Wonderworker of Patmos (1111) Holy Apostle Aristobulus of the Seventy, first Bishop of Britain (1st c.)	17 Lenten Fast—No overrides Great Canon Ven. Alexius the Man of God Ven. Makary of Kalyazinsk St Alexis, the Man of God (411) St Patrick, Enlightener of Ireland (ca. 461)	18 Lenten Fast—No overrides Presanctified Liturgy St Cyril, Archbishop of Jerusalem Rep. St Nikolaj of Zhicha St Ananias (Aninus) the Wonderworker (?) Saint Nikolai (Velimirovic), Bishop of Ochrid and Zica, Serbia (1956)(March 5 OC)	19 Lenten Fast—Wine and Oil are Allowed St Theodore Tyro (the Recruit) Martyrs Chrysanthius and Daria
20 Lenten Fast—Wine and Oil are Allowed First Sunday of Lent Sunday of Orthodoxy Holy Fathers Slain at St Sabbas Monastery St Photine the Samaritan Woman (66) St Cuthbert the Wonderworker, Bishop of Lindisfarne (687)	21 Lenten Fast St James the Confessor of Catania Our Holy Father Serapion (366)	22 Lenten Fast Hieromartyr Basil of Ancyra Martyr Drosida of Antioch, and five nuns (104)	23 Lenten Fast Presanctified Liturgy Martyr Nikon and 199 Disciples	24 Lenten Fast—Wine and Oil are Allowed Forefeast of Annunciation Ven. Zachariah the Recluse Saint Zacharias the Recluse of Egypt (4th c.) Commemoration of the Miracle at the Monastery of the Caves in Kiev (?)	25 Lenten Fast—Fish, Wine and Oil are Allowed Presanctified Liturgy Annunciation Most Holy Theotokos New Confessor/Hieromartyr Tikhon, patriarch of Moscow (1925)	26 Lenten Fast—Wine and Oil are Allowed Memorial Saturday Leavetaking of Annunciation Synaxis of Archangel Gabriel Synaxis of the Archangel Gabriel
27 Lenten Fast—Wine and Oil are Allowed Second Sunday of Lent St Gregory Palamas Martyr Matrona of Thessalonica	28 Lenten Fast Ven. Hilarion the New Repose of Gerontissa Gavrilia (1992) (March 15 OC)	29 Lenten Fast Hieromartyr Mark, Bishop of Anthusa Our Holy Father John the Hermit (4th c.)	30 Lenten Fast Presanctified Liturgy Ven. John Climacus Commemoration of an Uncondemning Monk	31 Lenten Fast Repose St Innocent, Metr. Moscow and Apostle to Americas Hieromartyr Hypatius, Bishop of Gangra (326) St Jonah, Metropolitan of Moscow (1461)