Orthodox Calendar for March 2024

March 2024
Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
					1 Martyr Eudoxia of Heliopolis	2 Hieromartyr Theodotus, Bishop of Cyrenia St Arseny, Bishop of Tver The Four Hundred and Forty Martyrs of Lombardy (579) Holy Martyr Euthalia (257)
3 Sunday of the Prodigal Son Martyrs Eutropius, Cleonicus and Basiliscus An Unknown Girl in Alexandria (?)	4 Ven. Gerasimus of the Jordan Rt. Blv. Prince Daniel of Moscow St James the Faster of Phoenecia (6th c.)	5 Martyr Conon of Isauria St Mark of Athens (4th c.) St Mark the Ascetic (5th c.)	6 Fast Forty-two Martyrs of Ammoria	7 Seven Hieromartyrs of Cherson	8 Fast St Theophylactus, Bishop of Nicomedia Hieromartyr Theodoretus (362)	9 Memorial Saturday Holy Forty Martyrs of Sebaste St Caesarius (369)
10 Sunday of Meatfare Sunday of the Last Judgment Martyr Quadratus and Companions Our Holy Mother Anastasia (563)	11 Fast—Meat Fast 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 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 No Liturgy Trans. Rel. Nicephorus, Patr. Constantinopole	14 Fast—Meat Fast Ven. Benedict of Nursia St Theognostus, Metropolitan of Kiev (1353)	15 Fast—Meat Fast No Liturgy Martyr Agapius and Seven with Him Holy Martyr Alexander (270-275)	16 Fast—Meat Fast Commemoration of Departed Righteous Monastics 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 Fast—Meat Fast Sunday of Cheesefare: Expulsion of Adam from Paradise Forgiveness Sunday 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 Great Canon Beginning of the Great Fast 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—No overrides Great Canon Martyrs Chrysanthius and Daria	20 Lenten Fast—No overrides Great Canon; Presanctified Liturgy Holy Fathers Slain at St Sabbas Monastery St Photine the Samaritan Woman (66) St Cuthbert the Wonderworker, Bishop of Lindisfarne (687)	21 Lenten Fast—No overrides Great Canon St James the Confessor of Catania Our Holy Father Serapion (366)	22 Lenten Fast—No overrides Presanctified Liturgy Hieromartyr Basil of Ancyra Martyr Drosida of Antioch, and five nuns (104)	23 Lenten Fast—Wine and Oil are Allowed St Theodore Tyro (the Recruit) Martyr Nikon and 199 Disciples
24 Lenten Fast—Wine and Oil are Allowed First Sunday of Lent Sunday of Orthodoxy 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 Annunciation Most Holy Theotokos New Confessor/Hieromartyr Tikhon, patriarch of Moscow (1925)	26 Lenten Fast—Wine and Oil are Allowed Leavetaking of Annunciation Synaxis of Archangel Gabriel Synaxis of the Archangel Gabriel	27 Lenten Fast Presanctified Liturgy Martyr Matrona of Thessalonica	28 Lenten Fast Ven. Hilarion the New Repose of Gerontissa Gavrilia (1992) (March 15 OC)	29 Lenten Fast Presanctified Liturgy Hieromartyr Mark, Bishop of Anthusa Our Holy Father John the Hermit (4th c.)	30 Lenten Fast—Wine and Oil are Allowed Memorial Saturday Ven. John Climacus Commemoration of an Uncondemning Monk
31 Lenten Fast—Wine and Oil are Allowed Second Sunday of Lent St Gregory Palamas Repose St Innocent, Metr. Moscow and Apostle to Americas Hieromartyr Hypatius, Bishop of Gangra (326) St Jonah, Metropolitan of Moscow (1461)