Orthodox Calendar
March 2029
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1

Lenten Fast

  • Martyr Eudoxia of Heliopolis

2

Lenten Fast

  • Presanctified Liturgy
  • Hieromartyr Theodotus, Bishop of Cyrenia
  • St Arseny, Bishop of Tver
  • The Four Hundred and Forty Martyrs of Lombardy (579)
  • Holy Martyr Euthalia (257)

3

Lenten Fast—Wine and Oil are Allowed

  • Memorial Saturday
  • Martyrs Eutropius, Cleonicus and Basiliscus
  • An Unknown Girl in Alexandria (?)

4

Lenten Fast—Wine and Oil are Allowed

  • Second Sunday of Lent
  • St Gregory Palamas
  • Ven. Gerasimus of the Jordan
  • Rt. Blv. Prince Daniel of Moscow
  • St James the Faster of Phoenecia (6th c.)

5

Lenten Fast

  • Martyr Conon of Isauria
  • St Mark of Athens (4th c.)
  • St Mark the Ascetic (5th c.)

6

Lenten Fast

  • Forty-two Martyrs of Ammoria

7

Lenten Fast

  • Presanctified Liturgy
  • Seven Hieromartyrs of Cherson

8

Lenten Fast

  • St Theophylactus, Bishop of Nicomedia
  • Hieromartyr Theodoretus (362)

9

Lenten Fast

  • Presanctified Liturgy
  • Holy Forty Martyrs of Sebaste
  • St Caesarius (369)

10

Lenten Fast—Wine and Oil are Allowed

  • Memorial Saturday
  • Martyr Quadratus and Companions
  • Our Holy Mother Anastasia (563)

11

Lenten Fast—Wine and Oil are Allowed

  • Third Sunday of Lent
  • Veneration of the Precious Cross
  • 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

Lenten Fast

  • Ven. Theophanes the Confessor
  • St Gregory the Great (the Dialogist), Pope of Rome (604)
  • Repose of St Symeon the New Theologian (1021)

13

Lenten Fast

  • Trans. Rel. Nicephorus, Patr. Constantinopole

14

Lenten Fast

  • Presanctified Liturgy
  • Ven. Benedict of Nursia
  • St Theognostus, Metropolitan of Kiev (1353)

15

Lenten Fast

  • Martyr Agapius and Seven with Him
  • Holy Martyr Alexander (270-275)

16

Lenten Fast

  • 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—Wine and Oil are Allowed

  • Memorial Saturday
  • 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—Wine and Oil are Allowed

  • Fourth Sunday of Lent
  • St John Climacus
  • 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

  • Martyrs Chrysanthius and Daria

20

Lenten Fast

  • Holy Fathers Slain at St Sabbas Monastery
  • St Photine the Samaritan Woman (66)
  • St Cuthbert the Wonderworker, Bishop of Lindisfarne (687)

21

Lenten Fast—Wine and Oil are Allowed

  • Presanctified Liturgy
  • St James the Confessor of Catania
  • Our Holy Father Serapion (366)

22

Lenten Fast—Wine and Oil are Allowed

  • Great Canon of St Andrew of Crete
  • Presanctified Liturgy
  • Hieromartyr Basil of Ancyra
  • Martyr Drosida of Antioch, and five nuns (104)

23

Lenten Fast—Wine and Oil are Allowed

  • Presanctified Liturgy
  • Martyr Nikon and 199 Disciples

24

Lenten Fast—Wine and Oil are Allowed

  • Saturday of the Akathist to the Most-Holy Theotokos
  • 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

  • Fifth Sunday of Lent
  • St Mary of Egypt
  • 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

  • Martyr Matrona of Thessalonica

28

Lenten Fast

  • Presanctified Liturgy
  • 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—Wine, Oil and Caviar are Allowed

  • Lazarus Saturday
  • Repose St Innocent, Metr. Moscow and Apostle to Americas
  • Hieromartyr Hypatius, Bishop of Gangra (326)
  • St Jonah, Metropolitan of Moscow (1461)