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The Holy Martyr Nicetas

The Holy Martyr NicetasNicetas was a Goth by birth, and a disciple of Bishop Theophilus of the Goths, who took part in the First Ecumenical Council. When Athenarik, Prince of the Goths, began to persecute the Christians, St Nicetas stood before the prince and denounced him for his paganism and inhumanity. Tormented by terrible tortures, Nicetas the more strongly confessed his faith in Christ, and prayed to God with thanksgiving. His mind was unceasingly lifted up to God and immersed in Him, and in his hand beneath his robe he held an icon of the holy Mother of God with the pre-eternal Christ Child standing and holding the Cross in His hands. St Nicetas carried this icon because the holy Mother of God had appeared to him and comforted him. Finally, the torturer threw Christ"s martyr into the flames, in which St Nicetas breathed his last; but his body remained untouched by the fire. His friend Marianus took his body from the land of the Goths (Wallachia and Bessarabia) to Cilicia, to the town of Mopsuestia, where he built a church dedicated to St Nicetas and placed the wonderworking relics of the martyr in it. Nicetas suffered and was glorified in 372.

Our Holy Father Philotheus

Our Holy Father PhilotheusHe was from the village of Myrmix or Mravin in Asia Minor. His mother had the same name the other way round - Theophila. He was a priest,, and a wonderworker even during his lifetime. On one occasion, he turned water into wine, and on another multiplied bread. He entered into rest in the Lord in the tenth century, and myrrh was found to flow from his relics.

The Holy Martyr Porphyrius

The Holy Martyr PorphyriusAn actor, he first mocked at Christians before Julian the Apostate. On one occasion, when he was mimicking the Christian mystery of Baptism, he was dipped into the water, pronouncing the words: "In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit." When he emerged from the water, he cried out: "Now I am a Christian!" Everyone thought that this was in jest, as always, but he held firm to it, stopped mocking Christians and finally suffered for Christ. He was beheaded in 361, and entered into the Kingdom of Christ.

The Holy Martyrs Theodotus, Asclepidote and Maximus

The Holy Martyrs Theodotus, Asclepidote and MaximusNobles of Trachis, they suffered for Christ near Philipopolis in the village of Saltis, some time between 305 and 311, and entered into the Kingdom of heaven.

St Vissarion (Bessarion), Archbishop of Larissa, the Wonderworker

St Vissarion (Bessarion), Archbishop of Larissa, the WonderworkerHe founded the Monastery of the Saviour in the diocese of Larissa, and was glorified by his miracles both during his lifetime and after his death. He lived in the sixteenth century.

The Holy New Martyr John of Crete

He suffered for the Christian faith under the Turks in the city of Ephesus in 1811.

St Joseph, Bishop of Alaverdsk

St Joseph, Bishop of AlaverdskOne of the twelve Syrian fathers (see May 7th), who were sent to the Caucasus area to preach the Gospel, St John went peacefully to the Lord in 570. His wonderworking relics are preserved in the Cathedral in Alaverdsk.

St. Bessarion II (1540), metropolitan of Larissa

St. Bessarion II (1540), metropolitan of Larissa

St. Joseph the New of Partos, metropolitan of Timisoara (1656)

St. Joseph the New of Partos, metropolitan of Timisoara (1656)Saint Joseph the New of Partos was born in 1568 in Raguza of Dalmatia (today Dubrovnik, Croatia), from a Wallachian Christian family, and was baptized as Jacob. His father was a Venetian named Giovanni Fusco, and his mother, Aikaterina, was originally from Limnos, a Greek island. More precisely, she had Morlach ancestry, which is another name for "Mavro-Vlachos" (Black Wallachian), one of the different Romanian populations spread throughout the entire Balkan peninsula, south of the Danube....

Venerable Gerasimus, abbot, of Sourvia (1740)

The Monk Gerasimos founded a monastery in honour of the Holy Trinity near Makrinitsa in Zagora (Mizia). This monastery received the name Zurvia (Survias).

Uncovering of the relics of the Holy Protomartyr and Archdeacon Stephen (415

Uncovering of the relics of the Holy Protomartyr and Archdeacon Stephen (415The Holy Disciple (from the Seventy) First-Martyr and ArchDeacon Stephen was the eldest among the Seven Deacons, established by the Apostles themselves, and therefore he is called "archdeacon". He was the Christian First-Martyr, and he suffered for Christ at about age 30. In the words of Asterias, he was "the starting-point of the martyrs, the instructor of suffering for Christ, the foundation of righteous confession, in that Stephen was first to shed his blood for the Gospel". Being filled of the Holy Spirit, Saint Stephen with daring persuasively preached the Christian teaching and defeated Jewish teachers of the Law in disputation. For this the Jews maligned Saint Stephen, saying that he had uttered blasphemy against God and against Moses. Under such charges, Saint Stephen came before the Sanhedrin and the high-priest. He spoke a fiery speech, in which he expounded the history of the Jewish nation, and he boldly denounced the Jews for persecuting the prophets and also the execution by them of the awaited Messiah, Jesus Christ. During the time of his speaking, Saint Stephen suddenly saw the heavens opened and Jesus Christ in glory, standing at the right side of God. He exclaimed loudly about this. Then the Jews, covering over their ears, rushed upon him, dragged him out of the city and stoned him, but the holy martyr prayed for his murderers. Afar off on the heights stood the Mother of God with the holy Apostle John the Theologian, and She prayed fervently for the martyr. Before death Saint Stephen uttered: "Lord Jesus, receive my spirit, wherein O Lord, impute this not to them in sin", – and then with joy he gave up his pure soul to Christ. The body of the holy First-Martyr Stephen, left for devouring by beasts, was secretly taken up by the illustrious Jewish teacher Gamaliel and his son Habib, and given burial on his estate. And afterwards these both believed in Christ and accepted holy Baptism.

Uncovering of the relics of St. Acacius the Confessor, bishop of Melitene (257)

Uncovering of the relics of St. Acacius the Confessor, bishop of Melitene (257)St. Acacius was subjected to severe torture for his confession of Christ and then was imprisoned from which he was later released, and died in peace. He should not be confused with the Ven. Acacius remembered on April 17.

March 1946
SunMonTueWedThuFriSut
     Saint Flavian, Archbishop of Antioch
1
dairy & fish
Saint Finan
2
dairy & fish
St Flavian
3
dairy & fish
Our Holy Father Dositheus
4
water
The Hieromartyr Sadok
5
water
St John III Scholasticus, Patriarch of Constantinople
6
water
St Papius of Hierapolis
7
water
Saint Boisil or Boswell
8
water
Saint Cumein, Abbot of Iona
9
oil
Our Holy Father Paphnutius of Kephala
10
oil
The Holy Martyr John Calpha (Kalphes)
11
water
The Holy Martyr Julian the Gout-Sufferer
12
water
Blessed Nicolas, the Fool for Christ of Pskov
13
water
Saint David of Wales
14
water
St. Sabbatius, monk, of Tver (1434), and his disciple St. Euphrosynus (1460)
15
water
Sts. Zeno and Zoilus
16
oil
Venerable Gerasimus, monk, of Vologda (1178)
17
oil
Monk-martyr Adrian, abbot of Poshekhonye and his fellow-ascetic St. Leonidas
18
water
Icon of the Mother of God “Czestochowa”
19
water
St. Ephraim, Patriarch of Antioch (546)
20
water
Venerable Lazarus of Murom
21
water
St Caesarius, brother of St Gregory the Theologian
22
oil
Martyr Marcian
23
oil
St. Theodora, queen of Arta, wife of Despot Michael II of Epirus (1275)
24
oil
Righteous Phineas the grandson of Aaron
25
water
Martyr Sabinus (Abibus) of Egypt (303)
26
water
St Theognostus, Metropolitan of Kiev
27
water
Venerable Nicander, monk, of Gorodets (Novgorod) (1603)
28
water
St. Serapion, archbishop of Novgorod (1516)
29
water
Monk-martyr Paul of Crete (767)
30
oil
The 10,000 Martyrs of Nicomedia
31
oil
      
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Moon phases for March , 1946 (Serbia)
03 Mar 1946 New Moon
10 Mar 1946 First Quarter
17 Mar 1946 Full Moon
25 Mar 1946 Third Quarter