Third Sunday of Great Lent, Veneration of the Holy Cross Posted on March 16, 2026 by UOCC East Commemoration of Martyrs Agapius, Publius, Timolaus, Romulus, two named Dikonisius, and two named Alexander, at Caesaraea in Palestine (303); Hieromartyr Alexander, presbyter of Side in Pamphylia (270-275); Martyr Nicander of Egypt (circa 302).