Commemoration of Hieromartyr Artemon, presbyter of Laodicea in Syria (303); Martyr Crescens of Myra in Lycia; Martyr Thomais of Alexandria (476).
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Fifth Sunday of Great Lent
Commemoration of Venerable Mary of Egypt (522); (movable holiday on the 5th Sunday of Great Lent); Saint Eutychius, Patriarch of Constantinople (582); Saint Methodius, Equal-to-the-Apostles, Archbishop of Moravia and Enlightener of the Slavs (885); Saint Platonida of Nisibis (308); 120 Martyrs of Persia (345); Martyrs Jeremiah and Archilias the priest (3rd century).
Fourth Sunday of Great Lent, Commemoration of Venerable John of the Ladder
Commemoration of Venerable John Climacus of Sinai, author of The Ladder (649); (moveable holiday on the 4th Sunday of Great Lent); Prophet Joad (10th century B.C.); Holy Apostles Sosthenes, Apollos, Cephas, Caesar, and Epaphroditus, of the Seventy (6th c.); Saint Eubula, mother of Saint Panteleimon (304); Saint John the Silent of St. Sabbas’ monastery (558). Saint Zosimas, Bishop of Syracuse (662); Saint Sophrony (Kryshtalevsky), Bishop of Irkutsk (1771). 30 March 2025 — Liturgy of Saint Basil the Great.
Third Sunday of Great Lent, Veneration of the Holy Cross
Second Sunday of Great Lent
Commemoration of Saint Gregory Palamas, Archbishop of Thessalonica (4th century); Synaxis [Meeting] of All Venerable Fathers of the Kyiv Caves Abbey; Apostle Aristobulus of the Seventy, bishop of Britain (1st century); Martyr Sabinas of Hermopolis, Egypt (287); Martyr Papas of Lycaonia (305); Hieromartyr Alexander, pope of Rome (119); Martyr Julian of Anazarbus (305); Martyrs Trophimus and Thalus of Laodicea (circa 300);
First Sunday of Great Lent, Celebration of The Sunday of Orthodoxy
Cheesefare Sunday, Forgiveness Sunday, Commemoration of the Expulsion of Adam and Eve from Paradise, the sinfulness of man, and the need for forgiveness.
Meatfare Sunday, of the Last Judgement
Commemoration of Hieromartyr Polycarp, Bishop of Smyrna (167); Saints John, Antioch, Antoninus, Moses, Zebinas, Polychronius, Moses, and Damian, ascetics near Cyrrhus (5th century); Saint Alexander, founder of the order of the “Unsleeping Ones” (circa 430).
Sunday of the Prodigal Son
Sunday of the Publican and the Pharisee. Beginning of the Lenten Triodion
Leave-taking (last celebratory day) of the Feast-day of The Meeting of Our Lord.
Commemoration of Martyr Nicephorus of Antioch in Syria (257); Venerable Pancratius of the Distant Caves of the Kyiv Caves Abbey (13th century); Uncovering of the Relics of St. Innocent, Bishop of Irkutsk (1805); Hieromartyrs Marcellus, Bishop of Sicily; Philagrius, Bishop of Cyprus; and Pancratius, Bishop of Taormina (1st century).