Russian Orthodox Christian Menaion Calendar

March 09

Saints commemorated, links to lives of Saints,

Feasts, Scripture Readings, rubrics

  1. The Holy Forty Martyrs of Sebaste: Cyrion (Quirio), Candidus, Domnus, Hesychius, Heraclius, Smaragdus, Eunoicus, Valens, Vivianus, Claudius, Priscus, Theodulus, Eutychius, John, Santhias, Helianus, Sisinius, Angius, Aetius, Flavius, Acacius, Ecdicius, Lysimachus, Alexander, Elias, Gorgonius, Theophilus, Dometian, Gaius, Leontius, Athanasius, Cyril, Sacerdon, Nicholas, Valerius, Philoctimon, Severian, Chudion, Aglaius, and Meliton.
  2. Martyr Urpasianus of Nicomedia.
  3. Righteous Caesarius, brother of St. Gregory the Theologian.
  4. "Albazin" Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos ("The Word Was Made Flesh").
  5. Repose of Elder Cleopas, disciple of St. Paisius Velichkovsky (1778) and Righteous priest Theodosius Levitsky (1845).



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