Orthocal

Saints

Sunday March 22, 2026 / March 9, 2026

  1. Venerable John Lestvichnik (movable holiday on the 4th Sunday of the Great Lent). primary
  2. The Holy Forty Martyrs of Sebaste: Cyrion (or Quirio), Candidus, Domnus, Hesychius, Heraclius, Smaragdus, Eunoicus, Valens, Vivianus, Claudius, Priscus, Theodulus, Eutychius, John, Xanthias, Helianus, Sisinius, Angus, Aetius, Flavius, Acacius, Ecdicius, Lysimachus, Alexander, Elias, Gorgonius, Theophilus, Dometian, Gaius, Leontius, Athanasius, Cyril, Sacerdon, Nicholas, Valerius, Philoctimon, Severian, Chudion, Aglaius, and Meliton (320).
  3. Urpasianus of Nicomedia (295).
  4. Righteous Caesarius, brother of St. Gregory the Theologian (369).
  5. St. Tarasius of Liconium.
  6. "Albazin" Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos ("The Word Was Made Flesh") (1666).
  7. New Hieromartyr Archpriest Mitrophan Buchnoff of Voronezh (1931).
  8. New Hieromartyrs Michael, Alexis, Demetrius, Sergius, Sergius priests and Nicholas deacon, New Hieromartyr Iosaph and Virgin-martyrs Natalia and Alexandra (1938).
  9. St. Philoromus the Confessor of Galatia (4th c.).
  10. St. Pacianus, bishop of Barcelona (390).
  11. St. Jonah, archbishop of Novgorod (1470).
  12. St. Vitalius of Castronovo (994).