March 22 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
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March 23 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Mar. 22 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Mar. 24-Fixed commemorations:All commemorations below are observed on April 5 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Monk-martyr Nicon and 200 disciples with him in Sicily*Saint Nicon, abbot of the Kiev Caves...


Fixed commemorations

All commemorations below are observed on April 4 by Old Calendarists
Old calendarists
The term Old Calendarist refers to any Orthodox Christian or any Orthodox Church body which uses the historic Julian calendar , and whose Church body is not in communion with the Orthodox Churches that use the New Calendar...


Saints

  • Hieromartyr
    Hieromartyr
    In the Eastern Orthodox tradition, a hieromartyr is a martyr who was also one of the clergy . In like manner a priest-monk is often called a hieromonk....

     Basil of Ancyra
    Basil of Ancyra
    Basil of Ancyra, was a Christian priest in Ancyra, Galatia during the fourth century. Very meager information about his life is preserved in a metaphrastic work: “Life and Deeds of the Martyred Priest Basil.” He fought against the pagans and the Arians...

  • Isaac of Dalmatia
    Isaac of Dalmatia
    Saint Isaac the Confessor, founder of the Dalmatian Monastery was an Orthodox Christian monk who is honored as a saint and confessor. He is sometimes referred to as Isaac the Dalmatian, not because he was from Dalmatia, but because of the monastery which he founded.According to some accounts,...

  • Martyr
    Martyr
    A martyr is somebody who suffers persecution and death for refusing to renounce, or accept, a belief or cause, usually religious.-Meaning:...

     Drosida (Drosis) of Antioch
    Antioch
    Antioch on the Orontes was an ancient city on the eastern side of the Orontes River. It is near the modern city of Antakya, Turkey.Founded near the end of the 4th century BC by Seleucus I Nicator, one of Alexander the Great's generals, Antioch eventually rivaled Alexandria as the chief city of the...

    , and five nuns
  • Martyrs Callinica and Basilissa
    Basilissa
    Basilissa or Vasilissa may refer to one of the following:*The female form of the Greek title vasilefs/basileus; see also Vasilisa * A female first name;**Saint Basilissa, 1st century Christian martyr...

     of Rome
    Rome
    Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...

  • Martyr Euthymius of Mount Athos
  • Russia
    Russia
    Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

    n new martyrs schema-abbess Sophia of Kiev and her priest
    Priest
    A priest is a person authorized to perform the sacred rites of a religion, especially as a mediatory agent between humans and deities. They also have the authority or power to administer religious rites; in particular, rites of sacrifice to, and propitiation of, a deity or deities...

     Dimitry Ivanov (1941, 1934)
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