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March 1 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Feb. 28 (Feb. 29) - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - March 2

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All fixed commemorations below are observed on March 14 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.

For March 1st, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on February 16 (February 17 on leap years).

Saints

  • Righteous martyr Eudoxia of Heliopolis (107)
  • Martyrs Nestorianus (Nestor), Tribimius, Marcellus, and Anthony, of Perge in Pamphylia, by the sword (249-251)
  • Martyr Antonina of Nicaea in Bithynia (c. 286-305)
  • Virgin-martyr Domnina of Syria (c. 460)
  • Martyrs Antonius, Marcellus, Silvester and Sophronius,in Palestine.
  • Martyrs Agapius, Nicephorus and Charisius.
  • Saint Silvester.
  • Saint Synesius, ascetic of Lysos, Cyprus.

    • Pre-Schism Western Saints

  • 260 Martyrs of Rome (c. 269)
  • Martyrs Hermes, Adrian and Companions, in Numidia in North Africa under Maximian Herculeus (c. 290)
  • Martyr Luperculus (3rd century)
  • Martyrs Leo, Donatus, Abundantius, Nicephorus, and nine others - a group of thirteen martyrs who laid down their lives for Christ in North Africa.
  • Saint Felix III, Pope of Rome from 483-492 (492)
  • Saint Herculanus of Perugia, Bishop of Perugia in Italy, beheaded by soldiers of Totila of the Ostrogoths (549)
  • Saint Albinus of Angers (Aubin) (c. 550)
  • Saint David of Wales, patron saint of Wales (c. 589)
  • Saint Marnock (Marnanus, Marnan, Marnoc) (c. 625)
  • Saint Suitbert (Swithbert), "Apostle of the Frisians", monastic founder in the Netherlands (713)
  • Saint Siviard, monk at Saint-Calais on the River Anisole in France, who succeeded his father as abbot of the monastery (729)
  • Saint Monan (874)
  • Venerable Luke of Sicily (Leo Luke, Leoluca), Abbot, Wonderworker (c. 900).
  • Martyrs Gervasius and Leo (Léon I, Leo of Rouen), brothers; St. Leo was the "Apostle of the Basques" and Bishop of Bayonne (c. 900).
  • Saint Rudesind, a Galician bishop and abbot (977)

    • Post-Schism Orthodox Saints

  • Venerable Agapius of the Vatopedi Monastery on Mount Athos (13th century).
  • Venerable Martyrius, Abbot of Zelenetsk in Pskov (1603)
  • New martyr Parascevas of Trebizond (1659)

    • New Martyrs and Confessors

  • New hieromartyr Methodius, of Russia (1920)
  • New martyr Antonina of Kizliar, Abbess (1924)
  • New martyr Anastasia Andreyevna, Fool-for-Christ, in the North Caucasus.
  • New Hieromartyr Olga (1937)
  • New Hieromartyr Peter Lyubimov, protopresbyter (1938)
  • New Hieromartyrs:
  • Basil Nikitsky, John Streltsov, Benjamin Famintseva, and Michael Bukrinsky, priests;
  • New Hieromartyr Anthony Korzh;
  • Virgin-martyrs Anna, Daria Zaitseva, Eudokia Arkhipov, Alexandra Dyachkova;
  • Martyr Basil Arkhipov;
  • Virgin-martyr Hope (Nadezhda) Abakumova (1938)
  • New Hieromartyr Alexander Ilyenkov of Berdyansk (Simferopol-Crimea), priest (1942)
  • New Hieromartyr Basil Konstantinov-Grishin, priest (1943)

    • Other Commemorations

  • Repose of Barsanuphius (Hrynevich), Archbishop of Tver (1958)

    • References

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