Synaxarion: Orthodox Lives of the Saints

Veneration of the Cross 23.03.2025 3:39 ↓

Third Sunday of Lent The Veneration of the honoured and life-giving Cross.

Hieromartyr Basil, Priest of the Church of Ancyra 22.03.2025 4:01 ↓

March 22 Memory of the Holy Martyr Basil, Priest of the Church of Ancyra.

Serapion the Sindonite 21.03.2025 4:32 ↓

March 21 Memory of the Venerable Serapion the Sindonite.

Twenty Fathers massacred in the Monastery of Saint Savvas 20.03.2025 4:32 ↓

March 20 Memory of the Twenty Venerable Fathers massacred by the Saracens in the Monastery of Saint Savvas.

Martyrs Chrysanthos and Dareia 19.03.2025 6:15 ↓

March 19 Memory of the Holy Martyrs Chrysanthos and Dareia and their companions: Claudios the Tribune, his wife Hilaria and their sons Mauros and Jason; also Saint Diodoros the priest, Saint Marianos the Deacon, and other devout Christians who accomplished their martyrdom, being incarcerated in a cave.

Cyril, Archbishop of Jerusalem 18.03.2025 6:40 ↓

March 18 Memory of our Holy Father Cyril, Archbishop of Jerusalem.

Alexis the Man of God 17.03.2025 5:24 ↓

March 17 Memory of our Venerable Father Alexis the Man of God.

Gregory Palamas, Archbishop of Thessalonica 16.03.2025 13:08 ↓

Second Sunday of Lent Memory of our Holy Father Gregory Palamas, Archbishop of Thessalonica, the Wonderworker.

Martyrs Agapios, Timolaos, Paisius, Dionysios, Dionysios, Alexander, and Alexander in Caesarea 15.03.2025 2:25 ↓

March 15 Memory of the Holy Martyrs Agapios, Timolaos, Paisius, Dionysios, Dionysios, Alexander, and Alexander in Caesarea in Palestine.

Benedict of Nursia 14.03.2025 13:28 ↓

March 14 Memory of our Venerable and God-Bearing Father Benedict of Nursia.

Recovery of the Relics of Nikiphoros the Confessor, Patriarch of Constantinople 13.03.2025 2:22 ↓

March 13 Recovery of the Relics of our Holy Father Nikiphoros the Confessor, Patriarch of Constantinople.

Theophanis the Confessor, Abbot of the Monastery of the Great Field (Megalos Agros) 12.03.2025 6:37 ↓

March 12 Memory of our Holy Father Theophanis the Confessor, Abbot of the Monastery of the Great Field (Megalos Agros) on Mount Sigriani.

Sophronios, Patriarch of Jerusalem 11.03.2025 10:08 ↓

March 11 Memory of our Holy Father Sophronios, Patriarch of Jerusalem.

The Sunday of Orthodoxy 09.03.2025 10:22 ↓

First Sunday of Lent The Sunday of Orthodoxy; that is, the commemoration of the restoration of the holy and august Icons, which came to pass through the ever-memorable Sovereigns of Constantinople, Michael and his mother Theodora, during the patriarchate of the holy confessor Michael.

Theophylaktos the Confessor, Bishop of Nicomedia 08.03.2025 6:17 ↓

March 8 Memory of our Venerable Father Theophylaktos the Confessor, Bishop of Nicomedia.

Hieromartyrs of Cherson: Ephraim, Basil, Evgenios, Agathodoros, Capito, Aetherios, and Elpidios 07.03.2025 5:05 ↓

March 7 Memory of the Holy Hieromartyrs, Bishops of Cherson: Ephraim, Basil, Evgenios, Agathodoros, Capito, Aetherios, and Elpidios.

Forty-Two Holy Martyrs at Amorion 06.03.2025 6:07 ↓

March 6 Memory of the Forty-Two Holy Martyrs of Amorion: Theodore, Constantine, Theophilos, Bassoes, and their companions.

Martyr Conon the Wonderworker at Isauria 05.03.2025 4:11 ↓

March 5 Memory of the Holy Martyr Conon the Wonderworker at Isauria.

Gerasimos the Hermit of the Jordan 04.03.2025 8:02 ↓

March 4 Memory of our Venerable Father Gerasimos the Hermit of the Jordan.

Martyrs Evtropios, Kleonikos, and Vasiliskos 03.03.2025 6:18 ↓

March 3 Memory of the Holy and Glorious Martyrs Evtropios, Kleonikos, and Vasiliskos.

Papa Nicholas Planas 02.03.2025 6:22 ↓

March 2 Memory of our Venerable Father Nicholas Planas. (Note: In some Churches, Papa Nicholas is celebrated on February 17)

John Cassian and Germanos 01.03.2025 11:07 ↓

February 29 Memory of our Venerable Fathers John Cassian and Germanos. (Note: The memory these Saints is kept only on leap years)

Hieromartyr Proterios of Alexandria 28.02.2025 4:08 ↓

February 28 Memory of the Blessed Hieromartyr Proterios, Archbishop of Alexandria.

Prokopios the Decapolite 27.02.2025 3:38 ↓

February 27 Memory of our Venerable Father Prokopios the Decapolite.

Porphyrios, Bishop of Gaza 26.02.2025 9:16 ↓

February 26 Memory of our Holy Father Porphyrios, Bishop of Gaza.