Orthodox Calendar 2000 |
March 2000 |
31st of March in
Old Style
13th of April in
New Style
Thursday
St. Hypatius the
Wonderworker, bishop of Gangra (326). St. Hyparius, abbot of Rufinus in Chalcedon (446).
St. Apollonius, ascetic of the Thebaid. Martyrs Abdas the Bishop and Benjamin the Deacon,
of Persia (418-424). Repose of St. Jonah, metropolitan of Kiev and All Russia (1461).
Righteous Joseph the Fair, son of Jacob. St. Acacius the Confessor, bishop of Melicene.
St. Hyparius the Healer of the Kiev Caves (14th cen.). St. Innocent of Moscow, enlightener
of Siberia and Alaska (1879). (Gr. Cal.: Martyr Menander. St. Blaisc of Amoria, monk. 38
relatives who were martyred. St. Stephen the Wonderworker, monk.) Appearance of
the Iberian (Iveron) Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos. Repose of Abbot Philaret
of Glinsk Hermitage (1841).
Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts.
Matins: (Wednesday evening) The Great Canon of St. Andrew of Crete.