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.

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