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April 3 2025:

Martyrs Dius, Bithonius, and Galycus (3rd century); Martyr Elpidephorus (3rd century); Martyrs Cassius, Philip, and Eutychius, of Thessalonica (304); Martyr Ulphianus of Tyre (306); Virgin-martyr Theodosia of Tyre (308) (see also April 2) Martyrs Evagrius, Benignus, Chrestus, Arestus, Kinnudius, Rufus, Patricius, and Zosima, at Tomis in Moesia (c. 310); Venerable Illyrius, monk of Mount Myrsinon in the Peloponnese; Venerable Nicetas the Confessor, Abbot of Medikion (824); Venerable [[[Joseph the Hymnographer]], of Sicily (883) (see also April 4); Saint Pancras of Taormina (Pancratius), consecrated by the Apostle Peter and sent to Taormina in Sicily where he was stoned to death (c. 40); Saint Sixtus I (Xystus), Pope of Rome from 117 to c 125, sometimes referred to as a martyr (c. 125); Saint Fara (Burgundofara) of Eboriac (now Faremoutiers) (657); Saint Attala (Attalus), a monk and abbot of a monastery in Taormina in Sicily (c. 800); Saint Nectarius, founder of Bezhetsk Monastery, Tver (1492); New martyr Paul the Russian at Constantinople (1683) (see also April 6); Other Commemorations: Synaxis of the Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos "The Unfading Rose" ("The Unfading Blossom, The Flower of Incorruption"). Repose of Elder Amphilochios (Makris) of Patmos (1970).

( March 21 2025: Julian Calendar )

Martyrs Philemon and Domninus of Thessalonica, in Italy (see also March 26); Saint Maria the Martyr, in Perge; Saint Serapion, Bishop of Thmuis in Lower Egypt (c. 358) Venerable Serapion the Sindonite, monk of Egypt (4th c.) (see also May 14); Saint Sophronius, Abbot of the Monastery of St. Theodosius, in Palestine (542); Saint Thomas, Patriarch of Constantinople (610); Saint James the Confessor (Jacob the Confessor), Bishop, of the Studion Monastery (late 8th c.); Saint Beryllus (Berillos), Bishop of Catania (c. 90); Saint Cyril, Bishop of Catania (1st-2nd c.); Saint Lupicinus of Lyon, desert-dweller of the Jura Mountains, Gaul (480); Saint Enda of Aran, Abbot of Arranmore, monk, earliest leader of Irish monasticism (530); New Martyr Michael of Agrapha, at Thessalonica (1544); Venerable Seraphim of Vyritsa (1949); New Hieromartyr Vladimir, Priest (1931); New Hieromartyr Theodore (Pozdeyev), Archbishop (1938);

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