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March 26 2025:

Synaxis of the Archangel Gabriel; Hieromartyr Irenaeus, Bishop of Sirmium; Hieromartyr Eusebius, Bishop of Kival, and Martyr Pullius the reader; Saint Malchus, Monk of Chalcis in Syria; Venerable Basil the Younger (or the New), anchorite near Constantinople; Martyrs Bathusius and Bercus presbyters, Arpilus monk, laymen Abibus, Agnus, Reasus, Igathrax, Isoecus (Iskous), Silas, Signicus, Sonerilas, Suimbalus, Thermus, Phillus (Philgas), and the women Anna, Alla, Larissa, Monco (Manca), Mamica, Uirko (Virko), Animais (Animaida), Gaatha, and Duklida, in Crimea; Martyr Codratus (Quadratus), Theodosius, Emmanuel, and with them 40 Martyrs who suffered under Diocletian; Martyrs Montanus the Presbyter of Singidunum and his wife Maxima; Martyr George of Sofia; Saint Govan, hermit of Pembrokeshire; Saint Liudger, missionary to the Frisians and first Bishop of Münster; Saint Braulio of Sargassa; Saint Rupert, Bishop of Worms

( March 13 2025: Julian Calendar )

Hieromartyr Publius, Bishop of Athens (2nd century) (see also January 21 in the West); Martyrs Alexander, Dionysius and Frontonus, the "Basilikoi" (the Emperor's men), in Thessaloniki (c. 305) (see also March 14); Martyr Christina of Persia, scourged to death (4th century); Venerable Euphrasia, in the Thebaid (Thebais); Martyr Abibus of Egypt (Sabinus), at Hermopolis, tied with stones and drowned in a river; Saint Marios (Marius), Bishop of Sebasteia; Venerable martyr Theoktistos, of the Great Lavra of St. Sabbas the Sanctified, reposed in peace (797); Martyrs Africanus, Publius, and Terence, at Carthage (250); Saint Leander of Seville, Bishop of Seville (596); Martyr Ramirus and Companions, at the monastery of St Claudio in Leon in Spain (c. 554 or 630); Saint Mochoemoc (Mochaemhog, Pulcherius, Vulcanius), monk at Bangor in Co. Down under St Comgall, later founded Liath-Mochoemoc (c. 656); Saint Kevoca (Kennotha, Quivoca), a saint honoured in Kyle in Scotland (7th century); Saint Gerald of Mayo, followed St Colman from Lindisfarne to Ireland and became his successor in the English monastery in Mayo (732); Saint Ansovinus, Bishop of Camerino (840); Saint Heldrad (Eldrad, Eldradus), abbot at Novalesa Abbey for thirty years (842); Martyrs Rudericus (Roderick) and Salomon (Solomon), in Córdoba in Spain (857); Saint Ipomoni or Empress Augusta Helen Palaiologos (1450) (see also May 29); New Hieromartyr Nicholas Popov, Priest (1919); New Hieromartyr Gregory Pospelov, Priest (1921); New Hieromartyr Stephen (Bekh), Bishop of Izhevsk (1933); New Hieromartyr Michael Okolovich, Priest (1938); Other Commemorations: Translation of the relics (846) of St. Nicephorus the Confessor, Patriarch of Constantinople (829); Repose of Elder Ephraim of Valaam Monastery (1946); Repose of Bishop Tikhon (Tikhomirov) of Kyrillov (1955).

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