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Today's feasts March 27 2026: Prophet Hanani (Ananias) - (II Chronicles 16:7-10); Martyrs Philetas the Senator, his wife Lydia, their sons Macedon and Theoprepides, and Amphilochius, an officer in the army, with Chronidas, a notary (c. 121) (see also March 23); Venerable Matrona of Thessalonica the Confessor (3rd-4th centuries); Martyrs Baruch and John, by the sword; Venerable Eutychios, monastic; Venerable Cyricus of Apros (Quiricus), in Thrace, monastic; Martyrs Manuel and Theodosius (304); Saint John the Clairvoyant, anchorite of Lycopolis, Egypt (394); Saint Paphnutius of Thebes, disciple of Saint Anthony the Great (4th century); Saint Paul, Bishop of Corinth (c. 925); Saint Augusta, daughter of the Teuton Duke of Friuli, martyred by her father, venerated in Serravalle near Treviso (5th century); Saint Amator (Amador), a hermit to whom several churches are dedicated in Portugal; Saint Rupert of Salzburg, Bishop of Salzburg (718); Saint Romulus, Abbot of St Baudilius near Nîmes in France (c. 730); Saint Suairlech, first Bishop of Fore in Westmeath, Ireland, from c. 735-750 (c. 750); Saint Alkelda (Alkeld, Athilda), martyred by the Danes (10th century); Saint Ephraim of Rostov (1454); Saint Alexander, Abbot of Voche, near Galich (16th century); Saint Anthony (Stakhovsky), Metropolitan of Tobolsk in Siberia (1740); Saint Ambrose (Khelaia) the Confessor, Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia (1927) (see also March 16); Other Commemorations: Icons of the Most Holy Theotokos on Mount Athos: "Glykophylousa" ("Sweet-Kissing") and "Of the Akathist"; Repose of Elder Augustine of Philotheou, Mt. Athos (1965). ( March 14 2026: Julian Calendar ) Martyrs Basil and Euphrasius, together with other Christians, in Thessaloniki; Martyr Phronimus of Thessaloniki; Martyr Florentius, in Thessaloniki, by fire; Martyr Alexander, in Thessaloniki (c. 285-305); Martyr Eustathius and his company, at Carrhae, Mesopotamia (741); Venerable Euschemon the Confessor, Bishop of Lampsacus (9th century); Holy 47 Martyrs of Rome, baptised by the Apostle Peter, and suffered in Rome under Nero, all on the same day (c. 67); Hieromartyr Leo, Bishop and Martyr, perhaps under the Arians, in the Agro Verano in Italy; Martyrs Peter and Aphrodisius, who obtained the crown of martyrdom in the persecution of the Vandals (5th century); Monk-Martyrs of Valeria, in the province of Valeria, Italy, slain by the Lombards (5th century); Venerable Benedict of Nursia, Abbot (543) (see also July 11 in the West); Saint Diaconus, a deacon in the Marsi in central Italy, martyred together with two monks by the Lombards (6th century); Saint Boniface Curetán, a Scoto-Pictish Bishop of Ross (c. 630 or 660); Saint Talmach, a disciple of St Barr at Lough Erc in Ireland, and founder of a monastery (7th century); Saint Matilda (Mathildis, Maud), wife of German king Henry the Fowler, who founded the monasteries of Nordhausen, Pöhlde, Engern and Quedlinburg in Germany (968); Saint Rostislav-Michael, Great Prince of Kiev (1167); Saint Theognostus of Kiev, the Greek Metropolitan of Kiev and all Rus' (1353); Venerable Andreas (Andrew) of Russia (1820); Repose of Blessed John, Fool-for-Christ of Yurievets (1893); Other Commemorations: Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos of St. Theodore ("Feodorovskaya"), Kostroma (1239, 1613) (see also August 16). Featured article The Episcopal Assembly of North and Central America, founded in 2010, consists of all the active Orthodox bishops of North and Central America, representing multiple jurisdictions. It is the successor to SCOBA, and it is not, properly speaking, a synod. The Episcopal Assembly of North and Central America is one of several such bodies around the world which operate in the so-called "diaspora." Recently featured: Raphael Morgan, Holy Week, Georges Florovsky, Theodoros II (Choreftakis) of Alexandria, Paschal Homily, Pachomius the Great. View all featured articles.

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