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Today's feasts March 9 2026: Martyr Urpasianus the Senator, at Nicomedia, by being burned alive (c. 305); The Holy Forty Martyrs of Sebaste (320): Cyrion (Quirio), Candidus, Domnus, Hesychius, Heraclius, Smaragdus, Eunoicus, Valens, Vivianus, Claudius, Priscus, Theodulus, Eutychius, John, Santhias, Helianus, Sisinius, Angius, Aetius, Flavius, Acacius, Ecdicius, Lysimachus, Alexander, Elias, Gorgonius, Theophilus, Dometian, Gaius, Leontius, Athanasius, Cyril, Sacerdon, Nicholas, Valerius, Philoctimon, Severian, Chudion, Aglaius, and Meliton; Saint Caesarius of Nazianzus (Caesarios the Doctor), brother of St. Gregory the Theologian (369); Saint Philoromus the Confessor, of Galatia (4th century); Saint Tarasius the Wonderworker, of Lycaonia; Saint Pacianus, Bishop of Barcelona (390); Saint Constantine of Cornwall and Govan, King of Cornwall, protomartyr of Scotland (576) (see also March 11); Saint Bosa of York, Bishop of York (705); Venerable Vitalis of Castronovo, Sicily (994); Saint Anthony, a monk at Luxeuil in France, became a hermit in Froidemont in Franche-Comté (10th century); Saint Jonah, Archbishop of Novgorod (1470) New Martyrs (two priests and forty students) of Momisici (Montenegro) (1688); Venerable Elder Cleopas of Ostrov-Vvedensky Monastery, disciple of Saint Paisius Velichkovsky (1778); Saint Theodosius Levitsky, priest of Balta, Odessa (1845); Saint Dimitra (Ihorova), nun and foundress of the Vvedensk (Vovedenska) Convent in Kiev (1878); New Hieromartyr Mitrophan Buchnoff, Archpriest, of Voronezh (1931); New Hieromartyr Joasaph (Shakhov), Abbot, of Popovka (Moscow) (1938); New Hieromartyrs Michael Maslov, Alexis Smirnov, Demetrius Glivenko, Sergius Lebedev, and Sergius Zvetkov, Priests, and Nicholas Goryunov, Protodeacon (1938); Virgin-martyrs Natalia Yulianova and Alexandra Samoylovoy (1938); Other commemorations: "Albazin" Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos ("The Word Was Made Flesh") (1666); Repose of Schema-Archimandrite Theophilus (Rossokha) of Kiev (1996). ( February 24 2026: Julian Calendar ) First (4th century) and Second (452) Findings of the Precious Head of St. John the Baptist. Saint John the Harvester (Theristos), of Calabria (9th century). Martyrs Montanus, Lucias, Julian, Victoricus, Flavian, and their companions, at Carthage (259); Saint Primitiva (Primitivus), an early martyr, probably in Rome; Saint Modestus, Bishop of Trier in Germany and Confessor (489); Saint Praetextatus (Prix), Bishop of Rouen in France and Martyr (586); Saint Liudhard (Letard), Chaplain and Bishop of Queen Bertha of Kent (c. 600); Saint Æthelberht, King of Kent (616); Saint Boisil of Melrose Abbey (664); Saint Cummain Ailbe (Cumine the White), Abbot of Iona (669); Saint Betto, a monk at Sainte Colombe in Sens in France, became Bishop of Auxerre in 889 (918); Venerable Erasmus of the Kiev Caves Monastery (c. 1160); Other Commemorations: Uncovering of the relics (1486) of St. Romanus, Prince of Uglich (1285) 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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