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March 30 2026:

Prophet Joad (10th century BC) (III Kings 13:11), who dwelt in Bethel; Prophet Joel (c. 800 BC) (see also October 19); Holy Apostles Sosthenes, Apollos, Cephas, Caesar, and Epaphroditus of the Seventy Apostles (1st century); Saint Eubula, mother of St. Panteleimon (304); Venerable John the Hermit of Cilicia (4th century); Saint John II, Patriarch of Jerusalem (5th century); Venerable John the Silent (John Hesychastes), Bishop of Colonia (Taxara) in Armenia, and later a monk of St. Sabbas Monastery (558) (see also December 3); Venerable John Climacus of Sinai, author of The Ladder of Divine Ascent (615); Venerable Zosimas, Bishop of Syracuse (662) (see also January 21) Saint Quirinus, the jailer of Pope Alexander I, martyr (c. 117); Saint Regulus (Rieul), by tradition a Greek, he is honoured as the first Bishop of Senlis in France (c. 260); Saint Mamertinus of Auxerre, a monk and then Abbot of Sts Cosmas and Damian in Auxerre in France (c. 462); Saint Fergus, Bishop of Downpatrick in Ireland (6th century); Saint Pastor, Bishop of Orleans in France (6th century); Saint Tola of Clonard, Abbot and Bishop of Disert Tola in Meath in Ireland (c. 733); Saint Patto (Pacificus), Bishop of Werden in Germany (c. 788); Saint Clinius, a Greek monk of Monte Cassino, he became Abbot of St Peter's near Pontecorvo, where his relics were venerated; Saint Osburga of Coventry, Abbess of Coventry (c. 1015); New Hieromartyr Zachariah, Metropolitan of Corinth (1684); Saint Sophronius of Irkutsk, Bishop of Irkutsk and All Siberia (1771); Other Commemorations: The Meeting of the Mother of God and Saint Elizabeth; Translation of the relics of the Martyr-King Edmund of East Anglia; Repose of Blessed Matrona (Mylnikova) the Barefoot, of St. Petersburg, Fool for Christ (1911).

( March 17 2026: Julian Calendar )

Saint Lazarus the Righteous (Lazarus the Just), the friend of Christ (1st c.); Martyr Marinus of Caesarea, soldier, at Caesarea in Palestine (262); Saint Ambrose, Deacon, disciple of St. Didymus the Blind of Alexandria (400); Venerable Alexis the Man of God, in Rome (411) - (see also July 17 - Western Church); Monk-martyr Paul of Crete, defender of icons, burned alive under Constantine V Copronymus (767); Venerable Theosterictus the Confessor, Abbot of Pelecete Monastery near Prusa (826); Martyrs Alexander and Theodore, early martyrs in Rome; Venerable Patrick, Bishop of Armagh and Enlightener of Ireland (461); Saint Llinio of Llandinam, Abbot and Founder of Llandinam, Powys, Wales (520); Saint Agricola (Agrele, Aregle), ascetic and Bishop of Châlon-sur-Saône in France (580); Saint Gertrude of Nivelles, Abbess of Nivelles, patroness of travellers (659); Saint Beccan of Rhum (677); Saint Withburga, Princess of East Anglia, hermitess whose holy well is at East Dereham (ca.743); Venerable Macarius, Abbot and Wonderworker of Kalyazin (1483); Venerable Hieromartyr Gabriel the Lesser, of Gareji, Georgia (1802); Hieromartyr Theodoulos the Sinaite (1822); Saint Gurij Karpov, Archbishop of Tauria and Simferopol (1882); New Hieromartyr Alexander Polivanov of Krasnoyarsk, Priest (1919); New Hieromartyr Victor Kiranov of Berdyansk, Protopresbyter of Simferopol-Crimea (1942); Other Commemorations: Commemoration of the Great Earthquake of 790 AD, under Emeperor Constantine VI; Repose of Lulach, last Orthodox King of Scotland (1058); Repose of Archbishop Tikhon (Troitsky) of San Francisco (1963).

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