March 18

Feasts

The 10,000 Martyrs of Nicomedia (Myriads of Holy Martyrs), by the sword; Martyrs Trophimus and Eucarpion, soldiers, at Nicomedia, and those with them (300); Saint Cyril of Jerusalem, Patriarch of Jerusalem (386); Venerable Ananias the Wonderworker (Aninas of the Euphrates), Hieromonk; Saint Daniel, monk of Egypt (6th c.); Saints Narcissus and Felix, a Bishop and his Deacon honoured as martyrs in Gerona, Catalonia, Spain (ca.307); Saint Tetricus, Bishop of Langres in Gaul (572); Saint Frediano of Ireland (Frigidanus, Frigdianus), prince and hermit, and Bishop of Lucca (588); Saint Egbert of Ripon, monk (729); Saint Edward the Martyr, King of England (978); Saint Cyril of Astrakhan (1576); New Hieromartyr Demetrius, Priest (1938); Virgin-martyr Natalia (1938); Saint Maria (Skobtsova) (Elizabeth Pilenko), nun, who suffered at Ravensbrück concentration camp (1945); Other Commemorations: Repose of Abbot Mark of Optina Monastery (1909); Repose of St. Nicholas of Zhicha, at Libertyville, Illinois (1956).