March 20, 2011 Second Sunday of the Great Lent. Tone two. Great Lent. Food with Oil St. Gregory Palamas the Archbishop of Thessalonica (movable holiday on the 2nd Sunday of the Great Lent). Synaxis of all Venerable Fathers of the Kiev Caves (movable holiday on the 2nd Sunday of the
March 19, 2011 Second Saturday of the Great Lent. Tone one. Great Lent. Food with Oil Parents’ Saturday. Remembrance of the dead. The 42 Martyrs of Ammoria in Phrygia, including: Constantine, Aetius, Theophilus, Theodore, Melissenus, Callistus, Basoes, and others (845). Venerable Job (Joshua in Schema) of Solovki (1720). The uncovering
Pacific Lutheran University students visit the Monastery March 18, 2011 Second Week of the Great Lent. Tone one. Great Lent. By Monastic Charter: Strict Fast (Bread, Vegetables, Fruits) Martyr Conon of Isauria (2nd c.). St. Nicholas (1919). New Hieromartyr John priest and New Hieromartyrs Mardarius and Theopane (1938). St. Nicholas
March 17, 2011 Second Week of the Great Lent. Tone one. Great Lent. By Monastic Charter: Food without Oil Venerable Gerasimus of the Jordan (475). Venerable Gerasimus, monk, of Vologda (1178). St. Daniel, prince of Moscow (1303). New Hieromartyrs Archpriest Dimitry Ivanov of Kiev (1933) and Priest Vyacheslav (Leontiev) of
March 16, 2011 Second Week of the Great Lent. Tone one. Great Lent. By Monastic Charter: Strict Fast (Bread, Vegetables, Fruits) Martyr Eutropius of Amasea, and with him Martyrs Cleonicus and Basiliscus (308). Virgin-martyr Martha and martyr Michael (1938). Venerable Piama, virgin (337). Sts. Zeno and Zoilus. “Volokolamsk” Icon of
March 15, 2011 Second Week of the Great Lent. Tone one. Great Lent. By Monastic Charter: Food without Oil Appearance of the Kolomenskoye Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos, “Reigning” (1917). Hieromartyr Theodotus, bishop of Cyrenia (315). St. Arsenius, bishop of Tver (1409). Virgin-martyr Euthalia of Sicily (257). Martyr Troadius
Hammi, the Norwegian Forest Cat March 14, 2011 Second Week of the Great Lent. Tone one. Great Lent. By Monastic Charter: Strict Fast (Bread, Vegetables, Fruits) Martyr Eudocia of Heliopolis (152). New Hieromartyr Olga (1937). New Hieromartyrs Basil, Peter, John, Benjamin, Michael priests, New Hieromartyr Anthony, Virgin-martyrs Anna, Daria, Eudokia,
The Monastery at Dusk March 13, 2011 First Sunday of the Great Lent: Triumph of Orthodoxy. Tone one. Great Lent. Food with Oil “Cyprus” Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos from the village Staromniy, Moscow region (movable holiday on the 1st Sunday of the Great Lent). Venerable Basil the Confessor
March 12, 2011 First Saturday of the Great Lent. Tone eight. Great Lent. Food with Oil Great Martyr Theodore Tyro (306) (movable holiday on Saturday of the 1st week of the Great Lent). Venerable Procopius the Confessor of Decapolis (ca. 750). New Hieromartyr Peter priest, Martyr Michael (1938). Venerable Titus,
Our Rode Island Red Hens are very happy. March 11, 2011 First Week of the Great Lent. Tone eight. Great Lent. By Monastic Charter: Strict Fast (Bread, Vegetables, Fruits) St. Porphyrius, bishop of Gaza (420). New Hieromartyr Peter priest (1930). New Hieromartyr Sergius priest (1933). Virgin-martyr Anna (1937). New Hieromartyrs