March 2 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
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The Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar describes and dictates the rhythm of the life of the Eastern Orthodox Church. Associated with each date are passages of Holy Scripture, Saints and events for commemoration, and many times special rules for fasting or feasting that correspond to the day of...

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March 2 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - March 4-Fixed commemorations:All commemorations below are observed on March 16 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Martyrs Eutropius, Cleonicus, and Basiliscus of Amasea *Righteous Zeno*Righteous Zoilus...


Fixed commemorations

All fixed commemorations below are observed on March 15 by Old Calendarists
Old calendarists
The term Old Calendarist refers to any Orthodox Christian or any Orthodox Church body which uses the historic Julian calendar , and whose Church body is not in communion with the Orthodox Churches that use the New Calendar...

.

Saints

  • Hieromartyr
    Hieromartyr
    In the Eastern Orthodox tradition, a hieromartyr is a martyr who was also one of the clergy . In like manner a priest-monk is often called a hieromonk....

     Theodotus of Cyrenia, bishop
    Bishop
    A bishop is an ordained or consecrated member of the Christian clergy who is generally entrusted with a position of authority and oversight. Within the Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox Churches, in the Assyrian Church of the East, in the Independent Catholic Churches, and in the...

     (320
    320
    Year 320 was a leap year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Constantinus and Constantinus...

    )
  • Saint
    Saint
    A saint is a holy person. In various religions, saints are people who are believed to have exceptional holiness.In Christian usage, "saint" refers to any believer who is "in Christ", and in whom Christ dwells, whether in heaven or in earth...

     Arsenius of Tver, bishop (1409)
  • Saint Agatho of Egypt, monk
    Monk
    A monk is a person who practices religious asceticism, living either alone or with any number of monks, while always maintaining some degree of physical separation from those not sharing the same purpose...

     (5th century)
  • Martyr
    Martyr
    A martyr is somebody who suffers persecution and death for refusing to renounce, or accept, a belief or cause, usually religious.-Meaning:...

     Troadius of Neo-Caesarea (3rd century)
  • Virgin-martyr Euthalia of Sicily
    Euthalia, Virgin Martyr
    Saint Euthalia of Leontini, Sicily, Virgin and Martyr, became a Christian after the miraculous healing and conversion to Christ of her mother, Saint Eutropia....

     (257
    257
    Year 257 was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Valerianus and Gallienus...

    )
  • Venerable Sabbas, abbot
    Abbot
    The word abbot, meaning father, is a title given to the head of a monastery in various traditions, including Christianity. The office may also be given as an honorary title to a clergyman who is not actually the head of a monastery...

     of Tver
    Tver
    Tver is a city and the administrative center of Tver Oblast, Russia. Population: 403,726 ; 408,903 ;...

     (1466)
  • Venerable Barsanuphius, abbot of Tver (1416)
  • Venerable Sabbatius, monk of Tver, and his disciple Euphrosynus, monk (15th century)
  • Martyr Hesychius the Senator
  • Saint Cointus (Quintus)
    Quintus of Phrygia
    Quintus the Wonder-Worker is a saint and thaumaturge of the Eastern Orthodox Church. His feast day is March 2. He is considered a martyr for the tortures he endured, though he did not die from them. A native of Phrygia, he was born to a Christian family. He worked with the poor at Aeolia...

     of Phrygia
    Phrygia
    In antiquity, Phrygia was a kingdom in the west central part of Anatolia, in what is now modern-day Turkey. The Phrygians initially lived in the southern Balkans; according to Herodotus, under the name of Bryges , changing it to Phruges after their final migration to Anatolia, via the...

    , confessor
    Confessor
    -Confessor of the Faith:Its oldest use is to indicate a saint who has suffered persecution and torture for the faith, but not to the point of death. The term is still used in this way in the East. In Latin Christianity it has come to signify any saint, as well as those who have been declared...

     and wonderworker
  • Saints Andronicus and the virgin Athanasia

Other commemorations

  • Repose of Abbess Philareta of Ufa
    Ufa
    -Demographics:Nationally, dominated by Russian , Bashkirs and Tatars . In addition, numerous are Ukrainians , Chuvash , Mari , Belarusians , Mordovians , Armenian , Germans , Jews , Azeris .-Government and administration:Local...

     (1890)
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