March 2 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
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March 1 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Feb. 28 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - March 2-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on March 14 by Old Calendarists.-Saints:*Martyr Eudoxia of Heliopolis...
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Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar
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 3 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
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 CalendaristsOld 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...
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Saints
- HieromartyrHieromartyrIn 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, bishopBishopA 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...
(320320Year 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...
) - SaintSaintA 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, monkMonkA 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) - MartyrMartyrA 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 SicilyEuthalia, Virgin MartyrSaint Euthalia of Leontini, Sicily, Virgin and Martyr, became a Christian after the miraculous healing and conversion to Christ of her mother, Saint Eutropia....
(257257Year 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, abbotAbbotThe 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 TverTverTver 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 PhrygiaQuintus 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 PhrygiaPhrygiaIn 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...
, confessorConfessor-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 UfaUfa-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...
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