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Today's feasts March 16 2026: Apostle Aristobulus of the Seventy, Bishop of Britain (1st c.) - (see also March 15 and October 31); Hieromartyr Alexander I, Pope of Rome (ca.117-138); Hieromartyrs Eventius and Theodoulus, Presbyters of the Church of Rome, martyred together with Pope Alexander of Rome (ca.117-138); Holy Ten Martyrs of Phoenicia, by the sword; Martyr Sabinus of Hermopolis, Egypt (287); Hieromartyrs Trophimus and Thalus, Priests of Laodicea (300); Martyr Papas of Lyconia - (see also November 10); Martyr Julian of Anazarbus, in Cilicia (305); Venerable Aninas of Mesopotamia the Wonderworker - (see also March 18); Hieromartyr Romanos, at Parium on the Hellespont; Martyrs Hilary of Aquileia and Tatian the Deacon, with Felix, Largus and Denis, under Numerian (ca.284); Saint Agapitus, Bishop of Ravenna (4th c.); Saint Finian Lobhar, Abbot of Swords Abbey near Dublin (ca.560); Saint Abbán of Kilabban (Ireland) (650); Saint Eusebia, Abbess at Hamay-les-Marchiennes near Arras, France (ca.680); Saint Dentlin (Dentelin, Denain), child-saint, considered a confessor of the faith (7th c.); Venerable John of Rufiana, ascetic of the Monasterium Rufianense (San Pedro de Montes), near Astorga, Spain; Saint Megingold (Megingaud, Mengold, Megingoz), Bishop of Würzburg (794); Saint Gregory Makar, former Bishop of Nicopolis in Armenia, then a hermit in Pithiviers near Orleans (ca.1000); Saint Heribert of Cologne, Archbishop of Cologne (1021); Venerable Christodoulos, Wonderworker of Patmos (1093); Venerable Pimen of Salosi, Fool-for-Christ, Enlightener of the Dagestani (North Caucasus people), and his companion Anthony of Meskhi, the Censurer of Kings (13th c.); New Monk-martyr Malachi of Rhodes, who suffered at Jerusalem (1500); Saint Serapion of Novgorod, Archbishop of Novgorod (1516) Saint Ambrose (Khelaia) the Confessor, Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia (1927); Venerable Eutropia (Isayenkova) of Kherson, clairvoyant (1968). ( March 3 2026: Julian Calendar ) Martyrs Eutropius and Cleonicus of Amasea, and Basiliscus of Comana (308); Venerable Piama of Egypt, virgin (337); Hieromartyr Theodoretus, Bishop, of Antioch, by beheading (361-363); Venerable Alexandra of Alexandria (4th century); Venerable Saints Zenon and Zoilus; Venerable Shio Mgvime, monk, of Georgia (6th century); Saint John IV (Chrysostom), Catholicos of Georgia (1001); Saint John V (Chrysostom), Catholicos of Georgia (1048); Martyrs Hemeterius and Cheledonius, believed to have been soldiers, suffered in Calahorra in Old Castile (ca. 298) Saint Camilla, disciple of St Germanus of Auxerre, where she lived as an anchoress (ca. 437); Martyrs Felix, Luciolus, Fortunatus, Marcia and Companions, a group of forty martyrs in North Africa; Saint Winwaloe, Abbot of Landévennec Abbey, Brittany (ca. 530); Saint Titian of Brescia, Germanic by birth, became Bishop of Brescia in Italy (ca. 536); Saint Caluppan of Auvergne in Gaul (576); Saint Non (Nonnita, Nonna), mother of St. David of Wales (6th century); Saint Foila (Faile), virgin of Galway, sister of St Colgan (6th century); Saint Arthelais, one of the patron-saints of Benevento in Italy, where she fled from Constantinople (6th century); Saint Lamalisse (Molaise of Leighlin), a hermit in Scotland, he left his name to the islet of Lamlash off the coast of the Isle of Arran in Scotland (7th century); Saint Sacer (Mo-Sacra, Mosacra), founder of the monastery of Saggart near Dublin in Ireland (7th century); Saint Cele-Christ (Christicola), otherwise "Worshipper of Christ", a hermit who became a Bishop of Leinster (ca. 728); Saint Anselm, Abbott, founder of a monastery at Fanano, and the Nonantola Abbey (803); Saint Cunigunde of Luxembourg, wife of Henry II, founder of Kaufungen Abbey (1039); Holy 9 Martyrs of Georgia (Nine Brothers Kherkheulidze), at Marabda (1625) (see also August 3); Virgin-martyr Martha Kovrova and martyr Michael Stroeva (1938); Other Commemorations: Synaxis of the Volokolamsk Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos (1572); Commemoration of Job Boretsky, Metropolitan of Kiev, Galicia and All-Rus' (1620-1631); Commemoration of Grigory Lisovsky, Metropolitan of Poltava (1927). Featured article The Episcopal Assembly of North and Central America, founded in 2010, consists of all the active Orthodox bishops of North and Central America, representing multiple jurisdictions. It is the successor to SCOBA, and it is not, properly speaking, a synod. The Episcopal Assembly of North and Central America is one of several such bodies around the world which operate in the so-called "diaspora." Recently featured: Raphael Morgan, Holy Week, Georges Florovsky, Theodoros II (Choreftakis) of Alexandria, Paschal Homily, Pachomius the Great. View all featured articles.

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