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Today's feasts March 13: Hieromartyr Publius, Bishop of Athens (2nd century) (see also January 21 in the West); Martyrs Alexander, Dionysius and Frontonus, the "Basilikoi" (the Emperor's men), in Thessaloniki (c. 305) (see also March 14); Martyr Christina of Persia, scourged to death (4th century); Venerable Euphrasia, in the Thebaid (Thebais); Martyr Abibus of Egypt (Sabinus), at Hermopolis, tied with stones and drowned in a river; Saint Marios (Marius), Bishop of Sebasteia; Venerable martyr Theoktistos, of the Great Lavra of St. Sabbas the Sanctified, reposed in peace (797); Martyrs Africanus, Publius, and Terence, at Carthage (250); Saint Leander of Seville, Bishop of Seville (596); Martyr Ramirus and Companions, at the monastery of St Claudio in Leon in Spain (c. 554 or 630); Saint Mochoemoc (Mochaemhog, Pulcherius, Vulcanius), monk at Bangor in Co. Down under St Comgall, later founded Liath-Mochoemoc (c. 656); Saint Kevoca (Kennotha, Quivoca), a saint honoured in Kyle in Scotland (7th century); Saint Gerald of Mayo, followed St Colman from Lindisfarne to Ireland and became his successor in the English monastery in Mayo (732); Saint Ansovinus, Bishop of Camerino (840); Saint Heldrad (Eldrad, Eldradus), abbot at Novalesa Abbey for thirty years (842); Martyrs Rudericus (Roderick) and Salomon (Solomon), in Córdoba in Spain (857); Saint Ipomoni or Empress Augusta Helen Palaiologos (1450) (see also May 29); New Hieromartyr Nicholas Popov, Priest (1919); New Hieromartyr Gregory Pospelov, Priest (1921); New Hieromartyr Stephen (Bekh), Bishop of Izhevsk (1933); New Hieromartyr Michael Okolovich, Priest (1938); Other Commemorations: Translation of the relics (846) of St. Nicephorus the Confessor, Patriarch of Constantinople (829); Repose of Elder Ephraim of Valaam Monastery (1946); Repose of Bishop Tikhon (Tikhomirov) of Kyrillov (1955). 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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