March 31, 2025. + Orthodox Calendar

Orthodox Calendar 2025

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March 31

Sunday

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April 13

The Entry of the Lord into Jerusalem— Palm Sunday.
Great Lent. Fish, wine and oil allowed.

Fish, wine and oil allowed.

St. Hypatius the Wonderworker, bishop of Gangra (ca. 326). St. Jonah, metropolitan of Kiev, Moscow, and all Russia (1461). St. Innocent, metropolitan of Moscow, enlightener of Alaska and Siberia (1879).

St. Apollonius, monk, of the Thebaid (4th c.). Hieromartyrs Abdas, bishop of Hormizd-Ardashir, and Benjamin, deacon, of Persia (418-424). St. Hypatius, abbot of Rufinianus in Chalcedon (ca. 446). St. Hypatius the Healer, of the Kiev Caves (14th c.). St. Philaret, abbot, of Glinsk Hermitage (1841).

Iveron Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos (Mt. Athos).

Righteous Joseph the Fair, son of Jacob (ca. ) (ок 1700 b.c.). St. Acacius the Confessor, bishop of Melitene in Pisidia (251). St. Blaise of Amorium and Mt. Athos (ca. 908).

Repose of Archbishop Averky (Taushev) of Syracuse and Holy Trinity Monastery (1976), Schemanun Anastasia (Shevelenko) of Karaganda (1977), and Archimandrite Thaddeus (Tadej) (Shtrbulovich) of Vitovnica Monastery, Serbia (2003).

Thoughts for Each Day of the Year
According to the Daily Church Readings from the Word of God
By St. Theophan the Recluse

St. Theophan the Recluse

Palm Sunday. [Phil. 4:4–9; John 12:1–18]

Who did not meet the Lord when He, as a king, triumphantly entered into Jerusalem; and who did not cry out then, Hosanna to the Son of David! (Matt. 21:15)? But only four days passed, and the same crowd with the same tongues cried, Crucify Him, crucify Him! (John 19:6). An amazing change! But why should we be surprised? Do we not do the very same thing, when upon receiving the holy Mysteries of the Body and Blood of the Lord, we barely leave the church before forgetting everything—both our reverence and God’s mercy toward us. We give ourselves over as before to self-pleasing deeds—at first small and then also large. Perhaps even before four days have passed, although we do not cry, “Crucify Him!” we will crucify the Lord within ourselves. The Lord sees all of this, and suffers. Glory to Thy longsuffering, O Lord!

Articles

St. Hypatius the Wonderworker and Bishop of Gangra

When Saint Hypatius was returning in 326 from Constantinople to Gangra, followers of the schismatics Novatus and Felicissimus fell upon him in a desolate place. The heretics ran him through with swords and spears, and threw him into a swamp. Like the Protomartyr Stephen, Saint Hypatius prayed for his murderers.

St Jonah the Metropolitan of Moscow

Saint Jonah, Metropolitan of Moscow and Wonderworker of All Russia, was born in the city of Galich into a pious Christian family.

The Alaskan Orthodox literary resurrection

Interview with Reader Mikhail Ivanovich, spokesman for the online native Alaskan linguistic project of All Saints of North America Church in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

St. Innocent of Alaska, Metropolitan of Moscow

He built a church with his own hands, traveled to remote areas by kayak, dog sled, even reindeer. He learned six dialects of the native language and developed the first written alphabet for the native Aleuts. He translated the Bible and other sacred books into their language. Years later, he also translated scriptural books into other Alaskan native languages.

"The way of St. Innocent" expedition to go through Siberia and Far East to Alaska

The expedition called "The way of St. Innocent", which is to take place during 2014-2017, will unite regions of Siberia, Far East, and American states of Alaska, California, and Hawaii.

History Notes concerning Orthodox Christianity and the Alaska Church

Fr. Michael Oleska

Today, with Cathedrals at Sitka, Anchorage, Unalaska and Kodiak, and nearly 100 churches and chapels across the southern half of the state, with a seminary at Kodiak as well, the Orthodox Diocese of Alaska is the “mother church” for the millions of Orthodox Christians in Canada, Mexico and the United States.

Icon of St. Innocent of Moscow weeping myrrh In Khabarovsk

The unusual phenomenon was noticed by the seminary aspirants who came to take entrance examinations.

The Saints of Fort Ross

One came by schooner, and then horseback. Two came by steam locomotive, and then stagecoach. Holy men on a mission-they came, they prayed and departed. Their presence at Fort Ross, Russian colony turned California State Park, is exceptional. It is the only public park in the United States that has been graced by three saints. In a sense, Fort Ross is a kind of hallowed ground.

Glorification of St Innocent the Metropolitan of Moscow and Enlightener of the Aleuts, Apostle to the Americas

The missionary service of the future Apostle of America and Siberia began with the year 1823. Father John spent 45 years laboring for the enlightenment of the peoples of Kamchatka, the Aleutian Islands, North America, Yakutsk, the Khabarov frontier, performing his apostolic exploit in severe conditions and at great risks to life.

St. Innocent of Alaska and Moscow

Venerable Apollonius, Ascetic, of Egypt

Saint Apollonius, when he was a fifteen-year-old youth, withdrew into the inner Thebaid desert (Lower Egypt), where he spent forty years in monastic struggles.

Venerable Hypatius the Healer of the Kiev Caves

Saint Hypatius the Healer of the Caves, attained glory through his severe fasting and prayerful vigilance.

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