March 17, 2018

Saints and Feasts of March 17


On the seventeenth Alexios was taken by death.

Venerable Alexios the Man of God

Saint Alexios the Man of God Resource Page


Venerable Theosteriktos the Confessor

Saint Theosteriktos the Confessor, Author of the Small Supplication Canon to the Theotokos


Holy Venerable Martyr Paul of Crete

Holy Venerable Martyr Paul of Crete (+ 764)


Holy Martyr Marinos

Synaxarion of the Holy Martyr Marinos


Saint Patrick the Wonderworker, Bishop of Armagh 
and Enlightener of Ireland

Saint Patrick Resource Page


Venerable Macarius the Wonderworker, 
Abbot of Kalyazin

Saint Macarius the Wonderworker, Abbot of Kalyazin (+ 1483)


Holy Hieromartyr Gabriel the Lesser

Holy Hieromartyr Gabriel the Lesser (+ 1802)


Commemoration of the Terrible Earthquake of 790

Commemoration of the Terrible Earthquake of 790 A.D.

Earthquakes in the Synaxarion of the Orthodox Church