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St. Benedict of Nursia

Comm. Lenten feria

Western:

St. Benedict of Nursia, Abt.  gd

Thomas Cranmer, 69th Archbishop of Canterbury, M.

St. Enda

St. Arcangelo Tadini

St. Benedicta Cambiagio Frassinello

St. Birillus

St. Lupicinus

Bl. Maria Candida of the Eucharist

St. Nicholas of Flue

St. Philemon and Domninus

St. Serapion the Scholastic

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4th Saturday of Great Lent: Memorial Saturday

Saint James the Confessor, Bishop of Catania

Saint Cyril, Bishop of Catania

Saint Thomas, Patriarch of Constantinople

Venerable Seraphim of Vyritsa

Saint Serapion, Bishop of Thmuis in Lower Egypt

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March equinox:  7:46 am PDT

St. Cuthbert

Comm. Lenten feria

Western:

St. Cuthbert,  B. C.  d.

Bl. John of Parma

St. Alexandra and Companions

St. Anastasius XVI

St. Archippus

St. Benignus

St. Herbert of Derwentwater

St. John, Sergius, & Companions

St. Josef Bilczewski

St. Maria Josefa Sancho de Guerra

St. Martin of Braga

St. Nicetas

St. Paul and Companions

St. Photina

St. Tetricus

St. Urbitius

St. William of Penacorada

St. Wulfram of Sens

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Martyred Holy Fathers who were slain at the Monastery of Saint Savva

Monastic Martyr Euphrosynus of Blue Jay Lake, Novgorod

Martyr Photini the Samaritan Woman, her sons, and those with them

Virgin Martyrs Alexandria, Claudia, Euphrasia, Matrona, Juliana, Euphemia, and Theodora

Saint Nikḗtas the Confessor, Archbishop of Apollonias in Bithynia

Saint Cuthbert, Wonderworker of Britain

New Martyr Myron of Crete

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The trouble with the ‘inclusive’ Jesus

What is the problem with claiming that Jesus is "inclusive"? How does it match up to the Jesus we meet in the gospels, and what problems does it create?

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St. Joseph, Spouse of the B.V.M.

Comm. Lenten feria

Western:

St. Joseph, Spouse of the B.V.M.  d.1.

comm. Thomas Ken, B.C.

St. Adrian

St. Gemus

St. John the Syrian of Pinna

St. Lactali

St. Landoald

St. Leontius

St. Pancharius

St. Quintius

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Martyrs Chrysanthus and Daria, and those with them at Rome

Saint Innocent of Komél and Vologda disciple of Saint Nilus of Sora

Martyr Pancharius at Nicomedia

Icon of the Mother of God of Lubyatov

“Sweet-Kissing” Icon of the Mother of God of Smolensk

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St. Cyril of Jerusalem

Comm. Lenten feria

Western:

St. Cyril of Jerusalem,  B. C. D.  d.

St. Edward,  K. of the W. Saxons, M.

      30th great-granduncle of Cousin Sam

St. Alexander of Jerusalem

St. Anselm of Lucca

Bl. Christian O'Conarchy

St. Frediano

St. Humphrey

St. Narcissus and Felix

St. Salvatore (Salvatore of Horta)

Sts. Trophimus & Eucarpius

Orthodox – OCA:

Repose of Saint Nikolai of Zhicha

Saint Cyril, Archbishop of Jerusalem

Martyrs Trophimus and Eucarpus of Nicomedia

Venerable Aninas of the Euphrates

Saint Cyril of Astrakhan

Secular:

Grover Cleveland, 22nd & 24th POTUS

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St. Patrick

Comm. Lenten feria

Western:

St. Patrick,  B. C.  gd.

St. Gertrude of Nivelles, Abs.

St. Ambrose of Alexandria

St. Jan Sarkander

St. Joseph of Arimathea

St. Paul of Cyprus

Bl. Peter Lieou

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Venerable Alexis the Man of God

Venerable Macarius the Wonderworker, Abbot of Kalyazin

Martyr Marinus

Saint Patrick, Bishop of Armagh, Enlightener of Ireland

Hieromartyr Gabriel the Lesser

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Lenten feria

Western:

St. Abban

St. Aninus

St. Dentlin

St. Eusebia

St. Finian Lobhar

St. Finian Munnu

St. Hilary

Bl. John Amias

Bl. John Cacciafronte

St. Julian of Antioch

St. Megingaud

St. Patrick of Malaga

Bl. Robert Dalby

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Martyr Sabinus of Egypt

Martyr Papas of Lyconia

Saint Serapion, Archbishop of Novgorod

Apostle Aristobulus of the Seventy, Bishop of Britain

Hieromartyr Alexander I, 6th Pope of Rome

Martyr Julian of Anazarbus

Hieromartyrs Trophimus and Thalus of Laodicea

Saints Pimen of Salosi and Anton Meskhi, Enlighteners of Dagestan

      and the North Caucasus people

Saint Christódoulos, Wonderworker of Patmos

Saint Ambrose the Confessor

Saint Demetrius the Devoted, King of Georgia

Secular:

James Madison, 4th POTUS

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LENT IV

Laetare Sunday

Western:

St. Louise de Marillac

Pope Zachary, 91st Pope of Rome

St. Aristobulus

Bl. Artemide Zatti

St. Clement Maria Hofbauer

St. Leocrita

St. Mancius

St. Matrona

St. Menignus

St. Monaldus of Ancona

St. Nicander

St. Raymond of Fitero

Bl. William Hart

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3rd Sunday of Great Lent: Veneration of the Cross

Martyrs Agapius, Publius, Timolaus, Romulus, two named Dionysius,

      and two named Alexander, at Caesarea in Palestine

Hieromartyr Alexander of Sίdē, in Pamphylia

Martyr Nicander of Egypt

Secular:

Andrew Jackson, 7th POTUS

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Lenten feria

Western:

St. Leobinus

St. Matilda

Bl. Ambrose Fernandez

St. Boniface Curitan

St. Diaconus

Bl. Dominic Jorjes

St. Eutychius

Bl. Giacomo Cusmano

Martyrs of Valeria

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3rd Saturday of Great Lent: Memorial Saturday

Venerable Benedict of Nursia

Saint Theognostus, Metropolitan of Kiev and All Russia

Right-believing Great Prince Rostislav-Michael, Prince of Kiev

Saint Euschemon the Confessor, Bishop of Lampsacus

Icon of the Mother of God of Saint Theodore

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Resurrecting the bogeymen

A national movement to bring back Muslims and communists as the biggest threats to the US has a new spokesman, Spokane pastor Matt Shea.

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