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QUADRAGESIMA — LENT I

Western:

Chair of St. Peter at Antioch.

St. Margaret of Cortona

St. Aristion

St. Athanasius

St. Baradates

St. Elwin

Bl. John the Saxon

Martyrs of Arabia

St. Maximian of Ravenna

St. Papias of Hierapolis

St. Raynerius

Bl. Stefan Wincenty Frelichowski

St. Thalassius & Limuneus

Orthodox – OCA:

Sunday of Cheesefare: Expulsion of Adam from Paradise

Uncovering of the relics of the Holy Martyrs at the Gate of Eugenius at Constantinople

Martyrs Maurice and his son, Photinus, and Martyrs Theodore, Philip, and 70 soldiers,

      at Apamea in Syria

Venerable Thalassius, Hermit of Syria

Venerable Limnaeus, Hermit of Syria

Venerable Baradates, Hermit of Syria

Saint Athanasius the Confessor of Constantinople

9 Martyred brothers of Kola: Guram, Adarnerse, Baqar, Vache, Bardzim,

      Dachi, Juansher, Ramaz, and Parsman

Finding of the Relics of Saint Tikhon of Moscow

Secular:

George Washington, 1st POTUS

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from The Spokesman-Review

Newspaper in Spokane, Washington

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