Menaion Services
Services at Holy Ascension are scheduled every Saturday evening and Sunday morning, and on major feasts and commemorations of the church. These services from the Menaion, translated into English by the late Monk Joseph (Isaac E. Lambertsen), are used throughout the year. Dates are according to the Church (Julian) calendar, which is currently 13 days behind the civil (Gregorian) calendar. The highlighted commemoration is served every year.
Month of March
March 1: Holy Martyred Nun Eudocia
March 2: Holy Hieromartyr Theodotus, Bishop of Cyrenia
March 2: Commemoration of the Manifestation of the "Reigning" Icon of the All-holy Theotokos
March 3: Holy Martyrs Eutropius, Cleonicus & Basiliscus
March 4: Venerable Father Gerasimus of the Jordan
March 6: Forty-Two Martyrs of Amorium
March 7: Holy Hieromartyrs who were bishops in Cherson
March 8: Venerable Father Theophylactus the Confessor, Bishop of Nicomedia
March 9: Holy Forty Martyrs of Sebaste
March 10: Holy Martyr Codratus
March 11: St. Sophronius, Patriarch of Jerusalem
March 12: St. Theophanes the Confessor of Mount Sigriana
March 12: Venerable Father Symeon the New Theologian
March 12: Our Father Among the Saints, Gregory the Dialogist, Pope of Rome
March 13: Translation of the Relics of St. Nicephorus, Patriarch of Constantinople
March 14: St. Benedict of Nursia
March 17: Venerable Father Alexis, Man of God
March 17: Our Father among the Saints Patrick, Enlightener of the Irish Land
March 18: St. Cyril, Archbishop of Jerusalem
March 19: Holy Martyrs Chrysanthus & Daria
March 20: Holy Fathers Slain in the Monastery of Saint Sabbas
March 21: St. James the Confessor, Bishop of Catania
March 22: Holy Hieromartyr Basil, Priest of the Church of Ancyra
March 23: Martyred Monk Nicon and Two Hundred of His Disciples Martyred with Him
March 24: Forefeast of the Annunciation of the All-holy Virgin
March 25: Feast of the Annunciation of the Theotokos
March 26: Synaxis of the Archangel Gabriel
March 26: Holy Hieromartyr Irenæus of Sirmium
March 27: Holy Martyr Matrona of Thessalonica
March 28: Venerable Fathers Hilarion the New & Stephen the Wonderworker
March 29: Venerable Father Mark, Bishop of Arethusa, Cyril the Deacon & Others
March 30: Venerable Father John, Author of "The Ladder"
March 30: Our Father Among the Saints Sophronius the Wonder-worker, Bishop of Irkutsk
March 31: Venerable Hypatius the Wonderworker, Bishop of Gangra
March 31: Appearance of the Iveron Icon