The Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople Holy Metropolis of Pisidia Exarchate of Side and Antalya Schedule of Services for MARCH 2021 Church of our Lady of Pisidiotisa Alanya 1 Mon Martyrs Pamphilus presbyter, Valens deacon, Paul, Seleucus, Porphyrius, Julian, Theodulus, Elias, Jeremiah, Isaiah, Samuel, and Daniel, at Caesarea in Palestine (307-309). 2 Tue Great-martyr Theodore the Tyro (306). St. Hermogenes, patriarch of Moscow and all Russia (1612). St. Mariamne, sister of Apostle Philip (I). 3 Wed St. Leo the Great, pope of Rome (461). St. Agapitus, bishop of Synnada (IV). St. Flavian the Confessor, patriarch of Constantinople (449-450). 17.00 Small Compline, kanon to the Mother of God 4 Thu Apostles Archippus and Philemon of the Seventy, and Martyr Apphia (I). Martyrs Maximus, Theodotus, Hesychius, and Asclepiodotus of Adrianopolis (305-311). 5 Fri Venerable Leo, bishop of Catania in Sicily (ca. 780). Hieromartyr Sadoc (Sadoth), bishop of Persia, and 128 Martyrs with him (342-344). St. Kindeos, Bishop of Pisidia. 17.00 Vespers, 6 Sat The Saturday of the Dead. Venerable Timothy of Symbola in Bithynia (795). St. Eustathius (Eustace), archbishop of Antioch (337). St. George, bishop of Amastris on the Black Sea (802-811). 08.30 Hours, Confession 09.00 Divine Liturgy, Commemorial Service 16.00 All-Night Vigil 7 Sun Sunday of the Last Judgment (Meatfare). Uncovering of the relics of the Holy Martyrs at the gate of Eugenius at Constantinople (395-423). Martyrs Maurice and his son Photinus, and Martyrs Theodore, Philip, and 70 soldiers, at Apamea in Syria (305). 08.30 Hours, Confession 09.00 Divine Liturgy 8 Mon Hieromartyr Polycarp, bishop of Smyrna (167). Uncovering of the relics (1998) St Matrona the Blind of Moscow (1952). Venerable Alexander, founder of the order of the Unsleeping Ones (430). 09.30 Hours, Confession 10.00 Divine Liturgy 9 Tue First (4th c.) and Second (452) Findings of the Precious Head of St. John the Baptist. 09.30 Hours, Confession 10.00 Divine Liturgy 10 Wed St. Tarasius, archbishop of Constantinople (806). 17.00 Small Compline, kanon to the Mother of God 11 Thu St. Porphyrius, bishop of Gaza (420). Martyrs Sebastian and Christodoulos (66). 12 Fri Venerable Procopius the Confessor of Decapolis (ca. 750). Venerable Thalelaeus, hermit of Syria. 17.00 Vespers, 13 Sat Venerable John Cassian the Roman, abbot (435). Venerable Basil the Confessor (750). Hieromartyr Nestor, bishop of Magydos in Pamphylia (250). 17.00 All-Night Vigil 14 Sun The Sunday of Forgiveness (Cheesefare Sunday). Commemoration of Adam´s expulsion from paradise. Martyr Eudocia of Heliopolis (160-170). Martyr Antonina of Nicaea (III-IV) 08.30 Hours, Confession 09.00 Divine Liturgy 17.00 Vespers with the Rite of Forgiveness 15 Mon Beginning of the Great Lent. Hieromartyr Theodotus, bishop of Cyrenia (320-326). Hieromartyrs Nestor the bishop and Tribimius the deacon of Perga in Pamphylia (III). 09.00 Matins, Hours, Typica, Vespers 17.00 Great Compline with the reading of the Great Canon of St. Andrew of Crete 16 Tue Martyr Eutropius, Cleonicus and Basiliscus (308). Venerable Piama, virgin (337). Sts. Zeno and Zoilus. 09.00 Matins, Hours, Typica, Vespers 17.00 Great Compline with the reading of the Great Canon of St. Andrew of Crete 17 Wed Venerable Gerasimus of Lycia in the Jordan (451). Martyrs Paul, his sister Juliana, and Quadratus, Acacius, and Stratonicus (273). 09.00 Hours, Confession, Vespers with the Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts 17.00 Great Compline with the reading of the Great Canon of St. Andrew of Crete 18 Thu Martyr Conon of Isauria. Martyr Conon the Gardener of Pamphylia (III). Uncovering of the relics of St. Luke, hierarch-surgeon of Simferopol (1996). 09.00 Matins, Hours, Typica, Vespers 17.00 Great Compline with the reading of the Great Canon of St. Andrew of Crete 19 Fri The 42 Martyrs of Ammoria in Phrygia (845). Venerable Arcadius, monk, of Cyprus (IV). 09.00 Hours, Confession, Vespers with the Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts 17.00 Akathist to the Mother of God, Commemorial Service 20 Sat Great Martyr Theodore Tyro (306). The Holy Hieromartyrs of Cherson: Basil, Ephraim, Capito, Eugene, Aetherius, Elpidius, and Agathodorus (IV) 08.30 Hours, Confession 09.00 Divine Liturgy, Commemorial Service 17.00 All-Night Vigil 21 Sun First Sunday of the Great Lent: Triumph of Orthodoxy. Venerable Theophylactus, bishop of Nicomedia (842-845). Venerable Dometius (363) 08.30 Hours, Confession 09.00 Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great 22 Mon The Holy Forty Martyrs of Sebaste (320). Righteous Caesarius, brother of St. Gregory the Theologian (369). 09.00 Hours, Confession, Vespers with the Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts 17.00 Great Compline 23 Tue Martyrs Codratus and those with him (258). St. Paul of Taganrog (1879). Martyrs Codratus, Saturninus, and Rufinus and others of Nicomedia (III) 09.00 Matins, Hours, Typica, Vespers 17.00 Great Compline 24 Wed St. Sophronius, patriarch of Jerusalem (638-644). St. Euthymius, Bishop of Novgorod, wonderwoker (1458). Hieromartyr Pionius of Smyrna (250) 09.00 Matins, Hours, Typica, Vespers 17.00 Great Compline 25 Thu St. Gregory the Dialogist, pope of Rome (604). Venerable Symeon the New Theologian (1022) 09.00 Matins, Hours, Typica, Vespers 17.00 Great Compline 26 Fri Translation of the relics of St. Nicephorus the Confessor, patriarch of Constantinople (846). Martyr Christina (IV). 09.00 Hours, Confession, Vespers with the Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts 17.00 Akathist to the Mother of God, Commemorial Service 27 Sat Venerable Benedict of Nursia. St. Theognostus, metropolitan of Kiev and Moscow. 08.30 Hours, Confession 09.00 Divine Liturgy, Commemorial Service 17.00 All-Night Vigil 28 Sun Second Sunday of the Great Lent. St. Gregory Palamas the Archbishop of Thessalonica. Hieromartyr Alexander of Side in Pamphylia (279-275). 08.30 Hours, Confession 09.00 Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great 29 Mon Martyr Sabinas of Hermopolis (287). Martyr Papas (305-311). 09.00 Matins, Hours, Typica, Vespers 17.00 Great Compline 30 Tue Venerable Alexis the Man of God, in Rome (411). Venerable Patrick, enlightener of Ireland (451). Venerable Parthenius of Kiev (1855). 09.00 Hours, Confession, Vespers with the Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts 17.00 Great Compline 31 Wed St. Cyril, archbishop of Jerusalem (386). Martyrs Trophimus and Eucarpus (300). 09.00 Matins, Hours, Typica, Vespers 17.00 Great Compline .