21 Марта 1888 - Orthodox Calendar / Orthodox Menologion Online

Wednesday, March 21, 1888 (March 9, 1888 by the Julian calendar)
1^st Week of the Great Lent, Tone eight

Great Lent. + The Holy Forty Martyrs of Sebaste: Cyrion (or Quirio), Candidus, Domnus, Hesychius, Heraclius, Smaragdus, Eunoicus, Valens, Vivianus, Claudius, Priscus, Theodulus, Eutychius, John, Xanthias, Helianus, Sisinius, Angus, Aetius, Flavius, Acacius, Ecdicius, Lysimachus, Alexander, Elias, Gorgonius, Theophilus, Dometian, Gaius, Leontius, Athanasius, Cyril, Sacerdon, Nicholas, Valerius, Philoctimon, Severian, Chudion, Aglaius,and Meliton (320). New Hieromartyr Archpriest Mitrophan Buchnoff of Voronezh (1931). New Hieromartyrs Michael, Alexis, Demetrius, Sergius, Sergius priests and Nicolos deacon, New Hieromartyr Iosaph and Virgin-martyrs Natalia and Alexandra (1938). Urpasianus of Nicomedia (295). Righteous Caesarius, brother of St. Gregory the Theologian (369). St. Tarasius of Liconium. "Albazin" Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos ("The Word Was Made Flesh") (1666). St. Philoromus the Confessor of Galatia (4th c.). St. Pacianus, bishop of Barcelona (390). St. Jonah, archbishop of Novgorod (1470).