March 13 (old calendar) / March 26 (new)

March 13 (old calendar) / March 26 (new) Great Lent Translation of the relics of St. Nicephorus, Patriarch of Constantinople (846). Martyr Sabinus (Abibus) of Egypt (287). Martyrs Africanus, Publius and Terence, of Carthage (3rd c.). Martyr Alexander of Macedonia (305-311). Martyr Christina of Persia (4th c.). Ven. Aninas of the Euphrates. Translation of the relics of St. Nicephorus Saint Nicephorus was a dignitary at the court of the empress