March 17 (old calendar) /  March 30 (new)

March 17 (old calendar) /  March 30 (new) Great Lent. Third Saturday of Lent — Memorial Saturday. Ven. Aleksy (Alexius) the Man of God (411). Ven. Macarius, Abbot and Wonderworker of Kalyázinsk (Tver’—1483). Martyr Marinus. St. Patrick, Bishop of Armagh, Enlightener of Ireland (ca. 461). SAINT ALEXIS Saint Alexis was born at Rome into the family of the pious and poverty-loving Euphemianus and Aglais. The couple was childless for a