March 23 (old calendar) / April 5 (new)

March 23 (old calendar) / April 5 (new) Great Lent Martyr Nikon and 199 disciples with him in Sicily (251). Ven. Nikon, Abbot of the Kiev Caves (1088). Martyrs Philetas the Senator, his wife, Lydia, their sons Macedon and Theoprepius, Chronides the Notary, and Amphilochius the Captain, in Illyria (117-138). Righteous Basil of Mangazea in Siberia (1600). Monk Martyr Luke of St. Anne’s Skete (Mt. Athos—1802). SAINT NIKON The Monk