Martyr
Persian martyrs whose relics were translated to Martyropolis by St. Maruthas (4th C)
In Russian: Мчч. Персидских в Мартирополе (IV)
In Church Slavonic: Ст҃ы́хъ мꙋ́чєникъ персі́дскихъ въ мартѷропо́лѣ (д҃)
Feast days
2026
Old calendar
- (16 February on the Old calendar), repose
New calendar
- , repose
2027
Old calendar
- (16 February on the Old calendar), repose
New calendar
- , repose
Also commemorated on 1 March 2026
- First Sunday of Lent: Triumph of Orthodoxy
- Martyrs Pamphilus the Presbyter, Valens the Deacon, Paul, Porphyrius, Seleucus, Theodoulus, Julian, Samuel, Elias, Daniel, Jeremiah and Isaiah at Cæsarea in Palestine († c307-309)
- Holy Hierarch Macarius (Nevsky), Metropolitan of Moscow and Kolomna († 1926)
- New Hieromartyr Priest Paul (1938)
- Venerable Maruthas, Bishop of Martyropolis in Mesopotamia († 422)