Ecclesiastical Calendar: Who Celebrates on March 9, 2025?

Today, Sunday (March 9, 2025), according to the ecclesiastical calendar, the feast of the Holy Forty Martyrs of Sebastia is celebrated. Additionally, the first Sunday of Great Lent (1st Sunday of Fasting) is also known as the Sunday of Orthodoxy, commemorating the restoration of icons by Empress Theodora in 842, marking the end of Iconoclasm (726-843). The names that celebrate today, according to the calendar, include Aetius, Aetios, Aetion, Aetis, Aetina, Vivianos, Viviana, Viviane, Vivy, Vivia, Eliana, Heliana, Liana, Ilana, Helianna, Helianos, Ilias, Lisimachos, Lisimachi, Xanthos, Xanthios, Xanthias, Xanthoulis, Xanthulis, Xanthi, Xanthoula, Sevastianos, Sevastiana, Smaragda, Smaragdenia, Smaragi, Smaragdo, Smarula, Smaro, Smaragdia, Smaragdoula, Smara, Smaragdos, Smaragdis, Smaragdenios, Samaritis, Sarantos, Sarantow, Sarantoula, Loxandra, Loxandra, Roxane, Roxana, Orthodox, Doxey, Doxakis, Orthodoxy, Doxa, Orthula, Axious, Axia. Note that some names may have additional dates of celebration.