9 Марта 1844 - Orthodox Calendar / Orthodox Menologion Online

Saturday, March 9, 1844 (February 26, 1844 by the Julian calendar)
3^rd Week of the Great Lent, Tone five

Great Lent. Parents’ Saturday. Remembrance of the dead. St. Porphyrius, bishop of Gaza (420). New Hieromartyr Peter priest (1930). New Hieromartyr Sergius priest (1933). Virgin-martyr Anna (1937). New Hieromartyrs John bishop of Rylsk and John priest (1938). St. Sebastian, monk of Poshekhonye (1542). Martyrs Sebastian and Christodoulos (66). New Martyr John Calphas ("the Apprentice") at Constantinople (1575) (Greek). St. Photina, the Samaritan woman, and her sisters Anatola, Phota, Photis, Parasceva, and Cyriaca; her sons Photinus and Joses; and Sebastian the Duke, Victor, and Christodulus — all martyred under Nero (66) (Greek). Martyr Theoclitas, martyred with St. Photina (Greek). New Martyr Elias of Trebizond (1749).