Church calendar for 8 March 1916

Saints commemorated

• Righteous Gorgonia of Nazianzus IV век, †ок. 370-375
• Venerable Erasmus of the Kiev Caves кон. XI — 1160-е (†ок. 1160)
• Righteous Holy Righteous Matrona of Moscow 1881–1952
• Venerable Polycarp of Bryansk XVI в. — 1620/1621
• Hieromartyr Polycarp of Smyrna ок. 69/80 — ок. 155/167
• Prophet, Forerunner St. John the Baptist, Forerunner of the Lord кон. I в. до Р.Х. — ок. 32 г. по Р.Х.