Saint of the day

Saint of the Day: March 31

On March 31, the church around the world remembers 8 saints and blesseds, including Acathius, Saint Balbina, Saint Benjamin the Deacon and Martyr.

Remembered on March 31

Acathiussaint
300 to 251
Saint Balbinasaint
150 to 130 · Ancient Rome
Saint Benjamin the Deacon and Martyrsaint
400 to 424
Bonaventure Tornielliblessed
1410 to 1491
Natalia Tułasiewiczblessed
1906 to 1945 · Poland
Innocent of Alaskaprelate
1797 to 1879 · Russian Empire
Jonah of Moscowthaumaturge
1390 to 1461
Maria SkobtsovaReverend Martyr
1891 to 1945 · Russian Empire

A great cloud of witnesses

Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,Hebrews 12:1 (KJV)

What is a saint's feast day?

A feast day is the day the church gives thanks for a particular Christian and remembers their life and witness. Christians honor the saints not as objects of worship, which belongs to God alone, but as brothers and sisters who ran the race before us and now cheer us on. Traditions differ on how the saints are honored, and the same saint is sometimes remembered on different days in the Catholic, Orthodox, and other calendars; the dates here follow the record kept on Wikidata.

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