St. Patrick added to Russian Orthodox calendar
March 13, 2017
The Russian Orthodox Church has added St. Patrick to its liturgical calendar.
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The patron saint of Ireland was one of 15 saints newly added to the Russian Orthodox calendar. All of these newly recognized saints lived in Europe before the Great Schism; Orthodox scholars cited substantial evidence that the saints had been venerated by the Orthodox faithful living in western Europe.
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