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March 21 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - March 23

All fixed commemorations below are observed on April 4 by Eastern Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.[note 1]

For March 22nd, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on March 9.

Saints

Pre-Schism Western saints

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

New martyrs and confessors

  • Hieromartyr Basil (Zelentsov), Bishop of Prilutsk, Vicar of Poltava (1930)[21][note 8]
  • New Confessor Schema-abbess Sophia (Grineva) of Kiev (1941),[1][22] and her priest Demetrius Ivanov (1934)[21][23]

Other commemorations

  • "The Izborsk" Icon of the Mother of God (1657)[21]
  • Commemoration of Maria Berushko of Brazil and eight students who died trying to save people during a fire in their school (1986)[24]

Notes

  1. ↑ The notation Old Style or (OS) is sometimes used to indicate a date in the Julian Calendar (which is used by churches on the "Old Calendar").
    The notation New Style or (NS), indicates a date in the Revised Julian calendar (which is used by churches on the "New Calendar").
  2. ↑ He may have been one of the Seventy Apostles and mentioned by the Apostle Paul in Philippians 2:25), commemorated on March 30.
  3. ↑ "AT Narbonne, in France, the birthday of the bishop St. Paul, a disciple of the Apostles. He is said to have been the proconsul Sergius Paulus, who was baptized by the blessed Apostle Paul, and left at Narbonne, where he was raised to the episcopal dignity when the apostle went to Spain. Having zealously discharged the office of preaching and performed miracles, he departed for heaven."[11]
  4. ↑ She is reputed to have had fifteen sons, some ten of whom became bishops.
  5. ↑ He came from Ireland and was the brother of St Finan of Rath.
  6. ↑ See: (in Russian) Василий Мангазейский. Википедии. Russian Wikipedia.
  7. ↑ (in Russian) "Сначала днем памяти святого было 22 марта, когда святая Церковь вспоминала соименного ему священномученика Василия Анкирского. В последующее время память блаженного Василия стала совершаться и 10 мая — в память о перенесении его мощей из Мангазеи. Ранее память святому совершалась в монастыре еще и 6 июня, день явления его мощей (по другим источникам, кончина св. Мученика Василия Мангазейского приходится на 4 апреля 1602 года).[18]
  8. ↑ See: (in Russian) Василий (Зеленцов). Википедии. Russian Wikipedia.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 March 22/April 4. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
  2. ↑ Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ἡ Ἁγία Δροσὶς καὶ οἱ σὺν αὐτῇ πέντε Κανονικὲς. 22 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  3. ↑ Martyr Drosis the Daughter of the Emperor Trajan. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
  4. ↑ Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Οἱ Ἁγίες Βασίλισσα καὶ Καλλινίκη οἱ Μάρτυρες. 22 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  5. ↑ Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Βασίλειος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας Πρεσβύτερος Ἀγκύρας. 22 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  6. ↑ Hieromartyr Basil of Ancyra. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
  7. ↑ Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. BASIL, P. M. AT ANCYRA. (A.D. 363.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Third: March. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. pp. 407-411.
  8. ↑ Venerable Isaac the Founder of the Dalmatian Monastery at Constantinople. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 March 22. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
  10. ↑ Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. PAUL, B. OF NARBONNE. (3RD or 4TH CENT.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Third: March. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. p. 406.
  11. ↑ The Roman Martyrology. Transl. by the Archbishop of Baltimore. Last Edition, According to the Copy Printed at Rome in 1914. Revised Edition, with the Imprimatur of His Eminence Cardinal Gibbons. Baltimore: John Murphy Company, 1916. pp. 83-84.
  12. ↑ Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. DEOGRATIAS, B. OF CARTHAGE. (ABOUT A.D. 456.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Third: March. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. pp. 411-413.
  13. ↑ Very Rev. John O'Hanlon. "Article III.—St. Trien, or Trienan, Abbot of Killelga. [Fifth or Sixth Century]." In: Lives of the Irish Saints: With Special Festivals, and the Commemorations of Holy Persons. VOL. III. Dublin, 1875. pp. 925-926.
  14. ↑ Very Rev. John O'Hanlon. "Article II.—St. Darerca, Sister of St. Patrick. [Fifth Century]." In: Lives of the Irish Saints: With Special Festivals, and the Commemorations of Holy Persons. VOL. III. Dublin, 1875. pp. 923-924.
  15. ↑ Very Rev. John O'Hanlon. "ARTICLE I.—ST. FAILBEUS, OR FAILBHE, EIGHTH ABBOT OF lONA, SCOTLAND. [SEVENTH CENTURY]." In: Lives of the Irish Saints: With Special Festivals, and the Commemorations of Holy Persons. VOL. III. Dublin, 1875. p. 923
  16. ↑ Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Βασίλειος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας καὶ Θαυματουργὸς Ἐπίσκοπος Μανγκαζίας Σιβηρίας. 22 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  17. ↑ Righteous Basil of Mangazeia. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
  18. ↑ (in Russian) СВЯТОЙ МУЧЕНИК ВАСИЛИЙ МАНГАЗЕЙСКИЙ. Православный Церковный календарь 2017. Retrieved: 5 July 2017."
  19. ↑ Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Εὐθύμιος ὁ Ὁσιομάρτυρας ὁ ἐκ Δημητσάνης. 22 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  20. ↑ Monkmartyr Euthymius of Prodromou of Mt Athos. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
  21. 1 2 3 April 4 / March 22. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
  22. ↑ Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ἡ Ἁγία Σοφία ἡ Ὁσιομάρτυς. 22 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  23. ↑ Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Δημήτριος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας. 22 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  24. ↑ Ukrainian May Become First Orthodox Saint in Latin America Archived 2013-09-21 at the Wayback Machine. RISU. 24.10.2007, [16:34].

Sources

  • March 22/April 4. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
  • April 4 / March 22. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
  • March 22. OCA - The Lives of the Saints.
  • The Autonomous Orthodox Metropolia of Western Europe and the Americas (ROCOR). St. Hilarion Calendar of Saints for the year of our Lord 2004. St. Hilarion Press (Austin, TX). p. 23.
  • March 22. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
  • The Roman Martyrology. Transl. by the Archbishop of Baltimore. Last Edition, According to the Copy Printed at Rome in 1914. Revised Edition, with the Imprimatur of His Eminence Cardinal Gibbons. Baltimore: John Murphy Company, 1916. pp. 83–84.

Greek Sources

Russian Sources

  • (in Russian) 4 апреля (22 марта). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).
  • (in Russian) 22 марта (ст.ст.) 4 апреля 2013 (нов. ст.). Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR).
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