March 17 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

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March 17 in Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendars is a feast day and a day of commemoration of saints and martyrs. Although some Orthodox churches use the Revised Julian Calendar and others use the traditional Julian calendar, the fixed commemorations for their respective March17 are broadly the same, no matter which calendar is used.

Saints

Saint Lazarus the Righteous (Lazarus the Just), the friend of Christ (1st century)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Λάζαρος ὁ Δίκαιος, ὁ φίλος τοῦ Χριστοῦ. 17 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Martyr Marinus of Caesarea, soldier, at Caesarea in Palestine (262)March 17/March 30. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Μαρίνος. 17 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Martyr Marinus. OCA - Lives of the Saints. (see also: August 7) Saint Ambrose, Deacon, disciple of St. Didymus the Blind of Alexandria (400)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.22. Venerable Alexios the Man of God, in Rome (411)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἀλέξιος ὁ ἄνθρωπος τοῦ Θεοῦ. 17 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Venerable Alexis the Man of God. OCA - Lives of the Saints. (see also July 17 - West) Monk-martyr Paul of Cyprus, burned alive by iconoclasts (c. 760)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Παῦλος ὁ Ὁσιομάρτυρας ὁ ἐν Κύπρῳ ἀθλήσας. 17 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. PAUL, M. (ABOUT A.D. 760.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Third: March. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. p. 311. Monk-martyr Paul of Crete, defender of icons, burned alive under Constantine V Copronymus (767)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Παῦλος ὁ Ὁσιομάρτυρας. 17 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.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.15–16. Venerable Theosterictus the Confessor, Abbot of Pelekete Monastery near Prusa (826)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Θεοστήρικτος ὁ Ὁμολογητής. 17 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.

Pre-Schism Western saints

Apostle Aristobulus of the Seventy, Bishop of Britain (1st century)(Ancient use, for current see also: March 15 and October 31) Martyrs Alexander and Theodore, early martyrs in Rome.March 17. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome. Saint Ambrose of Alexandria (c. 250) Saint Patrick, Bishop of Armagh and the Enlightener of Ireland (461)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Πατρίκιος Ἀπόστολος τῆς Ἰρλανδίας. 17 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.St Patrick the Bishop of Armagh and Enlightener of Ireland. OCA - Lives of the Saints. ЖУРНАЛЫ заседания Священного Синода от 9 марта 2017 года. Русская Православная Церковь - Официальный сайт Московского Патриархата (Patriarchia.ru). 9 марта 2017 г. 20:08. Retrieved: 14 March 2017.Very Rev. John O'Hanlon. "ARTICLE I.—THE LIFE OF ST. PATRICK, APOSTLE AND CHIEF PATRON OF IRELAND. [FOURTH AND FIFTH CENTURIES]." In: Lives of the Irish Saints: With Special Festivals, and the Commemorations of Holy Persons. VOL. III. Dublin, 1875. pp. 399-831.Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. PATRICK, AP. OF IRELAND. (ABOUT A.D. 465.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Third: March. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. pp. 285-306. Saint Llinio of Llandinam, Abbot and Founder of Llandinam, Powys, Wales (520)St. Llinio of Llandinam. Celtic and Old English Saints. Retrieved: 2013-03-08. Saint Agricola (Agrele, Aregle), ascetic and Bishop of Châlon-sur-Saône in France (580)Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. AGRICOLA, B. OF CHALONS-SUR-SAONE. (A.D. 580.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Third: March. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. p. 285. Saint Gertrude of Nivelles, Abbess of Nivelles, patroness of travellers (659)Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. GERTRUDE, V. ABSS. OF NIVELLES. (A.D. 664.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Third: March. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. pp. 306-309. Saint Beccan of Rhum (677)Very Rev. John O'Hanlon. "Article II.—St. Began, Eremite. [Seventh Century]." In: Lives of the Irish Saints: With Special Festivals, and the Commemorations of Holy Persons. VOL. III. Dublin, 1875. pp. 831-832. Saint Withburga, Princess of East Anglia, hermitess whose holy well is at East Dereham (c. 743)Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. WITHBURGA, V. (A.D. 743.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Third: March. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. pp. 309-310. (date of repose - for main feast see also July 8)

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

Venerable Macarius, Abbot and Wonderworker of Kalyazin (1483)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Μακάριος ἡγούμενος τῆς μονῆς Κολγιαζὶν τῆς Ρωσίας. 17 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Venerable Macarius the Abbot and Wonderworker of Kalyazin. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Venerable Hieromartyr Gabriel the Lesser, of Gareji, Georgia (1802)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Γαβριὴλ ὁ Ὁσιομάρτυρας ὁ Μικρός. 17 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Hieromartyr Gabriel the Lesser. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Hieromartyr Theodoulos the Sinaite (1822)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Θεόδουλος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας ὁ Σιναΐτης. 17 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Saint Parthenius of the Kiev Caves (1855) Saint Gurias, Archbishop of Tauria and Simferopol (1882)

New martyrs and confessors

New Hieromartyr Alexander Polivanov of Krasnoyarsk, Priest (1919)March 30 / March 17. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).Department for External Church Relations of the Russian Orthodox Church (DECR): 17 марта (ст.ст.) 30 марта (нов. ст.). March 17 / 30. New Hieromartyr Victor Kiranov of Berdyansk, Protopresbyter of Simferopol-Crimea (1942)

Other commemorations

Commemoration of the Great Earthquake of 790 AD, under Emperor Constantine VI.Great Synaxaristes: Μνήμη Μεγάλου Σεισμοῦ. 17 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Repose of Lulach, last Orthodox King of Scotland (1058) Repose of Archbishop Tikhon (Troitsky) of San Francisco (1963)

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Notes

References

Sources March 17/March 30. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU). March 30 / March 17. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow). March 17. 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. 22. March 17. 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. 15–16. Greek Sources Great Synaxaristes: 17 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Συναξαριστής. 17 Μαρτίου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ). Russian Sources 30 марта (17 марта). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). 17 марта (ст.ст.) 30 марта 2013 (нов. ст.). Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR).