March 13 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

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March 13 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 March13 are broadly the same, no matter which calendar is used.

Saints

Hieromartyr Publius, Bishop of Malta and later Bishop of Athens (2nd century)March 13/March 26. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Πούπλιος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας Ἐπίσκοπος Ἀθηνῶν. 13 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. (see also: January 21 - West) Martyrs Alexander,Martyr Alexander of Macedonia. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Dionysius and Frontonus, the "Basilikoi" (the Emperor's men), in Thessaloniki (c. 305)Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ἀλέξανδρος, Διονύσιος καὶ Φρόντων οἱ Μάρτυρες οἱ βασιλικοί. 13 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. (see also: March 14) Martyr Christina of Persia, scourged to death (4th century)Great Synaxaristes: Ἡ Ἁγία Χριστίνα ἡ Μάρτυς ἀπὸ τὴν Περσία. 13 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Martyr Christina of Persia. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Venerable Euphrasia, in the Thebaid (Thebais).Great Synaxaristes: Ἡ Ὁσία Εὐφρασία. 13 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.74-75.Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. EUPHRASIA, V. (AFTER A.D. 410.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Third: March. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. pp. 241-245. (see also: July 25) Martyr Abibus (Sabinus), at Hermopolis in Egypt, tied with stones and drowned in a river.Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἄβιβος ὁ Μάρτυρας. 13 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Συναξαριστής. 13 Μαρτίου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ). Saint Marios (Marius), Bishop of Sebasteia.Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Μάριος Ἐπίσκοπος Σεβαστείας. 13 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Venerable martyr Theoktistos, of the Great Lavra of St. Sabbas the Sanctified, reposed in peace (797)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Θεόκτιστος ὁ Ὁσιομάρτυρας. 13 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.

Pre-Schism Western saints

Martyrs Africanus, Publius, and Terence, at Carthage (250)Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ἀφρικανός, Πούπλιος καὶ Τερέντιος οἱ Μάρτυρες. 13 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Saint Leander of Seville, Bishop of Seville (596)Great Synaxaristes: Κοίμηση Ἁγίου Λεάνδρου Ἐπισκόπου Σεβίλλης. 13 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Martyr Ramirus and Companions, at the monastery of St Claudio in Leon in Spain (c. 554 or 630)March 13. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome. Saint Mochoemoc (Mochaemhog, Pulcherius, Vulcanius), monk at Bangor in Co. Down under St Comgall, later founded Liath-Mochoemoc (c. 656)Very Rev. John O'Hanlon. "ARTICLE I.—ST. MOCHÆMHOG, OR MOCHŒMOC, ALSO CALLED PULCHERIUS, ABBOT OF LIATH-MORE, OR LIATH-MOCHÆMHOG, NOW LEIGH, IN THE PARISH OF TWO MILE BORRIS, COUNTY OF TIPPERARY. [SIXTH AND SEVENTH CENTURIES]." In: Lives of the Irish Saints: With Special Festivals, and the Commemorations of Holy Persons. VOL. III. Dublin, 1875. pp. 338-359.Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. MOCHOEMOG, AB. OF LIATHMOR. (MIDDLE OF 7TH CENT.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Third: March. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. pp. 245-249. Saint Kevoca (Kennotha, Quivoca), a saint honoured in Kyle in Scotland (7th century)Very Rev. John O'Hanlon. "Article II.—Festival of a reputed St. Kevoca, in Scotland." In: Lives of the Irish Saints: With Special Festivals, and the Commemorations of Holy Persons. VOL. III. Dublin, 1875. pp. 359-361. Saint Gerald of Mayo, followed St Colman from Lindisfarne to Ireland and became his successor in the English monastery in Mayo (732)Very Rev. John O'Hanlon. "Article III.—St. Gerald or Garalt, Abbot of Eliteria, and Bishop of Mayo, County of Mayo. [Seventh and Eighth Centuries]." In: Lives of the Irish Saints: With Special Festivals, and the Commemorations of Holy Persons. VOL. III. Dublin, 1875. pp. 361-366. Saint Ansovinus, Bishop of Camerino (840)Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. ANSEWIN, B. OF CAMERINO. (CIRC. A.D. 840.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Third: March. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. pp. 252-254. Saint Heldrad (Eldrad, Eldradus), abbot at Novalesa Abbey for thirty years (842) Martyrs Rudericus (Roderick) and Salomon (Solomon), in Córdoba in Spain (857)Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "SS. RUDERICK, P. M., AND SALOMON, M. (A.D. 857.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Third: March. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. pp. 254-255.

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

New martyrs and confessors

New Hieromartyr Nicholas Popov, Priest (1919)March 26 / March 13. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow). 13 марта (ст.ст.) 26 марта 2013 (нов. ст.). Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR). New Hieromartyr Gregory Pospelov, Archpriest, of Kronstadt (1921) ГРИГОРИЙ. Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). New Hieromartyr Stephen (Bekh), Bishop of Izhevsk (1933) New Hieromartyr Michael Okolovich, Archpriest, of Irkutsk (1938)

Other commemorations

Translation of the relics (846) of St. Nicephorus the Confessor, Patriarch of Constantinople (829)Great Synaxaristes: Ἀνακομιδὴ Τιμίων Λειψάνων Ἁγίου Νικηφόρου τοῦ Ὁμολογητοῦ, Πατριάρχου Κωνσταντινουπόλεως. 13 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Translation of the relics of St Nicephorus the Patriarch of Constantinople. OCA - Lives of the Saints.Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. NICEPHORUS, PATR. OF CONSTANTINOPLE. (A.D. 828.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Third: March. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. pp. 249-252. Repose of Elder Ephraim of Valaam Monastery (1946) Repose of Bishop Tikhon (Tikhomirov) of Kyrillov (1955)

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References

Sources March 13/March 26. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU). March 26 / March 13. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow). March 13. 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.21. March 13. 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.74-75. Greek Sources Great Synaxaristes: 13 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Συναξαριστής. 13 Μαρτίου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ). Russian Sources 26 марта (13 марта). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). 13 марта (ст.ст.) 26 марта 2013 (нов. ст.). Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR).