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March 9 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 March9 are broadly the same, no matter which calendar is used.

Saints

Martyr Urpasian the Senator, at Nicomedia, by being burned alive (c. 305)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Οὐρπασιανὸς ὁ Μάρτυρας. 9 Μαρτίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Martyr Urpasianus of Nicomedia. OCA - Lives of the Saints. The Holy Forty Martyrs of Sebaste (320):Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ἅγιοι Τεσσαράκοντα Μάρτυρες οἱ ἐν Σεβαστείᾳ. 9 Μαρτίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.40 Holy Martyrs of Sebaste. OCA - Lives of the Saints.Very Rev. John O'Hanlon. "Article XI.—Festival of the Forty Martyrs of Sebasten, Lesser Armenia. [Fourth Century]." In: Lives of the Irish Saints: With Special Festivals, and the Commemorations of Holy Persons. VOL. III. Dublin, 1875. p. 279. Cyrion (or Quirio), Candidus, Domnus, Hesychius, Heraclius, Smaragdus, Eunoicus, Valens, Vivianus, Claudius, Priscus, Theodulus, Eutychius, John, Xanthias, Helianus, Sisinius, Angus, Aetius, Flavius, Acacius, Ecdicius, Lysimachus, Alexander, Elias, Gorgonius, Theophilus, Dometian, Gaius, Leontius, Athanasius, Cyril, Sacerdon, Nicholas, Valerius, Philoctimon, Severian, Chudion, Aglaius, and Meliton. Saint Caesarius of Nazianzus (Caesarios the Doctor), brother of St. Gregory the Theologian (369)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Καισάριος. 9 Μαρτίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.St Caesarius, brother of St Gregory the Theologian. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Saint Philoromus the Confessor, of Galatia (4th century) Righteous Tarasius the Wonderworker, of Lycaonia. (see also March 8 and May 7)

Pre-Schism Western saints

Saint Pacianus, Bishop of Barcelona (390)March 9. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. PACIAN, B. OF BARCELONA. (BEFORE A.D. 390.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Third: March. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. p. 172. Saint Constantine of Cornwall and Govan (576) (see also: March 11Archdiocese of Thyateira and Great Britain. Constantine of Scotland - King & Martyr. Feast day: March 11 (†576).) Saint Bosa of York, Bishop of York (705)Very Rev. John O'Hanlon. "Article XVII.—St. Bosa, Bishop of the Deiri, at York, England. [Seventh Century]." In: Lives of the Irish Saints: With Special Festivals, and the Commemorations of Holy Persons. VOL. III. Dublin, 1875. pp. 281-282.Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. BOSA, B. C. (A.D. 705.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Third: March. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. p. 175. Venerable Vitalis of Castronovo, Sicily (994)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Βιτάλιος ἐκ Σικελίας. 9 Μαρτίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Saint Anthony, a monk at Luxeuil in France, became a hermit in Froidemont in Franche-Comté (10th century)

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

Saint Jonah, archbishop of Novgorod (1470) Saint Theodosius Levitsky, priest of Balta, Odessa (1845) Saint Dimitra (Ihorova), nun and foundress of the Vvedensk (Vovedenska) Convent in Kiev (1878)

New martyrs and confessors

, two priests and their forty students, martyred by fire by the Ottoman Turks (1688) New Hieromartyr Mitrophan Buchnoff, Archpriest, of Voronezh (1931)March 22 / March 9. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow). New Hieromartyr Joasaph (Shakhov), Abbot, of Popovka (Moscow) (1938) New Hieromartyrs (1938):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. 20. 9 марта (ст.ст.) 22 марта 2013 (нов. ст.). Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR). Michael Maslov, Alexis Smirnov, Demetrius Glivenko, Sergius Lebedev, Sergius Zvetkov, Priests; Nicholas Goryunov, Protodeacon. Virgin-martyrs Natalia Yulianova and Alexandra Samoylovoy (1938)

Other commemorations

Translation to Vladimir (1230) of the relics of Martyr Abraham of the Bulgars on the Volga (1229) "Albazin" Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos ("The Word Was Made Flesh") (1666)Great Synaxaristes: Σύναξις Ὑπεραγίας Θεοτόκου «τοῦ Ἔνσαρκου Λόγου» ἐν Ἀλμπαζὶν τῆς Ρωσίας. 9 Μαρτίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Icon of the Mother of God “The Word was made Flesh”. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Repose of Elder Cleopas of Ostrov-Vvedensky Monastery (1778)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Κλεόπας ἐκ Ρωσίας. 9 Μαρτίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Repose of Schema-Archimandrite Theophilus (Rossokha) of Kiev (1996) Схиархимандрит Феофил (Россоха) (1929–1996). Православная энциклопедия «Азбука веры» (Azbyka.ru). Retrieved: 8 November 2019.

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References

Sources March 9/March 22. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU). March 22 / March 9. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow). March 9. 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. 20. March 9. 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. 70–71. Greek Sources Great Synaxaristes: 9 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Συναξαριστής. 9 Μαρτίου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ). Russian Sources 22 марта (9 марта). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). 9 марта (ст.ст.) 22 марта 2013 (нов. ст.). Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR).