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March 14 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Mar. 13 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Mar. 15

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All fixed commemorations below are observed on March 27 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.

For March 14th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on March 1.

Saints

  • Martyrs Basil and Euphrasius, together with other Christians, in Thessaloniki.
  • Martyr Florentius, in Thessaloniki, by fire.
  • Martyr Alexander, in Thessaloniki (c. 285-305).
  • Martyr Eustathius and his company, at Carrhae, Mesopotamia (741)
  • Venerable Euschemon the Confessor, Bishop of Lampsacus (9th century)

    • Pre-Schism Western saints

  • Holy 47 Martyrs of Rome, baptised by the Apostle Peter, and suffered in Rome under Nero, all on the same day (c. 67)
  • Hieromartyr Leo, Bishop and Martyr, perhaps under the Arians, in the Agro Verano in Italy.
  • Martyrs Peter and Aphrodisius, who obtained the crown of martyrdom in the persecution of the Vandals (5th century)
  • Monk-Martyrs of Valeria, in the province of Valeria, Italy, slain by the Lombards (5th century)
  • Venerable Benedict of Nursia, Abbot (543) (see also: July 11 in the West)
  • Saint Diaconus, a deacon in the Marsi in central Italy, martyred together with two monks by the Lombards (6th century)
  • Saint Boniface Curetán, a Scoto-Pictish Bishop of Ross (c. 630 or 660)
  • Saint Talmach, a disciple of St Barr at Lough Erc in Ireland, and founder of a monastery (7th century)
  • Saint Matilda (Mathildis, Maud), wife of German king Henry the Fowler, who founded, among others, the monasteries of Nordhausen, Pöhlde, Engern and Quedlinburg in Germany (968)

    • Post-Schism Orthodox saints

  • Saint Rostislav-Michael, Great Prince of Kiev (1167)
  • Saint Theognostus of Kiev, the Greek Metropolitan of Kiev and all Rus' (1353)
  • Venerable Andreas (Andrew) of Russia (1820)
  • Repose of Blessed John, Fool-for-Christ of Yurievets (1893)

    • Other commemorations

  • Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos of St. Theodore ("Feodorovskaya"), Kostroma (1239, 1613) (see also: August 16)

    • References

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