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March 27 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Mar. 26 – Eastern Orthodox Church calendar – Mar. 28

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All fixed commemorations below are observed on April 9 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.

For March 27th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on March 14.

Saints

  • Prophet Hanani (Ananias) - (II Chronicles 16:7-10).
  • Martyrs Philetas the Senator, his wife Lydia, their sons Macedon and Theoprepides, and Amphilochius, an officer in the army, with Chronidas, a notary (c. 121) (see also: March 23 - Slavonic)
  • Venerable Matrona of Thessalonica the Confessor (3rd-4th centuries)
  • Martyrs Baruch and John, by the sword.
  • Venerable Eutychios, monastic.
  • Venerable Cyricus (Quiricus) of Apros, in Thrace, monastic.
  • Martyrs Manuel and Theodosius (304)
  • Saint John the Clairvoyant, anchorite of Lycopolis, Egypt (394)
  • Saint Paphnutius of Thebes, disciple of Saint Anthony the Great (4th century)
  • Saint Paul the Standard-bearer, Bishop of Corinth (c. 925)

    • Pre-Schism Western saints

  • Saint Augusta, daughter of the Teuton Duke of Friuli, martyred by her father, venerated in Serravalle near Treviso (5th century)
  • Saint Amator (Amador), a hermit to whom several churches are dedicated in Portugal.
  • Saint Rupert of Salzburg, Bishop of Salzburg (718)
  • Saint Romulus, Abbot of St Baudilius near Nîmes in France (c. 730)
  • Saint Suairlech, first Bishop of Fore in Westmeath, Ireland, from c. 735-750 (c. 750)
  • Saint Alkelda (Alkeld, Athilda), martyred by the Danes (10th century)

    • Post-Schism Orthodox saints

  • Saint Ephraim of Rostov (1454)
  • Saint Alexander, Abbot of Voche, near Galich (16th century)
  • Saint Anthony (Stakhovsky), Metropolitan of Tobolsk in Siberia (1740)
  • Saint Ambrose (Khelaia) the Confessor, Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia (1927) (see also: March 16)

    • Other commemorations

  • Icons of the Most Holy Theotokos on Mount Athos:
  • "Glykophylousa" ("Sweet-kissing"), and
  • "Of the Akathist"
  • Repose of Elder Augustine of Philotheou, Mt. Athos (1965)

    • References

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