March 14 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

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March 14 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 March14 are broadly the same, no matter which calendar is used.

Saints

Martyrs Basil and Euphrasius, together with other Christians, in Thessaloniki.Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ἅγιοι Βασίλειος καὶ Εὐφράσιος οἱ Μάρτυρες. 14 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Martyr Florentius, in Thessaloniki, by fire.Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Φλωρέντιος ὁ Μάρτυρας ἐν Θεσσαλονίκῃ. 14 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. (see also: October 13) Martyr Alexander, in Thessaloniki (c. 285-305).Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀλέξανδρος ὁ Μάρτυρας ἐν Θεσσαλονίκῃ. 14 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Martyr Eustathius and his company, at Carrhae, Mesopotamia (741)March 14/March 27. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Εὐτύχιος ὁ Μάρτυρας καὶ οἱ σὺν αὐτῷ μαρτυρήσαντες. 14 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Venerable Euschemon the Confessor, Bishop of Lampsacus (9th century)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Εὐσχήμων ὁ Ὁμολογητής Ἐπίσκοπος Λαμψάκου. 14 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.St Euschemon the Confessor and Bishop of Lampsacus. OCA - Lives of the Saints.

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)March 14. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "SS. MARTYRS UNDER NERO. (A.D. 67.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Third: March. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. p. 256. 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)Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ἅγιοι Πέτρος καὶ Ἀφροδίσιος οἱ Μάρτυρες. 14 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "SS. PETER, APHRODISIUS, AND OTHERS, MM. (DATE UNCERTAIN.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Third: March. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. pp. 256-257. Monk-Martyrs of Valeria, in the province of Valeria, Italy, slain by the Lombards (5th century) Venerable Benedict of Nursia, Abbot (543)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Βενέδικτος ὁ ἐκ Νουρσίας. 14 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Venerable Benedict of Nursia. OCA - Lives of the Saints. (see also: July 11 - Translation) 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)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Βονιφάτιος Ἐπίσκοπος Ρὸς τῆς Σκωτίας. 14 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Saint Talmach, a disciple of St Barr at Lough Erc in Ireland, and founder of a monastery (7th century)Very Rev. John O'Hanlon. "ARTICLE I.—ST. TALMACH, CONFESSOR. [SIXTH AND SEVENTH CENTURIES]." In: Lives of the Irish Saints: With Special Festivals, and the Commemorations of Holy Persons. VOL. III. Dublin, 1875. pp. 368-370. 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)Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. MATHILDA, EMPRESS. (A.D. 968.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Third: March. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. pp. 260-265.

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

Saint Rostislav-Michael, Great Prince of Kiev (1167)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Ροστισλάβος ὁ Πρίγκιπας Κιέβου καὶ Σμολένκ. 14 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Right-believing Great Prince Rostislav-Michael the Prince of Kiev. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Saint Theognostus of Kiev, the Greek Metropolitan of Kiev and all Rus' (1353)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Θεόγνωστος ὁ Ἕλληνας Μητροπολίτης Κιέβου καὶ πάσης Ρωσίας. 14 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.St Theognostus the Metropolitan of Kiev and All Russia. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Venerable Andreas (Andrew), Abbot, of the Holy Trinity Monastery in Rafailovo, Siberia (1820)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἀνδρέας ἐκ Ρωσίας. 14 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.

Other commemorations

Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos of St. Theodore ("Feodorovskaya"), Kostroma (1239, 1613)Icon of the Mother of God of St Theodore. OCA - Lives of the Saints.Great Synaxaristes: Σύναξις Ὑπεραγίας Θεοτόκου τοῦ Θεοδώρου ἐν Ρωσίᾳ. 14 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Феодоровская икона Божией Матери. Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR). Retrieved: 2013-09-04. (see also: August 16) Repose of Blessed John, Fool-for-Christ of Yurievets (1893)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἰωάννης ὁ διὰ Χριστὸν Σαλός. 14 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.

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References

Sources March 14/March 27. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU). March 27 / March 14. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow). March 14. 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 14. 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.75-76. Greek Sources Great Synaxaristes: 14 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Συναξαριστής. 14 Μαρτίου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ). Russian Sources 27 марта (14 марта). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). 14 марта (ст.ст.) 27 марта 2013 (нов. ст.). Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR).