March 11 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

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March 11 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 March11 are broadly the same, no matter which calendar is used.

Saints

Hieromartyr Pionius, Priest of Smyrna, and those with him (250):Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Πιόνιος ὁ Μάρτυρας ὁ Πρεσβύτερος. 11 Μαρτίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Asclepiades, Macedonia, Linus (Limnus), and Sabina.Hieromartyr Pionius of Smyrna and those with him. OCA - Lives of the Saints.March 11/March 24. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).Great Synaxaristes: Ἡ Ἁγία Σαβίνα ἡ Μάρτυς. 11 Μαρτίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Martyr Sabina of Smyrna. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Hieromartyrs Trophimus and Thalus, Priests, of Laodicea (300)Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ἅγιοι Θαλλὸς καὶ Τρόφιμος οἱ Μάρτυρες. 11 Μαρτίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. (see also: March 16) The Holy Syrian Martyrs (4th century)Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ἅγιοι Σύριοι Μάρτυρες. 11 Μαρτίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Venerable George, Abbot of Sinai (c. 545), brother of St. John Climacus.Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Γεώργιος ὁ Σιναΐτης. 11 Μαρτίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Venerable John Moschos, the ascetic writer of ‘The Spiritual Meadow’ (622)ORTHODOX HOLINESS: AROUND THE CHURCH YEAR WITH ST JOHN. Orthodox England. Retrieved: 2013-09-15.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. Venerable Sophronius of Jerusalem, Patriarch of Jerusalem (638)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Σωφρόνιος Πατριάρχης Ἱεροσολύμων. 11 Μαρτίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.St Sophronius the Patriarch of Jerusalem. OCA - Lives of the Saints.Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. SOPHRONIUS, PATR. OF JERUSALEM. (A.D. 638.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Third: March. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. p. 215. Saint George the New, Wonderworker of Constantinople (c. 970)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Γεώργιος ὁ Νεοφανὴς ὁ ἐν Διϊπίῳ. 11 Μαρτίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.

Pre-Schism Western saints

Martyrs Candidus, Piperion and Companions, 22 martyrs who suffered in North Africa (in Carthage or in Alexandria), under Valerian and Gallienus (c. 254-259)March 11. 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. 72–73. Martyrs Heraclius and Zosimus, who suffered in Carthage in North Africa under Valerian and Gallienus (263)Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ἡρακλῆς καὶ Ζωσιμᾶς οἱ Μάρτυρες. 11 Μαρτίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Martyr Alberta, one of the first victims of the persecution under Diocletian, she suffered in Agen in France with St Faith and others (c. 286)Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. ALBERTA, V. M. (A.D. 286.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Third: March. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. pp. 212-213. Martyr Constantine, a confessor in Carthage in North Africa. Hieromartyr Constantine of Cornwall and Govan, in Kintyre, Scotland (576)Archdiocese of Thyateira and Great Britain. Constantine of Scotland - King & Martyr. Feast day: March 11 (†576). Retrieved: September 28, 2026.March 24 / March 11. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).Very Rev. John O'Hanlon. "Article II.—St. Constantine, King and Martyr, in Scotland, and a Monk at Rahen, King's County. [Sixth Century]." In: Lives of the Irish Saints: With Special Festivals, and the Commemorations of Holy Persons. VOL. III. Dublin, 1875. pp. 318-325.Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. CONSTANTINE, K. MONK AND M. (ABOUT A.D. 576.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Third: March. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. pp. 214-215.Rev. Alban Butler (1711–73). March 11 - St. Constantine, Martyr. The Lives of the Saints. Volume III: March. 1866. (Bartleby.com)William Canon Fleming (Rector of St. Mary’s, Moorsfields, London). A Complete History of the British Martyrs – From the Roman Occupation to Elizabeth’s Reign. Proprietors of the Catholic Repository. Little Britain, London, 1902. (pp. 19, 141, 145). Cites: Challoner's Britannia Sancta, Meighan, 1745. (see also: March 9) Saint Constantine of Strathclyde, King, Monk, Confessor (640)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Κωνσταντίνος ὁ βασιλεὺς. 11 Μαρτίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Saint Vigilius, Successor of St Palladius (661) as Bishop of Auxerre in France, murdered in a forest near Compiègne by order of the mayor of the palace (685) Saint Vindician, a disciple of St Eligius, became Bishop of Arras-Cambrai in France and bravely protested against the excesses of the Merovingian Kings (712)Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. VINDICIAN, B. OF ARRAS. (ABOUT A.D. 712.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Third: March. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. pp. 215-216. Saint Benedict Crispus of Milan, Archbishop of Milan in Italy for forty-five years (725) Saint Óengus the Culdee (Óengus of Tallaght, Angus), Bishop, of Clonenagh, Ireland (824)Very Rev. John O'Hanlon. "ARTICLE I.—ST. ÆNGUSIUS HAGIOGRAPHUS, OR ST. ÆNGUS THE CULDEE, BISHOP AND ABBOT AT CLONENAGH, AND ANCHORET, AT DYSARTENOS, OR AT DYSARTBEAGH, QUEEN'S COUNTY. [EIGHTH AND NINTH CENTURIES]." In: Lives of the Irish Saints: With Special Festivals, and the Commemorations of Holy Persons. VOL. III. Dublin, 1875. pp. 294-318.Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. ANGUS OF KELD, B. AB. (ABOUT A.D. 824.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Third: March. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. pp. 217-218. Hieromartyr Eulogius of Córdoba, Metropolitan of Cordoba, who suffered martyrdom for protecting St Leocritia, a young girl converted from Islam (859)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Εὐλόγιος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας καὶ οἱ σὺν αὐτῷ ἐν Κορδούῃ Ἱσπανίας. 11 Μαρτίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. EULOGIUS, P. M. (A.D. 859.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Third: March. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. pp. 218-220. Saint Firmian (Fermanus, Firminus), Abbot of San Sabino Piceno near Fermo in Italy (c. 1020) Saint Peter the Spaniard, a pilgrim from Spain to Rome who settled as a hermit in Babuco near Veroli, confessor, renowned for miracles.Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. PETER THE SPANIARD, H. (DATE UNCERTAIN.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Third: March. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. p. 221.

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

Venerable Theodora of Arta, Queen of Arta, wife of Despot Michael II of Epirus (c. 1275)Great Synaxaristes: Ἡ Ὁσία Θεοδώρα ἡ βασίλισσα Ἄρτης. 11 Μαρτίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Saint Sophronius, recluse of the Kiev Caves (13th century)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Σωφρόνιος ὁ Ἔγκλειστος. 11 Μαρτίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Venerable Sophronius the Recluse of the Kiev Caves. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Saint Euthymius II of Novgorod, Archbishop of Novgorod, Wonderworker (1458)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Εὐθύμιος ὁ Θαυματουργός Ἀρχιεπίσκοπος Νόβγκοροντ. 11 Μαρτίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.St Euthymius the Bishop of Novgorod. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Saint Sophronius of Vratsa, Bishop of Vratsa, Bulgaria (1813)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Σωφρόνιος ὁ Διδάσκαλος Ἐπίσκοπος Βράτσης τῆς Βουλγαρίας. 11 Μαρτίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Venerable Alexis of Goloseyevsky Skete, Kiev Caves (1917)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἀλέξιος ἐκ Ρωσίας. 11 Μαρτίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.RUSSIAN CHURCH ADDS 30 LOCALLY-VENERATED SAINTS TO CHURCH-WIDE CALENDAR. Orthodox Christianity. December 1, 2017.

New martyrs and confessors

New Hiero-confessor Patrick (Petrov), hieromonk of Valaam Monastery (1933) 11 марта (ст.ст.) 24 марта 2013 (нов. ст.). Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR). New Hieromartyr Basil Malahov, Priest (1937) New Hiero-confessor Michael (Galushko), Schema-archimandrite, of Svyatogorsk Monastery (1961)

Other commemorations

Translation to Constantinople of the relics of Martyr Epimachus of Pelusium, from Alexandria (250)Great Synaxaristes: Ἀνακομιδὴ Τιμίων Λειψάνων Ἁγίου Μάρτυρος Ἐπιμάχου εἰς Κωνσταντινούπολη. 11 Μαρτίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Translation of the relics of the Martyr Epimachus of Pelusium. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Slaying of Emperor Paul I of Russia (1801)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Παῦλος τσάρος τῆς Ρωσίας. 11 Μαρτίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.

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References

Sources March 11/March 24. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU). March 24 / March 11. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow). March 11. 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 11. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome. Rev. Richard Stanton. A Menology of England and Wales, or, Brief Memorials of the Ancient British and English Saints Arranged According to the Calendar, Together with the Martyrs of the 16th and 17th Centuries. London: Burns & Oates, 1892. pp. 110-111. 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. 72–73. Greek Sources Great Synaxaristes: 11 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Συναξαριστής. 11 Μαρτίου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ). Russian Sources 24 марта (11 марта). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). 11 марта (ст.ст.) 24 марта 2013 (нов. ст.). Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR).