March 12 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

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March 12 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 March12 are broadly the same, no matter which calendar is used.

Saints

Righteous Aaron the High Priest, brother of Prophet Moses the God-seer (c. 1530 BC)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀαρών. 12 Μαρτίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.March 12/March 25. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU). Righteous Phineas, grandson of Aaron (ca. 1500 BC)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Φινεὲς ὁ Δίκαιος. 12 Μαρτίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Righteous Phineas the grandson of Aaron. OCA - Lives of the Saints. (see also: September 2) Holy Nine Martyrs in the Persian Empire.Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ἐννέα Μάρτυρες οἱ ἐν Περσίδι. 12 Μαρτίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Συναξαριστής. 12 Μαρτίου . ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ). Saint Cyrus (Abba-Cyr), monk of Alexandria (6th century)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. Saint Gregory the Dialogist, Pope of Rome (604)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Γρηγόριος ὁ Διάλογος πάπας Ρώμης. 12 Μαρτίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.St Gregory Dialogus, the Pope of Rome. OCA - Lives of the Saints.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. 112-116.Very Rev. John O'Hanlon. "Article VI.—Festival of Pope St. Gregory the Great, Confessor and Doctor. [Sixth and Seventh Centuries]." In: Lives of the Irish Saints: With Special Festivals, and the Commemorations of Holy Persons. VOL. III. Dublin, 1875. pp. 334-335.Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. GREGORY THE GREAT, POPE, D. (A.D. 604.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Third: March. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. pp. 226-238. (see also: September 3) Venerable Theophanes the Confessor of Sigriane (818)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Θεοφάνης ὁ Ὁμολογητής Ἐπίσκοπος Σιγριανής. 12 Μαρτίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Venerable Theophanes the Confessor of Sigriane. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Venerable Saints Symeon the New Theologian (1022),Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Συμεὼν ὁ Νέος Θεολόγος. 12 Μαρτίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Venerable Simeon the New Theologian. OCA - Lives of the Saints. and his elder, Symeon the Studite (Symeon the Reverent, the Pious), of the Studion (987)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Συμεὼν ὁ Εὐλαβής. 12 Μαρτίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. (see also: October 12)

Pre-Schism Western saints

Martyr Mamilian (Maximilian), in Rome.March 12. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome. Martyr Maximilian of Tebessa, in Thebeste in Numidia, for refusing military service (295) Saint Paul Aurelian (Paul de Léon), Bishop of Léon in Brittany, Confessor (572)Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. PAUL OF LEON, B. C. (A.D. 573.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Third: March. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. pp. 223-226. Saint Peter the Deacon, disciple, secretary and companion of St Gregory the Great, and patron-saint of Salussola in Italy (ca. 605) Saint Mura McFeredach (Muran, Murames), Abbot of Fahan in County Donegal, patron-saint of Fahan where his cross still stands (ca. 645)Very Rev. John O'Hanlon. "ARTICLE I.—ST. MURA, MURUS, OR MURANUS, ABBOT AND PATRON OF FAHAN, COUNTY OF DONEGAL. [SEVENTH CENTURY]." In: Lives of the Irish Saints: With Special Festivals, and the Commemorations of Holy Persons. VOL. III. Dublin, 1875. pp. 329-332.Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. MURAN, AB. (7TH CENT.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Third: March. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. p. 238. Saint Alphege (Ælfheah the Elder, Ælfheah the Bald), Bishop of Winchester, England (951) Saint Nicodemus of Mammola in Calabria (990)March 25 / March 12. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

Venerable Lawrence the Martyr (Lavrentios), one of the "300 Allemagne Saints" in Cyprus (12th century)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Λαυρέντιος ὁ Μάρτυρας. 12 Μαρτίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Martyr Demetrius the Devoted, King of Georgia (1289)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Δημήτριος βασιλεὺς τῆς Γεωργίας. 2 Δεκεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.St. Demetre the Devoted, King of Georgia. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow). Saint Stephen Dragutin of Serbia (monk Theoctistus Dragutin), (1316) Saint Kiril Peychinovich (1845)

New martyrs and confessors

Saint Alexander Derzhavin, Priest, Confessor (1933) 12 марта (ст.ст.) 25 марта 2013 (нов. ст.). Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR). New Hieromartyr Vladimir (Volkov), Archimandrite of Islavskoe (Moscow) (1938) New Hieromartyr John Plekhanov, Priest (1938) New Hieromartyr Sergius Skvortsov, Priest (1943)

Other commemorations

Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos "Not-Made-by-Hands" (on the Pillar) at Lydda.Icon “Not Made by Hands” from Lydda. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Repose of Schema-monk Anthony the Gorge-dweller, of Zelenchug Monastery in Kuban (1908) Restoration of the Autocephaly of the Georgian Orthodox and Apostolic Church (1917)Restoration of the Autocephaly of the Georgian Apostolic Church. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).

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References

Sources March 12/March 25. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU). March 25 / March 12. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow). March 12. 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 12. 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. 112–116. 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. 73–74. Greek Sources Great Synaxaristes: 12 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Συναξαριστής. 12 Μαρτίου . ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ). Russian Sources 25 марта (12 марта). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). 12 марта (ст.ст.) 25 марта 2013 (нов. ст.). Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR).