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March 30 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - April 1

All fixed commemorations below are observed on April 13 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.[note 1]

For March 31st, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on March 18.

Saints

Pre-Schism Western saints

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

New martyrs and confessors

Other commemorations

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Notes

  1. ^ The notation Old Style or (OS) is sometimes used to indicate a date in the Julian Calendar (which is used by churches on the "Old Calendar").
    The notation New Style or (NS), indicates a date in the Revised Julian calendar (which is used by churches on the "New Calendar").
  2. ^ "In Persia, during the reign of king Isdegerdes, St. Benjamin, deacon. Because he would not cease to preach the word of God, sharp-pointed reeds were forced under his nails, a thorny stake driven through his entrails; and thus he consummated his martyrdom."[17]
  3. ^ By tradition the daughter of Quirinus the martyr, she was baptised by Pope Alexander and lived as a virgin in Rome. She was buried on the Appian Way near her father. Later her relics were enshrined in the church dedicated to her on the Aventine.
  4. ^ Count of Ostrevant, he became a monk at the monastery of Hasnon in Belgium, which had been founded by his brother John. Aldo was chosen as second abbot.
  5. ^ Born near Ravenna in Italy, Guy became a monk at the monastery of St Severus, where he became abbot. Later he went to the monastery of Pomposa near Ferrara.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o March 31/April 13. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
  2. ^ Righteous Joseph the Handsome. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
  3. ^ Righteous Joseph the Patriarch. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
  4. ^ Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀκάκιος ὁ Ὁμολογητής Ἐπίσκοπος Μελιτινῆς. 31 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h (in Greek) Συναξαριστής. 31 Μαρτίου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).
  6. ^ St Acacius the Confessor. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
  7. ^ Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Ὑπάτιος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας Ἐπίσκοπος Γαγγρῶν. 31 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  8. ^ St Hypatius the Wonderworker and Bishop of Gangra. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
  9. ^ Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Θεόφιλος ὁ Μάρτυρας καὶ οἱ σὺν αὐτῷ μαρτυρήσαντες ἐν Κρήτῃ. 31 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  10. ^ Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Οἱ Ἅγιοι Μένανδρος καὶ Σαβίνος οἱ Μάρτυρες καὶ οἱ σὺν αὐτοῖς τριάντα ὀκτῶ Μάρτυρες. 31 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  11. ^ a b April 13 / March 31. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
  12. ^ Venerable Apollonius, Ascetic, of Egypt. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
  13. ^ Hieromartyr Audas the Bishop of Persia. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
  14. ^ Martyr Benjamin the Deacon. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
  15. ^ Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. BENJAMIN, D. M. (5TH CENT.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Third: March. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. p. 515.
  16. ^ a b c (in Russian) 31 марта (ст.ст.) 13 апреля 2013 (нов. ст.). Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR).
  17. ^ a b c 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. 91-92.
  18. ^ Venerable Hypatius the Abbot of Rufinus in Chalcedon. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
  19. ^ Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ὅσιος Βλάσιος ὁ ἐξ Ἀμορίου. 31 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  20. ^ Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ὅσιος Στέφανος ὁ Θαυματουργός. 31 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  21. ^ a b c d e March 31. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
  22. ^ Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. BALBINA, V. (A.D. 132.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Third: March. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. pp. 513-515.
  23. ^ Very Rev. John O'Hanlon. "Article VIII.—Feast of the Holy Anissus, and of his Companions, Martyrs, in Africa." In: Lives of the Irish Saints: With Special Festivals, and the Commemorations of Holy Persons. VOL. III. Dublin, 1875. pp. 1034-1035.
  24. ^ Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. RENOVATUS, B. OF MERIDA. (ABOUT A.D. 633.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Third: March. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. pp. 515-517.
  25. ^ Venerable Hypatius the Healer of the Kiev Caves. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
  26. ^ Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἰωάννης ὁ πρίγκιπας. 31 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  27. ^ Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἰωνᾶς Μητροπολίτης Μόσχας καὶ πασῶν τῶν Ρωσιῶν. 31 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  28. ^ Repose of St Jonah the Metropolitan of Moscow and All Russia. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
  29. ^ Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἰννοκέντιος Μητροπολίτης Μόσχας καὶ Ἱεραπόστολος Ἀλάσκας. 31 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  30. ^ Repose of St Innocent the Metropolitan of Moscow the Enlightener of the Aleuts and Apostle to the Americas. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
  31. ^ Appearance of the Iveron Icon of the Mother of God. OCA - Lives of the Saints.

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