March 31 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

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March 31 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 March31 are broadly the same, no matter which calendar is used.

Saints

Righteous Joseph the Fair (the All-Comely), son of Jacob, Patriarch (c. 1700 BC)March 31/April 13. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).Righteous Joseph the Handsome. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).Righteous Joseph the Patriarch. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Saint Acacius the Confessor, Bishop of Melitene in Pisidia (251)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀκάκιος ὁ Ὁμολογητής Ἐπίσκοπος Μελιτινῆς. 31 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Συναξαριστής. 31 Μαρτίου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).St Acacius the Confessor. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Saint Hypatius the Wonderworker, Bishop of Gangra (326)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Ὑπάτιος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας Ἐπίσκοπος Γαγγρῶν. 31 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.St Hypatius the Wonderworker and Bishop of Gangra. OCA - Lives of the Saints. (see also: November 16) Theophilos the Martyr, and those with him, in Crete.Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Θεόφιλος ὁ Μάρτυρας καὶ οἱ σὺν αὐτῷ μαρτυρήσαντες ἐν Κρήτῃ. 31 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Martyrs Menander and Sabinus, and another 38 martyrs, in Hermopolis of Egypt, under Julian the Apostate (c. 361-363)Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ἅγιοι Μένανδρος καὶ Σαβίνος οἱ Μάρτυρες καὶ οἱ σὺν αὐτοῖς τριάντα ὀκτῶ Μάρτυρες. 31 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.April 13 / March 31. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow). Saint Apollonius (Apollo) of the Thebaid, ascetic (4th century)Venerable Apollonius, Ascetic, of Egypt. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Hieromartyrs Abdas, Bishop of Hormizd-Ardashir,Hieromartyr Audas the Bishop of Persia. OCA - Lives of the Saints. and the Deacon Benjamin,Martyr Benjamin the Deacon. OCA - Lives of the Saints.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. of Persia (c. 424) 31 марта (ст.ст.) 13 апреля 2013 (нов. ст.). Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR). (see also: May 16 and March 12) Saint Hypatius, Abbot of Rufinus in Chalcedon (446)Venerable Hypatius the Abbot of Rufinus in Chalcedon. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Venerable Blaise of Amorium and Mount Athos (c. 909)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Βλάσιος ὁ ἐξ Ἀμορίου. 31 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Venerable Stephen the Wonderworker, ascetic.Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Στέφανος ὁ Θαυματουργός. 31 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.

Pre-Schism Western saints

Saint Balbina of Rome (c. 130)March 31. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.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. Martyrs Theodulus, Anesius, Felix, Cornelia and Companions, in North Africa.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. Saint Renovatus, Abbot of Cauliana in Lusitania, then Bishop of Merida in Spain for twenty-two years (c. 633)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. Saint Aldo, Abbot of Hasnon Abbey (fr) in Belgium (8th century) Saint Guy (Guido) (1046)

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

Saint Hypatius the Healer, of the Kiev Caves (14th century)Venerable Hypatius the Healer of the Kiev Caves. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Saint Ivan I of Moscow (John I Daniilovich Kalita), Prince of Moscow from 1325 and Grand Prince of Vladimir from 1328 (1340)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἰωάννης ὁ πρίγκιπας. 31 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Saint Jonah, Metropolitan of Kiev, Moscow, and all Russia (1461)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἰωνᾶς Μητροπολίτης Μόσχας καὶ πασῶν τῶν Ρωσιῶν. 31 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Repose of St Jonah the Metropolitan of Moscow and All Russia. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Saint Philaret, Abbot of Glinsk Hermitage (1841) Saint Innocent, Metropolitan of Moscow, Enlightener of Siberia and Alaska (1879)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἰννοκέντιος Μητροπολίτης Μόσχας καὶ Ἱεραπόστολος Ἀλάσκας. 31 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Repose of St Innocent the Metropolitan of Moscow the Enlightener of the Aleuts and Apostle to the Americas. OCA - Lives of the Saints.

New martyrs and confessors

New Hieromartyr John Blyumovich, Priest (1938)

Other commemorations

Appearance of the Iveron Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos, on Mt. Athos ("Panagia Portaitissa" or "Gate-Keeper") (late 10th century)Appearance of the Iveron Icon of the Mother of God. OCA - Lives of the Saints. (see also: February 12) Repose of Archbishop Averky (Taushev) of Syracuse and Holy Trinity Monastery (1976) Repose of Schemanun Anastasia (Shevelenko) of Karaganda (1977) Repose of Archimandrite Thaddeus (Strabulovich) of Vitovnica Monastery (Tadej Štrbulović), Serbia (2003)

Icon gallery

Notes

References

Sources March 31/April 13. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU). April 13 / March 31. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow). March 31. 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. 25. March 31. 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. 91-92. Greek Sources Great Synaxaristes: 31 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Συναξαριστής. 31 Μαρτίου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ). Russian Sources April 13 (March 31). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). 31 марта (ст.ст.) 13 апреля 2013 (нов. ст.). Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR).