March 22 Events Pre-1600 * 106 – Start of the Bostran era, the calendar of the province of Arabia Petraea. * 235 – Roman emperor Severus Alexander is murdered, marking the start of the Crisis of the Third Century. * 871 – Æthel ...

Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar The Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar describes and dictates the rhythm of the life of the Eastern Orthodox Church. Passages of Holy Scripture, saints and events for commemoration are associated with each date, as are many times special rule ...

March 24 Events Pre-1600 *1199 – King Richard I of England is wounded by a crossbow bolt while fighting in France, leading to his death on April 6. * 1387 – English victory over a Franco- Castilian- Flemish fleet in the Battle of Margat ...

All fixed commemorations below are observed on ''April 5'' by Orthodox Churches on the

Old Calendar Calendar reform or calendrical reform is any significant revision of a calendar system. The term sometimes is used instead for a proposal to switch to a different calendar design. Principles The prime objective of a calendar is to unambiguo ...

. For March 23rd, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on ''

March 10 Events Pre-1600 * 241 BC – First Punic War: Battle of the Aegates: The Romans sink the Carthaginian fleet bringing the First Punic War to an end. * 298 – Roman Emperor Maximian concludes his campaign in North Africa and makes ...

''.

Saints

* Martyrs Philetas the Senator, his wife Lydia, their sons Macedon and Theoprepius (Bogolep), the

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Cronides, and Amphilochius the Captain, in

Illyria In classical and late antiquity, Illyria (; , ''Illyría'' or , ''Illyrís''; , ''Illyricum'') was a region in the western part of the Balkan Peninsula inhabited by numerous tribes of people collectively known as the Illyrians. The Ancient Gree ...

(125)March 23/April 5
Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU). ''(see also:

March 27 Events Pre-1600 * 1309 – Pope Clement V imposes excommunication and interdiction on Venice, and a general prohibition of all commercial intercourse with Venice, which had seized Ferrara, a papal fiefdom. * 1329 – Pope John XXII ...

)'' * ''Monk-martyr Nikon and 199 disciples, in

Sicily Sicily (Italian language, Italian and ), officially the Sicilian Region (), is an island in the central Mediterranean Sea, south of the Italian Peninsula in continental Europe and is one of the 20 regions of Italy, regions of Italy. With 4. ...

'' (251) * Martyr Dometius in

Phrygia In classical antiquity, Phrygia ( ; , ''Phrygía'') was a kingdom in the west-central part of Anatolia, in what is now Asian Turkey, centered on the Sangarios River. Stories of the heroic age of Greek mythology tell of several legendary Ph ...

(360-361) ''(see also:

October 30 Events Pre-1600 * 637 – Arab–Byzantine wars: Antioch surrenders to the Rashidun Caliphate after the Battle of the Iron Bridge. * 758 – Guangzhou is sacked by Arab and Persian pirates. * 1137 – Ranulf of Apulia defeats Ro ...

)''

Pre-Schism Western saints

* Saint Victorian, Frumentius, other Frumentius and Companions (484)March 23
Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome. * Saint Gwinear (Guigner) of Cornwall, born Fingar (5th century)April 5 / March 23
HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow). * Saint Felix and Companions, a group of twenty-one martyrs in North Africa (5th century) * Saint Fidelis, a martyr in North Africa. * Saint Maidoc (''Mo-Mhaedog''), Abbot of

Fiddown Fiddown () is a small village in County Kilkenny, Ireland. It is located in the south of the county, just off the N24 road, south of Kilkenny city. The village is on the banks of the River Suir, near the border with County Waterford to which ...

Kilkenny Kilkenny ( , meaning 'church of Cainnech of Aghaboe, Cainnech'). is a city in County Kilkenny, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is located in the South-East Region, Ireland, South-East Region and in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinst ...

in Ireland (5th century) * Saint Benedict of Campania (''Benedict the Hermit''), hermit in the

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in Italy, miraculously delivered from death by burning at the hands of

Totila Totila, original name Baduila (died 1 July 552), was the penultimate King of the Ostrogoths, reigning from 541 to 552 AD. A skilled military and political leader, Totila reversed the tide of the Gothic War (535–554), Gothic War, recovering b ...

the Goth (550) * Saint

Æthelwold Æthelwold was a common Anglo Saxon name. It may refer to: Royalty and nobility *King Æthelwold of Deira, King of Deira, d. 655 *King Æthelwold of East Anglia, King of East Anglia, d. 664 *King Æthelwold Moll of Northumbria, King of Northumbria, ...

, a monk at

Ripon Ripon () is a cathedral city and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. The city is located at the confluence of two tributaries of the River Ure, the Laver and Skell. Within the boundaries of the historic West Riding of Yorkshire, the ...

in England, he lived as a hermit on Inner Farne for twelve years (699) * Saint Felix of

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(ca. 1000)

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

* Venerable Nicon the Great, abbot of the Kiev Caves (1088) * Venerable Ephraim of the Kiev Caves (13th century) * Venerable Pachomius, Abbot of Nerekhta (1384) * Saint Bassian, Archbishop of Rostov (1481) * Venerable Theodosius the Wonderworker, Abbot of the Monastery of the Saviour in

Totma Totma () is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, town and the administrative center of Totemsky District in Vologda Oblast, Russia, located on the left bank of the Sukhona River at its confluence with the Pesya Denga River, Pesya Denga, no ...

, Russia (1568) (''see also:

January 28 Events Pre-1600 *AD 98, 98 – On the death of Nerva, Trajan is declared Roman emperor in Cologne, the seat of his government in lower Germany. * 814 – The death of Charlemagne, the first Holy Roman Emperor, brings about the accessi ...

'') * Righteous Basil of Mangazea in Siberia, Wonderworker (1602) (''see also:

; and

June 6 Events Pre-1600 * 913 – Constantine VII, the eight-year-old illegitimate son of Leo VI the Wise, becomes nominal ruler of the Byzantine Empire under the regency of a seven-man council headed by Patriarch Nicholas Mystikos, appointe ...

May 10 Events Pre-1600 * 28 BC – A sunspot is observed by Han dynasty astronomers during the reign of Emperor Cheng of Han, one of the earliest dated sunspot observations in China. * 1291 – Scottish nobles recognize the authority of ...

- Translation of Relics'') * New Monk-martyr Luke the New of

Adrianople Edirne (; ), historically known as Orestias, Adrianople, is a city in Turkey, in the northwestern part of the Edirne Province, province of Edirne in Eastern Thrace. Situated from the Greek and from the Bulgarian borders, Edirne was the second c ...

and Mt. Athos, at

Mytilene Mytilene (; ) is the capital city, capital of the Greece, Greek island of Lesbos, and its port. It is also the capital and administrative center of the North Aegean Region, and hosts the headquarters of the University of the Aegean. It was fo ...

(1802) * New Martyr Panagiotis at Jerusalem (1820)Rev.

Joseph Wolff Joseph Wolff (1795 – 2 May 1862) was a Messianic Jewish missionary born in Weilersbach, near Bamberg, Germany, named Wolff after his paternal grandfather. He travelled widely, and was known as "the missionary to the world". He published se ...

. ''LETTER V.: Linthwaite, 2d April, 1839.'' In
Journal of the Rev. Joseph Wοlff: In a series of letters to Sir Thomas Baring, Bart: Containing an Account of his Missionary Labours from the Years 1827-1831: and from the Years 1835-1838
London: James Burns 1839. pp. 232-33. (''see also:

April 5 Events Pre-1600 * 823 – Lothair I is crowned King of Italy by Pope Paschal I. * 919 – The Fatimid invasion of Egypt (919–921), second Fatimid invasion of Medieval Egypt, Egypt begins, when the Fatimid heir-apparent, Al-Qa'im (Fa ...

'') * Saint Elena (Bekhteeva), Nun of the Florovsk Ascension Convent in Kiev (1834)

New martyrs and confessors

* New Hieromartyr Constantine Petrovich Snyatinovsky (1918) * New Hieromartyr Macarius Feodorovich Kvitkin, Protopriest of Orenburg (1931)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. 23.Пятница, 23 марта (ст.ст.) 5 апреля 2013 (нов. ст.)
Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR). * New Hieromartyr Elias (Vyatlin), hieromonk of the Lukianov Monastery of the Nativity of the Theotokos, Vladimir (1938) * New Hieromartyrs Basil Koklin, and Stephen Preobrazhensky, Priests (1938) * New Martyr James (1938) * Virgin-martyr Anastasia Stefanovna Bobkova, novice (1938) * Virgin-martyr BarBara (Konkina), nun (1938) * Martyr Alexis Simeonovich Skorobogatov (1938) * New Hiero-Confessor Venerable Sergius (Srebriansky),

Archimandrite The title archimandrite (; ), used in Eastern Christianity, originally referred to a superior abbot ('' hegumenos'', , present participle of the verb meaning "to lead") whom a bishop appointed to supervise several "ordinary" abbots and monaste ...

, of Tver (1948)

Other commemorations

* Icon of Our Lady of

Antioch Antioch on the Orontes (; , ) "Antioch on Daphne"; or "Antioch the Great"; ; ; ; ; ; ; . was a Hellenistic Greek city founded by Seleucus I Nicator in 300 BC. One of the most important Greek cities of the Hellenistic period, it served as ...

(580) * Repose of Saint

Helena Dragaš Helena Dragaš (; ; – 23 March 1450) was the Empress consort of the Byzantine Emperor Manuel II Palaiologos and the mother of the last two emperors, John VIII Palaiologos and Constantine XI Palaiologos. She served as the regent of the Byz ...

in monasticism Hypomone (1450) * Repose of Elder Porphyrius of Glinsk Hermitage (1868) * Commemoration of execution of Vladimir Petrovich Gorizontov of

Orenburg Orenburg (, ), formerly known as Chkalov (1938–1957), is the administrative center of Orenburg Oblast, Russia. It lies in Eastern Europe, along the banks of the Ural River, being approximately southeast of Moscow. Orenburg is close to the ...

(1931)

Icon gallery

File:Фреска Макария Оренбургского в Свято-Троицкой Симеоновой Обители Милосердия в Саракташе.JPG, New Hieromartyr Macarius (Kvitkin), Protopresbyter of Orenburg (1931). File:Сергий (Сребрянский).jpg, New Hiero-Confessor Venerable Sergius (Srebriansky), Archimandrite, of Tver (1948).

Notes

References

Sources

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Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
April 5 / March 23
HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
March 23
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. 23.

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. 84–85. * 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. 130–131. Greek Sources * Great Synaxaristes:
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23 марта (ст.ст.) 5 апреля 2013 (нов. ст.)
Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR). {{DEFAULTSORT:March 23 (Eastern Orthodox Liturgics) March in the Eastern Orthodox calendar