March 19 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

March 18 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - March 20

An Eastern Orthodox cross

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

For March 19th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on March 6.

Saints

• Martyrs Chrysanthus and Daria, and those with them in Rome (283):^[1][2][3]

• Claudius the Tribune, his wife Hilaria, their sons Jason and Maurus,^[4][5] the priest Diodorus, and the deacon Marianus.^[6][7]

• Martyr Pancharius at Nicomedia (302)^{[3][8][9][10]}

Pre-Schism Western saints

• Saint Joseph the Betrothed (1st century)^[11] (see also: December 26)
• Saints Quintus, Quintilla, Quartilla, Mark and Companions, martyrs venerated in Sorrento near Naples in Italy.^[12][13]
• Saints Apollonius and Leontius (Leontinus), by tradition early Bishops of Braga in Portugal (4th century)^[12][13]
• Saint Auxilius, a companion of St Patrick, became Bishop of Killossey (near Naas, County Kildare) in Ireland (c. 460)^[12][14]
• Saint John the Syrian of Pinna, a Syrian monk who settled in Pinna near Spoleto in Italy, became abbot of a large monastic colony there for forty-four years (6th century).^{[12][15][note 2]}
• Saint Leontius of Saintes, Bishop of Saintes (640)^[12]
• Saints Landoald and Amantius, a priest and deacon who helped enlighten what is now Belgium and north-eastern France, founded the church at Wintershoven (c. 668)^{[12][16][note 3]}
• Saint Adrian, disciple of St Landoald, murdered while begging alms for his monastery near Maastricht in the Netherlands (c. 668)^[12]
• Saint Lactan, born near Cork in Ireland, St Comgall entrusted him to found a monastery at Achadh-Ur, now Freshford, in Kilkenny (672)^[12][17]
• Saint Alcmund (Alchmund of Derby, or of Lilleshall), martyred in Shropshire (c. 800)^{[12][18][note 4]}
• Saint Gemus, a monk, probably at Moyenmoutier in Alsace, now in France, his relics were enshrined at Hürbach.^[12]

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

• Righteous Mary (Maria Shvarnovna), wife of Vsevelod III (1206)^[3][20]
• Saint Bassa, nun, of the Pskov-Caves Monastery (1473)^{[3][21][note 5]}
• Venerable Innocent of Komel the Wonderworker, in Vologda (1521), disciple of St. Nilus of Sora.^[3][23][24]
• New Martyr Demetrius, at Constantinople (1564)^[3][25]
• Saint Sophia of Slutsk and Minsk, descendant of the Sovereigns of the Kyivan-Rus' (1612)^[3][21]
• New Martyr Nicholas Karamanos of Smyrna (1657)^[3][26]
• Saint Symeon (Popović), Archimandrite of Dajbabe Monastery, Montenegro (1941)^{[3][22][note 6]}

New martyrs and confessors

• Saint John Blinov, Confessor (1932)^[21][22]
• New Martyr Matrona Alexeeva (1938)^[21][22]

Other commemorations

• Smolensk "Umileniye" ("Tender Feeling") Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos.^[3][27][28]
• Icon of the Mother of God of Lubyatov (15th century)^[29]

Gallery

• 
  Martyrs Chrysanthus and Daria of Rome.
• 
  The main church of the Princess Mary's Convent, founded by Maria Shvarnovna in Vladimir.
• 
  Venerable Innocent of Komel the Wonderworker.
• 
  Saint Sophia of Slutsk and Minsk.
• 
  Saint Symeon (Popovic), Archimandrite of Dajbabe Monastery.

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. "At Civita-di-Penna, the birthday of blessed John, a man of great holiness, who came from Syria into Italy, where he constructed a monastery, and, after having been the spiritual guide of many servants of God for forty-four years, rested in peace, renowned for great virtue.^[13]
3. "At Ghent the Saints Landoaldus, a Roman priest, and the deacon Amantius, who were sent to preach the Gospel by pope St. Martin, and after their death became illustrious by many miracles."^[13]
4. A prince of Northumbria in England, after many years of exile among the Picts of Scotland, he was martyred in Shropshire. "The many miracles which followed his martyrdom are a testimony to the holiness of his life. He was buried at Lilieshall, in Shropshire, and afterwards translated to Derby, where a church was erected under his invocation. Thither pilgrims, especially from the North of England, were accustomed to resort, out of veneration for his sacred relics."^[19]
5. Glorified in 2003.^[22]
6. See: (in Serbian) Симеон Дајбапски. Википедије, (Serbian Wikipedia).