March 19 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Day in the Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar
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March 19 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 March 19 are broadly the same, no matter which calendar is used.[a]
| March 18 | March 19 | March 20 |
| March 19 O.S. ≍ April 1 N.S. March 19 N.S ≍ March 6 O.S. | ||
Saints
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][b]
- 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][c]
- 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][d]
- 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][e]
- 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][f]
New martyrs and confessors
Other commemorations
Gallery
Saint Joseph the Betrothed.
Martyrs Chrysanthus and Daria of Rome.
Venerable Innocent of Komel the Wonderworker.
Saint Sophia of Slutsk and Minsk.
Saint Symeon (Popovic), Archimandrite of Dajbabe Monastery.
Notes
- Despite the dates being the same, the days to which they refer typically differ by 13 days. The notation Old Style or O.S. is sometimes used to indicate a date in the traditional Julian Calendar (the "Old Calendar"). The notation New Style or N.S. indicates a date in the Revised Julian calendar (the "New Calendar").
- 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]
- See: (in Serbian) Симеон Дајбапски. Википедије, (Serbian Wikipedia).