March 10 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) explained

March 9 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - March 11

All fixed commemorations below are observed on March 23 by Eastern Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.

For March 10th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on February 25 (February 26 on leap years).

Saints

• Martyr Codratus (Quadratus), and with him Martyrs Cyprian, Dionysius, Anectus, Paul, Crescens, and Dionysius (another), at Corinth (251)^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}
• Martyrs Victorinus, Victor, Nicephorus, Claudius, Diodorus, Serapion, Papias, and others, at Corinth (251 or 258)^[1] (see also: January 31)
• Martyrs Codratus, Saturninus, and Rufinus, of Nicomedia (250-259)^{[1] [5]} (see also: March 7)
• Martyr Marcian, by scourging.^{[6] [7]}
• Saint Anastasia the Patrician, of Alexandria (567)^{[1] [8] [9]}
• Saint George Arselaites (6th century)^{[1] [7]}
• Venerable Agathon, ascetic at the Monastery of St Symeon near Aleppo in Syria, reposed in peace.^[10]

Pre-Schism Western saints

• Martyr Victor, in North Africa under Decius.^[11]
• Saint Silvester (Sylvester), a companion of St Palladius in enlightening Ireland (c. 420)^{[11] [12]}
• Saint Simplicius, Pope of Rome (468-483), who upheld the decisions of the Council of Chalcedon against Monophysitism, and dealt with the Arian King Odoacer after the Fall of the Western Roman Empire in 476 (483)^[11]
• Saint Droctoveus (Drotté), a disciple of St Germanus of Paris (c. 580)^{[11] [13]}
• Saint Kessog (Mackessog), an Irish missionary of the mid-sixth century active in the Lennox area and southern Perthshire (c. 560)^{[1] [11] [14] [15]}
• Saint Sedna (Sétna, Sidonius), Bishop of Ossory in Ireland and a friend of St Luanus (c. 570)^{[11] [16] [17]}
• Saint Attalus (Attala), Abbot of Bobbio Abbey (626)^{[1] [11] [18]}
• Saint Himelin, an Irish or Scottish priest who, returning from a pilgrimage to Rome, fell ill when passing through Vissenaken (c. 750)^{[11] [19] [20]}
• Saint Emilian (Eminian), born in Ireland, he became a monk and then Abbot of Lagny (Abbaye Saint-Pierre de Lagny) in France (675)^{[11] [21]}
• Saint Failbhe the Little (Fáilbe mac Pípáin), Abbot of Iona in Scotland, where he reposed at the age of eighty (754)^{[11] [22]}

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

• Venerable John of Khakhuli Monastery, Georgia, called Chrysostom, reposed on Mount Athos (10th-11th century)^{[1] [23] [24]}
• New Martyr Michael of Agrapha (Michael of Soluneia), at Thessalonica (1544 or 1547)^{[1] [25]} (see also: March 21)
• Saint Paul of Taganrog (Pavel of Taganrog) (1879)^{[1] [7]}
• Saint Alexander (Badanin), Priest, of Vologda (1913)^[1]

New martyrs and confessors

• New Hieromartyr Demetrius Legeydo, Priest (1938)^{[26] [27]}

Other commemorations

• Commemoration of the Desert-dwellers of the Roslavl Forests near Bryansk.^[1]

Sources

• March 10/March 23. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
• March 23 / March 10. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
• March 10. 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). pp. 20–21.
• March 10. 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. 71–72.

Greek Sources

• Great Synaxaristes: 10 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
• Συναξαριστής. 10 Μαρτίου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).

Russian Sources

• 23 марта (10 марта). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).
• 10 марта (ст.ст.) 23 марта 2013 (нов. ст.). Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR).

Notes and References

1. http://orthochristian.com/calendar/20190310.html March 10/March 23
2. Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Κοδράτος ὁ Μάρτυρας καὶ οἱ σὺν αὐτῷ (Ἄνεκτος, Παῦλος, Διονύσιος, Κυπριανὸς καὶ Κρήσκης). 10 Μαρτίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
3. Martyr Quadratus and those with him at Corinth. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
4. Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "SS. CODRATUS, DIONYSIUS, AND OTHERS, MM. (AFTER A.D. 258.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Third: March. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. pp. 203-204.
5. Martyr Quadratus and the rest of Nicomedia. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
6. Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Μαρκιανὸς ὁ Μάρτυρας. 10 Μαρτίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
7. 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). pp. 20-21.
8. Great Synaxaristes: Ἡ Ἁγία Ἀναστασία ἡ Πατρικία. 10 Μαρτίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
9. Martyr Anastasia the Patrician of Alexandria. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
10. Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἀγάθων. 10 Μαρτίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
11. http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/stdmar.htm March 10
12. Very Rev. John O'Hanlon. "ARTICLE I.—ST. SILVESTER, OR SYLVESTRUS, BISHOP, AND EARLY APOSTLE OF IRELAND. [FIFTH CENTURY]." In: Lives of the Irish Saints: With Special Festivals, and the Commemorations of Holy Persons. VOL. III. Dublin, 1875. pp. 282-283.
13. Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. DROCTOVEUS, AB. (ABOUT A.D. 576.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Third: March. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. p. 209.
14. Very Rev. John O'Hanlon. "Article III.—St. Kessog, Mackessog, or Makkessagus, Bishop, and Confessor, Patron of Lennox, Scotland. [Sixth Century]." In: Lives of the Irish Saints: With Special Festivals, and the Commemorations of Holy Persons. VOL. III. Dublin, 1875. pp. 285-286.
15. Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. KESSOG, B. C. (6TH CENT.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Third: March. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. p. 208.
16. Very Rev. John O'Hanlon. "Article IV.—St. Setna or Sedna, Bishop, and Confessor. [Supposed to have lived in the Sixth Century]." In: Lives of the Irish Saints: With Special Festivals, and the Commemorations of Holy Persons. VOL. III. Dublin, 1875. p. 287.
17. Book: Kelly, Matthew. Matthew Kelly (historian)

    . https://books.google.com/books?id=wbUCAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA91. Calendar of Irish Saints. 1857. J. Mullany. en. Matthew Kelly (historian). Dublin. March. 91.

18. Very Rev. John O'Hanlon. "Article XVIII.—Reputed Festival of St. Attala, Abbot of Bobbio, Italy." In: Lives of the Irish Saints: With Special Festivals, and the Commemorations of Holy Persons. VOL. III. Dublin, 1875. p. 294.
19. Very Rev. John O'Hanlon. "Article VI.—St. Hymelin, or Himelinus, Confessor, of Vissenaeken, Brabant. [Eighth Century]." In: Lives of the Irish Saints: With Special Festivals, and the Commemorations of Holy Persons. VOL. III. Dublin, 1875. pp. 288-290.
20. Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. HYMELIN, P. (8TH CENT.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Third: March. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. pp. 210-211.
21. Very Rev. John O'Hanlon. "Article X.—St. Æmilian, or Æmilianus, Abbot of Lagny, France. [Seventh Century]." In: Lives of the Irish Saints: With Special Festivals, and the Commemorations of Holy Persons. VOL. III. Dublin, 1875. pp. 291-292.
22. Very Rev. John O'Hanlon. "Article XTII.—St. Feidhlimid, or Failbhe II., Abbot of Iona. [Seventh and Eighth Centuries]." In: Lives of the Irish Saints: With Special Festivals, and the Commemorations of Holy Persons. VOL. III. Dublin, 1875. pp. 292-293.
23. Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἰωάννης ἐκ Γεωργίας. 10 Μαρτίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
24. St John of Khakhuli the Oqropiri, also called Chrysostom. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
25. Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Μιχαὴλ ὁ Νεομάρτυρας ὁ Μαυρουδής. 10 Μαρτίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
26. http://www.holytrinityorthodox.com/calendar/index.php?year=2011&today=23&month=3&trp=0&tzo=-4 March 23 / March 10
27. Сщмч. Димитрия Легейдо пресвитера (1938). Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR). Retrieved: 2013-09-16.