March 22 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) explained

March 21 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - March 23

All fixed commemorations below are observed on April 4 by Eastern Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.

For March 22nd, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on March 9.

Saints

• Virgin-confessor Drosida (Drosis) of Antioch, daughter of Emperor Trajan, and with her five Virgin-martyrs (104-117)^{[1] [2] [3]} (see also: July 28)
• Martyrs Kalliniki and Vasilissa of Rome (252)^{[1] [4]}
• Hieromartyr Basil of Ancyra, Priest of Ancyra (362)^{[1] [5] [6] [7]}
• Saint Isaac the Confessor, founder of the Dalmatian Monastery at Constantinople (383)^{[1] [8]} (see also: May 30)

Pre-Schism Western saints

• Saint Epaphroditus, by tradition the first Bishop of Terracina in Italy (1st century)^[9]
• Saint Paul, Bishop of Narbonne, Brittany (3rd century)^{[1] [9] [10]}
• Saint Lea of Rome, an aristocrat in Rome who on the death of her husband entered the convent of St Marcella (384)^[9]
• Saint Deogratius, Bishop of Carthage in North Africa (457)^{[9] [11]}
• Saint Octavian and Companions, Archdeacon of the Church in Carthage in North Africa, martyred with several thousand companions under the Arian Vandal King Hunneric (484)^[9]
• Saint Saturninus and Companions, a group of ten martyrs in North Africa.^[9]
• Saint Trien (Trienan), a disciple of St Patrick and Abbot of Killelga in Ireland (5th century)^{[9] [12]}
• Saint Darerca of Ireland, sister of St Patrick of Ireland (5th century)^{[9] [13]}
• Saint Fáilbe mac Pípáin, the eighth Abbot of Iona in Scotland (680)^{[9] [14]}

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

• Martyr Basil of Mangazea in Siberia, Wonderworker (1602)^{[1] [15] [16]} (see also: June 6 and May 10 - Translation of Relics)
• New Monk-martyr Euthymius of Dimitsana and Mt. Athos, at Constantinople (1814)^{[1] [17] [18]}

New martyrs and confessors

• Hieromartyr Basil (Zelentsov), Bishop of Prilutsk, Vicar of Poltava (1930)^[19]
• New Confessor Schema-abbess Sophia (Grineva) of Kiev (1941),^{[1] [20]} and her priest Demetrius Ivanov (1934)^{[19] [21]}

Other commemorations

• "The Izborsk" Icon of the Mother of God (1657)^[19]
• Commemoration of Maria Berushko of Brazil and eight students who died trying to save people during a fire in their school (1986)^[22]

Sources

• March 22/April 4. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
• April 4 / March 22. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
• March 22. 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.
• March 22. 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. 83–84.

Greek Sources

• Great Synaxaristes: 22 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
• Συναξαριστής. 22 Μαρτίου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).

Russian Sources

• 4 апреля (22 марта). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).
• 22 марта (ст.ст.) 4 апреля 2013 (нов. ст.). Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR).

Notes and References

1. http://orthochristian.com/calendar/20190322.html March 22/April 4
2. Great Synaxaristes: Ἡ Ἁγία Δροσὶς καὶ οἱ σὺν αὐτῇ πέντε Κανονικὲς. 22 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
3. Martyr Drosis the Daughter of the Emperor Trajan. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
4. Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ἁγίες Βασίλισσα καὶ Καλλινίκη οἱ Μάρτυρες. 22 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
5. Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Βασίλειος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας Πρεσβύτερος Ἀγκύρας. 22 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
6. Hieromartyr Basil of Ancyra. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
7. Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. BASIL, P. M. AT ANCYRA. (A.D. 363.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Third: March. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. pp. 407-411.
8. Venerable Isaac the Founder of the Dalmatian Monastery at Constantinople. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
9. http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/stdmar.htm March 22
10. Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. PAUL, B. OF NARBONNE. (3RD or 4TH CENT.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Third: March. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. p. 406.
11. Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. DEOGRATIAS, B. OF CARTHAGE. (ABOUT A.D. 456.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Third: March. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. pp. 411-413.
12. Very Rev. John O'Hanlon. "Article III.—St. Trien, or Trienan, Abbot of Killelga. [Fifth or Sixth Century]." In: Lives of the Irish Saints: With Special Festivals, and the Commemorations of Holy Persons. VOL. III. Dublin, 1875. pp. 925-926.
13. Very Rev. John O'Hanlon. "Article II.—St. Darerca, Sister of St. Patrick. [Fifth Century]." In: Lives of the Irish Saints: With Special Festivals, and the Commemorations of Holy Persons. VOL. III. Dublin, 1875. pp. 923-924.
14. Very Rev. John O'Hanlon. "ARTICLE I.—ST. FAILBEUS, OR FAILBHE, EIGHTH ABBOT OF lONA, SCOTLAND. [SEVENTH CENTURY]." In: Lives of the Irish Saints: With Special Festivals, and the Commemorations of Holy Persons. VOL. III. Dublin, 1875. p. 923
15. Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Βασίλειος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας καὶ Θαυματουργὸς Ἐπίσκοπος Μανγκαζίας Σιβηρίας. 22 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
16. Righteous Basil of Mangazeia. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
17. Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Εὐθύμιος ὁ Ὁσιομάρτυρας ὁ ἐκ Δημητσάνης. 22 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
18. Monkmartyr Euthymius of Prodromou of Mt Athos. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
19. http://www.holytrinityorthodox.com/calendar/index.php?year=2011&today=4&month=4&trp=0&tzo=-4 April 4 / March 22
20. Great Synaxaristes: Ἡ Ἁγία Σοφία ἡ Ὁσιομάρτυς. 22 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
21. Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Δημήτριος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας. 22 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
22. Ukrainian May Become First Orthodox Saint in Latin America . RISU. 24.10.2007, [16:34].