March 26 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) explained

March 25 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - March 27

All fixed commemorations below are observed on April 8 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.

For March 26th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on March 13.

Feasts

• Synaxis of the Archangel Gabriel.^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}
• Apodosis (Leavetaking) of the Annunciation.^{[1] [3]}

Saints

• Martyr Codratus (Quadratus),^[5] Emmanuel and Theodosius,^[6] and with them 40 other martyrs, who suffered under Diocletian (284-305)^[1]
• Hieromartyr Theodore, with Irenaeus the Deacon, and Serapion and Ammonius the lectors, in Pentapolis in Libya (304)^[7]
• Hieromartyr Irenaeus, Bishop of Sirmium in Hungary (304)^{[1] [8] [9]} (see also: March 25)
• Hieromartyr Montanus, priest, and his wife Maxima, at Sirmium (ca. 304)^{[1] [10] [11]}
• Martyrs Philemon and Domninus of Thessalonica, in Italy.^[12] (see also: March 21)
• Hieromartyr Eusebius, Bishop of Kival, and Martyr Pullius the Reader.^{[1] [13]}
• Saint Eutychius, Subdeacon, of Alexandria (356)^{[1] [14]}
• Holy 26 Martyrs in Gothia by burning, under the Crimean Goths, under the Gothic King Jungerich (375-383), including:^{[1] [15] [16] [17]}

• Bathusius and Bercus, presbyters;

• Monk-martyr Arpilus;

• Laymen martyrs: Abibus, Agnus (Hagias), Reasus (Ruias), Igathrax (Egathrax), Iscoeus (Iskous, Eskoes, Escoos), Silas, Signicus (Sigetzas), Sonerilas (Swerilas), Suimbalus (Swemblas), Thermus (Therthas), Phillus (Philgas);

• Laywomen martyrs: Anna, Alla (Alas), Larissa (Baren, Beride), Monco (Manca, Moiko), Mamica (Kamika), Uirko (Virko, Oneko), Animais (Animaida, Anemais), Gaatha the queen of the Goths, and Duklida (Dulcilla).
• Saint Malchus of Chalcis in Syria (4th century)^{[1] [18] [19]} (see also: November 24)
• Venerable Abraham of Mount Latros (Latrium), ascetic.^[20] (see also: March 24)
• Venerable Stephen the Confessor and Wonderworker, Abbot of Tryglia (815)^{[1] [21]}
• Venerable Basil the Younger, anchorite near Constantinople (944 or 952)^{[1] [22] [23]}

Pre-Schism Western saints

• Martyr Castulus, an officer of the palace in Rome, tortured and buried alive for helping other Orthodox (286)^{[24] [25]} (see also: December 18)
• Martyrs Peter, Marcian, John, Thecla, Cassian and others, at Rome.^{[24] [26]}
• Saint Felix of Trier, consecrated Bishop of Trier in Germany by St Martin of Tours in 386 (ca. 400)^[24]
• Saint Sincheall, a disciple of St Patrick and founder of the monastery of Killeigh in Offaly, where there were 150 monks (5th century)^{[24] [27]}
• Saint Govan, hermit of Pembrokeshire (586)^[13]
• Saint Mocheallóg (Cellog, Mottelog, Motalogus), patron saint of Kilmallock in Limerick in Ireland (ca.639)^{[24] [28]}
• Saint Braulio of Saragossa in Iberia, Bishop and Confessor (646)^{[1] [24] [29]}
• Saint Garbhan (Garbán), a saint who left his name to Dungarvan in Ireland (7th century)^{[24] [30]}
• Saint Ludger, missionary bishop in the Netherlands and northwestern Germany (809)^{[1] [24] [31]}
• Saint Bertilo, Abbot of St Benignus Abbey in Dijon in France, martyred with several of his monks at the altar when the Vikings sacked the monastery (ca. 878-888)^[24]
• Saint Felicitas of Padua, nun, probably at Sts Cosmas and Damian in Padua in Italy (9th century)^[24]

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

• New Martyr George of Sofia, at Adrianople (1437)^{[1] [32]}

New martyrs and confessors

• Martyr Parasceva Kochneva (1939)^{[13] [33]}

Other commemorations

• Melitina Icon of the Theotokos.^[20]

Sources

• March 26/April 8. Orthodox Calendar
• April 8 / March 26. Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
• March 26. 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. 24.
• March 26. 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. 87–88.
• 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. 134–135.

Greek Sources

• Great Synaxaristes: 26 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
• Συναξαριστής. 26 Μαρτίου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).

Russian Sources

• 8 апреля (26 марта). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).
• 26 марта (ст.ст.) 8 апреля 2013 (нов. ст.). Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR).

Notes and References

1. http://orthochristian.com/calendar/20190326.html March 26/April 8
2. Great Synaxaristes: Σύναξις Ἀρχαγγέλου Γαβριήλ. 26 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
3. Συναξαριστής. 26 Μαρτίου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).
4. Synaxis of the Archangel Gabriel. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
5. Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Κοδράτος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας. 26 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
6. Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ἐμμανουὴλ καὶ Θεοδόσιος οἱ Μάρτυρες καὶ οἱ σὺν αὐτοῖς Σαράντα μαρτυρήσαντες. 26 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
7. Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ἅγιοι Θεόδωρος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας καὶ οἱ σὺν αὐτῷ Εἰρηναῖος ὁ Διάκονος, Σεραπίων καὶ Ἀμμώνιος οἱ ἀναγνῶστες. 26 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
8. Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Εἰρηναῖος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας Ἐπίσκοπος Σιρμίου. 26 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
9. Hieromartyr Irenaeus the Bishop of Sirmium in Hungary. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
10. Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ἅγιοι Μοντανὸς καὶ Μαξίμη οἱ Μάρτυρες. 26 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
11. Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "SS. MONTANUS AND MAXIMA, MM. (DATE UNCERTAIN.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Third: March. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. pp. 467-468.
12. Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ἅγιοι Δομνίνος καὶ Φιλήμων οἱ Μάρτυρες ἐκ Θεσσαλονίκης. 26 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
13. http://www.holytrinityorthodox.com/calendar/index.php?year=2011&today=8&month=4&trp=0&tzo=-4 April 8 / March 26
14. Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Εὐτύχιος ὁ Μάρτυρας ὁ ὑποδιάκονος. 26 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
15. Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ἅγιοι Εἴκοσι Ἕξι Μάρτυρες οἱ ἐν Γοτθίᾳ μαρτυρήσαντες. 26 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
16. Martyr Bathusius in the Crimea. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
17. Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "SS. BATHUS, P., VERCA, AND THEIR CHILDREN, MM. (ABOUT A.D. 370.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Third: March. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. p. 468.
18. Great Synaxaristes: Διήγησης ὠφέλιμος Μάλχου μοναχοῦ αἰχμαλωτισθέντος. 26 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
19. St Malchus of Chalcis in Syria. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
20. 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. 24.
21. Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Στέφανος ὁ Ξυλινίτης. 26 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
22. Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Βασίλειος ὁ Νέος. 26 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
23. Venerable Basil the New, Anchorite, Near Constantinople. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
24. http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/stdmar.htm March 26
25. Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. CASTULUS, M. (ABOUT A.D. 286.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Third: March. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. p. 467.
26. Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ἅγιοι Πέτρος, Μαρκιανός, Ἰωάννης, Θέκλα, Κασσιανὸς οἱ Μάρτυρες καὶ οἱ σὺν αὐτοῖς μαρτυρήσαντες. 26 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
27. Very Rev. John O'Hanlon. "Article II.—St. Sincheall, Abbot of Cill-Achaidhdromfota, now Killeagh, King's County. [Fifth and Sixth Centuries]." In: Lives of the Irish Saints: With Special Festivals, and the Commemorations of Holy Persons. VOL. III. Dublin, 1875. pp. 958-960.
28. Very Rev. John O'Hanlon. "ARTICLE I.—ST. MOCHELLOC, OR CELLOC, PATRON OF KILMALLOCH, COUNTY OF LIMERICK. [SIXTH AND SEVENTH CENTURIES]." In: Lives of the Irish Saints: With Special Festivals, and the Commemorations of Holy Persons. VOL. III. Dublin, 1875. pp. 953-958.
29. Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. BRAULIO, B. OF SARAGOSSA. (A.D. 646.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Third: March. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. p. 468.
30. Very Rev. John O'Hanlon. "Article III.—St. Garbhan, of Dungarvan, County of Waterford, or of Aghold, County of Wicklow. [Supposed to belong to the Sixth or Seventh Century]." In: Lives of the Irish Saints: With Special Festivals, and the Commemorations of Holy Persons. VOL. III. Dublin, 1875. pp. 960-961.
31. Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. LUDGER, B. OF MUNSTER. (A.D. 809.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Third: March. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. pp. 469-481.
32. Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Γεώργιος ὁ Νεομάρτυρας ἐκ Βουλγαρίας. 26 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
33. 26 марта (ст.ст.) 8 апреля 2013 (нов. ст.). Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR).