March 4 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) explained

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All fixed commemorations below are observed on March 17 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.

For March 4th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on February 19 (February 20 on leap years).

Saints

Pre-Schism Western saints

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

New martyrs and confessors

Other commemorations

Sources

Greek Sources

Russian Sources

Notes and References

  1. http://orthochristian.com/calendar/20190304.html March 4/March 17
  2. http://www.holytrinityorthodox.com/calendar/index.php?year=2011&today=17&month=3&trp=0&tzo=-4 March 17 / March 4
  3. Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ἅγιοι Παῦλος καὶ Ἰουλιανὴ οἱ Μάρτυρες. 4 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  4. Martyr Paul and his sister. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
  5. Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ἀκάκιος, Κοδράτος καὶ Στρατόνικος οἱ Μάρτυρες. 4 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  6. Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Γεράσιμος ὁ Ἰορδανίτης. 4 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  7. Venerable Gerasimus of the Jordan. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
  8. Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Γρηγόριος Ἐπίσκοπος Κωνσταντίας τῆς Κύπρου. 4 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  9. St James the Faster of Phoenicia, Syria. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
  10. 4 марта (ст.ст.) 17 марта 2013 (нов. ст.). Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR).
  11. http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/stdmar.htm March 4
  12. Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. LUCIUS, POPE, M. (A.D. 253.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Third: March. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. pp. 55-57.
  13. Very Rev. John O'Hanlon. "Article VI.—Feast of St. Lucius, Pope and Martyr. [Third Century.]." In: Lives of the Irish Saints: With Special Festivals, and the Commemorations of Holy Persons. VOL. III. Dublin, 1875. pp. 114-115.
  14. Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. OWEN, MK. (END OF 7TH CENT.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Third: March. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. pp. 57-58.
  15. Very Rev. John O'Hanlon. "Article IV.—St. Owen or Owini, Monk, at Lichfield, England. [Seventh Century.]." In: Lives of the Irish Saints: With Special Festivals, and the Commemorations of Holy Persons. VOL. III. Dublin, 1875. p. 114.
  16. Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. BASINUS, B. OF TREVES. (ABOUT A.D. 672.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Third: March. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. p. 59.
  17. Very Rev. John O'Hanlon. "Article II.—St. Adrian and his Companions, Martyrs, in the Island of May, Scotland. [Ninth Century.]." In: Lives of the Irish Saints: With Special Festivals, and the Commemorations of Holy Persons. VOL. III. Dublin, 1875. pp. 111-113.
  18. Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Γρηγόριος Ἐπίσκοπος Ἄσσου. 4 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  19. Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Γεράσιμος ἐκ Ρωσίας. 4 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  20. Venerable Gerasimus of Vologda. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
  21. Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Βασίλειος βασιλεὺς Ροστὼβ τῆς Ρωσίας. 4 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  22. Right-believing Prince Basil (Vasilko) of Rostov. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
  23. Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ἅγιοι Βασίλειος καὶ Ἰωάσαφ οἱ Ὁσιομάρτυρες. 4 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  24. Venerable Joasaph of Snetogorsk, Pskov. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
  25. Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Δανιὴλ ὁ Πρίγκιπας. 4 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  26. Right-believing Prince Daniel of Moscow. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
  27. 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. 19.
  28. Great Synaxaristes: Μετακομιδὴ Τιμίων Λειψάνων Ἁγίου Βιασεσλάβου Πρίγκιπα τῆς Ρωσίας. 4 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  29. Right-believing Prince Wenceslaus of the Czech Lands. OCA - Lives of the Saints.