March 6 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) explained

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All fixed commemorations below are observed on March 19 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.

For March 6th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on February 21 (February 22 on leap years).

Saints

• Monk-martyrs Conon, and his son Conon, of Iconium (270-275)^{[1] [2]}
• Martyrs Cyriacus and 12 companions, who suffered under Diocletian in Augsburg (c. 304)^{[1] [3]}
• Martyr Euphrosynus, in boiling water.^[4]
• Monk-martyr Maximus, by stoning.^[5]
• Uncovering of the Precious Cross and the Precious Nails by the Empress St Helena in Jerusalem (326)^{[1] [6] [7] [8]}
• Thomas of Cana, missionary in India (345).
• Venerable Arcadius, monk of Cyprus (361),^[9] and his disciples Julian and Euboulos.^{[1] [10] [11]}
• Saint Arkadios, Archbishop of Cyprus (527–565)^[12]
• Venerable Hesychius the Wonderworker.^[13] (see also: March 5)
• The holy 42 Martyrs of Amorium (in Phrygia), including:

• Passion-bearers Constantine, Aetius, Theophilus, Theodore,^[14] Melissenus,^[15] Callistus, Basoes, and others, in Samarra (845)^{[1] [16] [17]}

Pre-Schism Western saints

• Saint Marcian of Tortona (120)^[18]
• Saint Patrick of Avernia (ca. 307)^[18]
• Saint Basil of Bologna, Bishop of Bologna in Italy for twenty years, 315-335 (335)^[18]
• Saint Fridolin of Säckingen, abbot, Enlightener of the Upper Rhine (540)^{[1] [3] [18] [19] [20] [21]}
• Saints Kyneburga, Kyneswide and Tibba, female members of the Mercian royal family in 7th century England (c. 680)^{[18] [22] [23]}
• Saint Baldred of Tyninghame (Balther), a priest in Lindisfarne in England who became a hermit at Tyningham on the Scottish border (756)^{[18] [22] [24] [25]}
• Saint Chrodegang of Metz, Bishop of Metz in the east of France, he took part in several Councils (766)^{[18] [26]}
• Saint Bilfrid (Billfrith), a hermit at Lindisfarne and an expert goldsmith, who bound in gold the Lindisfarne Gospels, written and illuminated by Bishop Edfrith (8th century)^{[18] [24] [25]}
• Saint Cathróe of Metz (Cadroe, Cadroel) (976)^{[18] [27]}

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

• Venerable Job (Joshua in schema) of Anzersk Island, Solovki (1720)^{[1] [3] [28]}

Other commemorations

• Translation to Vladimir (1230) of the relics of Martyr Abraham of the Bulgars on the Volga (1229)^{[1] [3] [29]}
• Repose of Helen Kontzevitch, Church writer (1989)^[1]

Icons

• "Chenstokhovskaya" (Poland) Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos (Black Madonna of Częstochowa).^{[1] [30] [31] [32]}
• "Blessed Heaven" (Moscow) Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos.^{[1] [33] [34]}
• The Shestokhovsk ("Hearth"), or Sheltomezhsk, Icon of the Mother of God (18th century)^{[35] [36]}

Sources

• March 6/March 19. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
• March 19 / March 6. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
• March 6. 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. 19–20.
• March 6. 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. 67–68.
• 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. 102–105.

Greek Sources

• Great Synaxaristes: 6 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
• Συναξαριστής. 6 Μαρτίου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).

Russian Sources

• 19 марта (6 марта). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).
• 6 марта (ст.ст.) 19 марта 2013 (нов. ст.). Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR).

Notes and References

1. http://orthochristian.com/calendar/20190306.html March 6/March 19
2. Monkmartyr Conon and his son of Iconium. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
3. http://www.holytrinityorthodox.com/calendar/index.php?year=2013&today=19&month=3&trp=0&tzo=-4 March 19 / March 6
4. Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Εὐφρόσυνος ὁ Μάρτυρας. 6 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
5. Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Μάξιμος ὁ Ὁσιομάρτυρας. 6 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
6. Great Synaxaristes: Μνήμη Εὑρέσεως Τιμίου Σταυροῦ μετὰ τῶν Τιμίων Ἥλων ὑπὸ τῆς Ἁγίας Ἑλένης. 6 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
7. Uncovering of the Precious Cross and the Precious Nails by the Empress St Helen in Jerusalem. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
8. March 6. St. Anthony's Greek Orthodox Monastery 2012 Calendar.
9. Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἀρκάδιος. 6 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
10. Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ἰουλιανὸς καὶ Εὔβουλος οἱ Μάρτυρες. 6 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
11. Venerable Arcadius of Cyprus. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
12. Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀρκάδιος Ἀρχιεπίσκοπος Κύπρου. 6 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
13. Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἡσύχιος ὁ Θαυματουργός. 6 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
14. Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Θεόδωρος ὁ Μάρτυρας ὁ Κρατερός. 6 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
15. Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Μελισσηνὸς ὁ Μάρτυρας. 6 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
16. Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ἀέτιος, Βασσόης, Θεόδωρος, Θεόφιλος, Κάλλιστος, Κωνσταντῖνος καὶ ἄλλοι 36 Μάρτυρες. 6 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
17. 42 Martyrs of Ammoria in Phrygia. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
18. http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/stdmar.htm March 6
19. ANCIENT GEORGIAN AND WESTERN SAINTS OFFICIALLY ADDED TO RUSSIAN CHURCH CALENDAR. ORTHODOX CHRISTIANITY. May 15, 2018. Retrieved May 15, 2018.
20. Very Rev. John O'Hanlon. "ARTICLE I.—ST. FRIDOLIN, THE TRAVELLER, ABBOT OF SECKINGEN, AND PATRON OF GLARUS CANTON, SWITZERLAND. [SEVENTH CENTURY]." In: Lives of the Irish Saints: With Special Festivals, and the Commemorations of Holy Persons. VOL. III. Dublin, 1875. pp. 155-172.
21. Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. FRIDOLIN, AB. OF SICKINGEN. (END OF 7TH CENT.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Third: March. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. pp. 91-93.
22. 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. 102-105.
23. Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "SS. KYNEBURGA, ABSS., KYNESWITHA AND TIBBA, VV. (END OF 7TH CENT.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Third: March. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. pp. 93-94.
24. Very Rev. John O'Hanlon. "Article XV.—St. Baldred or Baltherus, Hermit, and Missionary, in Scotland, and St. Bilfrid, or Bilfred, a Hermit, at Lindisfarne, in England. [Probably in the Seventh or Eighth Century]." In: Lives of the Irish Saints: With Special Festivals, and the Commemorations of Holy Persons. VOL. III. Dublin, 1875. pp. 202-205.
25. Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "SS. BALTHER AND BILFRED, H. H. (ABOUT A.D. 756.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Third: March. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. pp. 94-95.
26. Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. CHRODEGANG, B. OF METZ. (A.D. 766.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Third: March. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. p. 96.
27. Very Rev. John O'Hanlon. "Article V.—St. Cadroe, or Hadroe, Abbot of Wasor, Belgium. [Tenth Century]." In: Lives of the Irish Saints: With Special Festivals, and the Commemorations of Holy Persons. VOL. III. Dublin, 1875. pp. 181-196.
28. Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἰὼβ ὁ Ἐρημίτης. 6 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
29. Great Synaxaristes: Ἀνακομιδὴ Τιμίων Λειψάνων Ἁγίου Νεομάρτυρα Ἀβρααμίου τοῦ ἐκ Βουλγαρίας. 6 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
30. http://www.holytrinityorthodox.com/calendar/los/March/06-06.htm The Chenstokhovsk (Czestochowa) Icon of the Mother of God
31. Icon of the Mother of God “Czestochowa”. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
32. Great Synaxaristes: Σύναξις Ὑπεραγίας Θεοτόκου τῆς Τσζεστόκοβα ἐν Ρωσίᾳ. 6 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
33. http://www.holytrinityorthodox.com/calendar/los/March/06-08.htm The Icon of the Mother of God, named "Graced of Heaven" ("Blagodatnoe Nebo")
34. Great Synaxaristes: Σύναξις Ὑπεραγίας Θεοτόκου τῆς Οὐρανίου Χαρᾶς ἐν Μόσχᾳ. 6 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
35. http://www.holytrinityorthodox.com/calendar/los/March/06-07.htm The Shestokhovsk ("Hearth"), or Sheltomezhsk, Icon of the Mother of God
36. Great Synaxaristes: Σύναξις Ὑπεραγίας Θεοτόκου τῆς Καρδίας ἐν Σελτομέζᾳ τῆς Ρωσίας. 6 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.