March 17 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

March 16 – Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - March 18

All fixed commemorations below are observed on March 30 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar (until March 30, 2099).

For March 17, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on March 4.

Saints

 * Saint Lazarus the Righteous (Lazarus the Just), the friend of Christ (1st century)


 * Martyr Marinus of Caesarea, soldier, at Caesarea in Palestine (262)  (see also: August 7)
 * Saint Ambrose, Deacon, disciple of St. Didymus the Blind of Alexandria (400)
 * Venerable Alexios the Man of God, in Rome (411)  (see also July 17 - West)
 * Monk-martyr Paul of Cyprus, burned alive by iconoclasts (c. 760)
 * Monk-martyr Paul of Crete, defender of icons, burned alive under Constantine V Copronymus (767)
 * Venerable Theosterictus the Confessor, Abbot of Pelekete monastery near Prusa (826)

Pre-Schism Western saints

 * Martyrs Alexander and Theodore, early martyrs in Rome.
 * Saint Ambrose of Alexandria (c. 250)
 * Venerable Patrick, Bishop of Armagh and the Enlightener of Ireland (461)
 * Saint Llinio of Llandinam, Abbot and Founder of Llandinam, Powys, Wales (520)
 * Saint Agricola (Agrele, Aregle), ascetic and Bishop of Châlon-sur-Saône in France (580)
 * Saint Gertrude of Nivelles, Abbess of Nivelles, patroness of travellers (659)
 * Saint Beccan of Rhum (677)
 * Saint Withburga, Princess of East Anglia, hermitess whose holy well is at East Dereham (c. 743) (see also July 8)

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

 * Venerable Macarius, Abbot and Wonderworker of Kalyazin (1483)
 * Venerable Hieromartyr Gabriel the Lesser, of Gareji, Georgia (1802)
 * Hieromartyr Theodoulos the Sinaite (1822)
 * Saint Parthenius of the Kiev Caves (1855)
 * Saint Gurias, Archbishop of Tauria and Simferopol (1882)

New martyrs and confessors

 * New Hieromartyr Alexander Polivanov of Krasnoyarsk, Priest (1919)
 * New Hieromartyr Victor Kiranov of Berdyansk, Protopresbyter of Simferopol-Crimea (1942)

Other commemorations

 * Commemoration of the Great Earthquake of 790 AD, under Emperor Constantine VI.
 * Repose of Lulach, last Orthodox King of Scotland (1058)
 * Repose of Archbishop Tikhon (Troitsky) of San Francisco (1963)