March 10 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

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All fixed commemorations below are observed on March 23 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.^{[note 1]}

For March 10th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on February 25 (February 26 on leap years).

Saints

• Martyr Codratus (Quadratus), and with him Martyrs Cyprian, Dionysius, Anectus, Paul, Crescens, and Dionysius (another), at Corinth (251)^[1][2][3]
• Martyrs Victorinus, Victor, Nicephorus, Claudius, Diodorus, Serapion, Papias, and others, at Corinth (251 or 258)^[1][4]
• Martyrs Codratus, Saturninus, and Rufinus, of Nicomedia (250-259)^[1][5] (see also: March 7)
• Martyr Marcian, by scourging.^[6][7]
• Saint Anastasia the Patrician, of Alexandria (567)^[1][8][9]
• Saint George Arselaites (6th century)^[1][7]
• Venerable Agathon, ascetic at the Monastery of St Symeon near Aleppo in Syria, reposed in peace.^[10]

Pre-Schism Western Saints

• Martyr Victor, in North Africa under Decius.^{[11][note 2]}
• Saint Silvester (Sylvester), a companion of St Palladius in enlightening Ireland (c. 420)^{[11][note 3]}
• Saint Simplicius, Pope of Rome (468-483), who upheld the decisions of the Council of Chalcedon against Monophysitism, and dealt with the Arian King Odoacer after the Fall of the Western Roman Empire in 476 (483)^[11]
• Saint Droctoveus (Drotté), a disciple of St Germanus of Paris (c. 580)^{[11][12][note 4]}
• Saint Kessog (Mackessog), an Irish missionary of the mid-sixth century active in the Lennox area and southern Perthshire (c. 560)^{[11][note 5]}
• Saint Sedna (Sétna), Bishop of Ossory in Ireland and a friend of St Luanus (c. 570)^[11]
• Saint Attalus (Attala), Abbot of Bobbio Abbey (626)^{[1][11][12][note 6]}
• Saint Himelin, an Irish or Scottish priest who, returning from a pilgrimage to Rome, fell ill when passing through Vissenaken (c. 750)^[11]
• Saint Emilian (Eminian), born in Ireland, he became a monk and then Abbot of Lagny (Abbaye Saint-Pierre de Lagny) in France (675)^[11]
• Saint Failbhe the Little (Fáilbe mac Pípáin), Abbot of Iona in Scotland, where he reposed at the age of eighty (754)

Post-Schism Orthodox Saints

• Venerable John of Khakhuli Monastery, Georgia, called Chrysostom, reposed on Mt. Athos (10th-11th century)^{[1][14][15][note 7]}
• New Martyr Michael of Agrapha (Michael of Soluneia), at Thessalonica (1544 or 1547)^{[1][18][note 8]} (see also: March 21)
• Saint Paul of Taganrog (Pavel of Taganrog) (1879)^{[1][7][note 9]}
• Saint Alexander (Badanin), Priest, of Vologda (1913)^{[1][note 10]}

New Martyrs and Confessors

• New Hieromartyr Demetrius Legeydo, Priest (1938)^[21][22]

Other commemorations

• Commemoration of the Desert-dwellers of the Roslavl Forests near Bryansk.^[1]

Icon Gallery

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  Saint Simplicius, Pope of Rome (468-483).

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  Tom Na Kessaig (Hill of St. Kessog). The mound dates from the 6th century and is located at The Meadows in Callander.

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  Saint Attalus (Attala), Abbot of Bobbio Abbey.

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  Saint Himelin.

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  Kelya of Saint Pavel of Taganrog.

Notes

1. The notation Old Style or (OS) is sometimes used to indicate a date in the Julian Calendar (which is used by churches on the "Old Calendar").
   The notation New Style or (NS), indicates a date in the Revised Julian calendar (which is used by churches on the "New Calendar").
2. "In Africa, the martyr St. Victor, on whose festival St Augustine delivered a discourse to his people."^[12]
3. Palladius was accompanied by four companions: Sylvester and Solinus, who remained after him in Ireland; and Augustinus and Benedictus, who followed him to Britain, but returned to their own country after his death. ^[13] Palladius is most strongly associated with Leinster, particularly with Clonard, County Meath.
4. A disciple of St Germanus of Paris, he became Abbot of St Symphorian in Autun in France. Later he was called back to Paris to be the first Abbot of St Vincent and the Holy Cross - afterwards renamed Saint-Germain-des-Prés.
5. Born in Cashel in Tipperary in Ireland, even as a child he is said to have worked miracles. He became a missionary and preached in Scotland, where he became a bishop. According to one tradition he was martyred at Bandry. He is the patron-saint of Lennox.
6. Born in Burgundy in France, he became a monk at Lérins. From there he went to Luxeuil with St Columbanus, whom he followed to Bobbio in the north of Italy, helping him to found the monastery there and succeeding him as abbot (615).
7. Note: There is another Georgian Saint named John, from Georgia, also of the same period, and also an Athonite, but is commemorated on June 12:
   • St. John (Tornicus) of Mt. Athos and Georgia (998)^[16][17]
8. He was burned alive on March 21, 1547 for his refusal to convert to Islam. However the Great Euchologion lists his feast day as March 10, 1544.^[19]
9. "A Ukrainian from Chernihiv, St Paul was a holy layman who lived at Taganrog to the east of the Black Sea. An ascetic who slept on a wooden board, he was constantly in prayer and would receive very many people who came to him for advice. Russian biographies of him note that he constantly spoke his native Ukrainian language. Today there is a Ukrainian embroidered "rushnyk" mantle-towel over the door of his home which is Taganrog’s greatest religious shrine."^[20]
10. See: (Russian) Александр Вологодский. Википедии, (Russian Wikipedia).

References

1. March 10/March 23. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
2. Great Synaxaristes: (Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Κοδράτος ὁ Μάρτυρας καὶ οἱ σὺν αὐτῷ (Ἄνεκτος, Παῦλος, Διονύσιος, Κυπριανὸς καὶ Κρήσκης). 10 Μαρτίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
3. Martyr Quadratus and those with him at Corinth. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
4. Martyr Victorinus and those with him at Corinth. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
5. Martyr Quadratus and the rest of Nicomedia. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
6. Great Synaxaristes: (Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Μαρκιανὸς ὁ Μάρτυρας. 10 Μαρτίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
7. 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. 20-21.
8. Great Synaxaristes: (Greek) Ἡ Ἁγία Ἀναστασία ἡ Πατρικία. 10 Μαρτίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
9. Martyr Anastasia the Patrician of Alexandria. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
10. Great Synaxaristes: (Greek) Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἀγάθων. 10 Μαρτίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
11. March 10. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
12. 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. 71–72.
13. Cusack, Margaret Anne, "Mission of St. Palladius", An Illustrated History of Ireland, Chapter VIII
14. Great Synaxaristes: (Greek) Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἰωάννης ἐκ Γεωργίας. 10 Μαρτίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
15. St John of Khakhuli the Oqropiri, also called Chrysostom. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
16. 'June 12/25. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
17. Great Synaxaristes: (Greek) Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἰωάννης ὁ Ἁγιορείτης ἐκ Γεωργίας. 12 Ιουνίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
18. Great Synaxaristes: (Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Μιχαὴλ ὁ Νεομάρτυρας ὁ Μαυρουδής. 10 Μαρτίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
19. (Greek) Συναξαριστής. 10 Μαρτίου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).
20. Dr. Alexander Roman. March. Calendar of Ukrainian Orthodox Saints (Ukrainian Orthodoxy - Українське Православ'я).
21. March 23 / March 10. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
22. (Russian) Сщмч. Димитрия Легейдо пресвитера (1938). Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR). Retrieved: 2013-09-16.

Sources

• March 10/March 23. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
• March 23 / March 10. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
• March 10. OCA - The Lives of the Saints.
• Dr. Alexander Roman. March. Calendar of Ukrainian Orthodox Saints (Ukrainian Orthodoxy - Українське Православ'я).
• 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. 20-21.
• March 10. 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. 71–72.

Greek Sources

• Great Synaxaristes: (Greek) 10 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
• (Greek) Συναξαριστής. 10 Μαρτίου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).

Russian Sources

• (Russian) 23 марта (10 марта). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).
• (Russian) 10 марта (ст.ст.) 23 марта 2013 (нов. ст.). Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR).