March 6 Events Pre-1600 * 12 BCE – The Roman emperor Augustus is named Pontifex Maximus, incorporating the position into that of the emperor. * 632 – The Farewell Sermon (Khutbah, Khutbatul Wada') of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. * 845 & ...

Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar The Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar describes and dictates the rhythm of the life of the Eastern Orthodox Church. Passages of Holy Scripture, saints and events for commemoration are associated with each date, as are many times special rule ...

March 8 Events Pre-1600 * 1010 – Ferdowsi completes his epic poem ''Shahnameh''. *1126 – Following the death of his mother, queen Urraca of León, Alfonso VII is proclaimed king of León. * 1262 – Battle of Hausbergen between bou ...

All fixed commemorations below are observed on ''March 20'' by Orthodox Churches on the

Old Calendar Old Calendarists (Greek language, Greek: ''palaioimerologitai'' or ''palaioimerologites''), also known as Old Feasters (''palaioeortologitai''), Genuine Orthodox Christians or True Orthodox Christians (GOC; ), are traditionalist groups of Easte ...

. For March 7th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on ''

February 22 Events Pre-1600 * 1076 – Having received a letter during the Lenten synod of 14–20 February demanding that he abdicate, Pope Gregory VII excommunicates Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor. * 1316 – The Battle of Picotin, between Ferd ...

( February 23 on leap years)''.

Saints

* Martyrs Codratus (Quadratus), Saturninus, and Rufinus, of Nicomedia (250-259)March 7/March 20
Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU). (''see also:

May 7 Events Pre-1600 * 351 – The Jewish revolt against Constantius Gallus breaks out after his arrival at Antioch. * 558 – In Constantinople, the dome of the Hagia Sophia collapses, twenty years after its construction. Justinian I imm ...

'') * Martyrs Aemilian the Roman, and Jacob (''James'') and Marianos with him, under Valerian (259) * The Holy Hieromartyrs of Cherson: :* Basil, Ephraim, Capito, Eugene, Aetherius, Elpidius, and Agathadorus (4th century) * Venerable Paul the Simple, of Egypt (ca. 339), disciple of St. Anthony the Great. * Saints Nestor and Arcadius, Bishops of Tremithous, in Cyprus (4th century) * Venerable

Ephraim of Antioch Saint Ephraim of Antioch ( el, Άγιος Εφραίμ ο Αντιοχείας), also known as Saint Ephraim of Amida ( el, Άγιος Εφραίμ o Ἀμίδιος, Syriac language, Syriac: ܐܦܪܝܡ ܐܡܕܝܐ), was the Patriarch of Antioch, ...

Patriarch of Antioch Patriarch of Antioch is a traditional title held by the bishop of Antioch (modern-day Antakya, Turkey). As the traditional "overseer" (ἐπίσκοπος, ''episkopos'', from which the word ''bishop'' is derived) of the first gentile Christian c ...

(546) * Saint Paul the Confessor, Bishop of Plousias in Bithynia (ca. 840)March 20 / March 7
HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).

Pre-Schism Western saints

* Martyrs Perpetua of Carthage, and the catechumens Felicity, Saturus (Satyrus), Saturninus, Revocatus and Secundulus at Carthage (202-203)March 7
Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome. (''see also: February 1 - East.'') * Saint Gaudiosus of Brescia, Confessor and Bishop of Brescia in Italy, where his relics were venerated (445) * Saint Enodoch (''Wenedoc''), a saint in Wales (ca. 520) * Saint Drausinus (''Drausius''), Bishop of Soissons, did much to encourage monasticism (ca. 576) * Saint Deifer, founder of

Bodfari Bodfari is a village and community in Denbighshire, Wales. Until the local government reorganisation of 1974, Bodfari was in the historic county of Flintshire. The ancient parish of Bodfari comprised the townships of Bodfari, which was in histor ...

in Clwyd in Wales (6th century) * Saint Emilian, monk, of Italia (6th century) * Saint

Eosterwine Eosterwine (or Easterwine) (650 – 7 March 686) was the second Anglo-Saxon Abbot of Wearmouth in Northumbria (England). Descended from the noblest stock of Northumbria, as a young man he led the life of a soldier in the army of King Egfrid, ...

, the second Anglo-Saxon

Abbot Abbot is an ecclesiastical title given to the male head of a monastery in various Western religious traditions, including Christianity. The office may also be given as an honorary title to a clergyman who is not the head of a monastery. The ...

of Wearmouth in

Northumbria la, Regnum Northanhymbrorum , conventional_long_name = Kingdom of Northumbria , common_name = Northumbria , status = State , status_text = Unified Anglian kingdom (before 876)North: Anglian kingdom (af ...

(688) * Saint

John of Beverley John of Beverley (died 7 May 721) was an English bishop active in the kingdom of Northumbria. He was the bishop of Hexham and then the bishop of York, which was the most important religious designation in the area. He went on to found the town ...

, Bishop of York (721) (''see also:

'') * Saint Ardo Smaragdus, a

hagiographer A hagiography (; ) is a biography of a saint or an ecclesiastical leader, as well as, by extension, an adulatory and idealized biography of a founder, saint, monk, nun or icon in any of the world's religions. Early Christian hagiographies might ...

abbot Abbot is an ecclesiastical title given to the male head of a monastery in various Western religious traditions, including Christianity. The office may also be given as an honorary title to a clergyman who is not the head of a monastery. The ...

of the

monastery A monastery is a building or complex of buildings comprising the domestic quarters and workplaces of monastics, monks or nuns, whether living in communities or alone ( hermits). A monastery generally includes a place reserved for prayer whi ...

Aniane Aniane (; oc, Aniana) is a commune in the Hérault department in the Occitanie region in southern France. Population See also * Benedict of Aniane * Pont du Diable, Hérault * Mas de Daumas Gassac *Communes of the Hérault department Th ...

(843)

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

* Venerable Laurence (''Lavrentios of Megara''), founder of the monastery of the Mother of God Phaneromeni on Salamis Island (1707) * Saint Dandus (''Dandas'') and All Saints of Thrace.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.20.

New martyrs and confessors

* New Hieromartyr Nicholas, Priest (1930) * New Hieromartyr Nilus (Tyutyukin), Hieromonk of St. Joseph of Volokolamsk Monastery (1938) * Virgin-martyrs Matrona, Mary, Eudocia, Ecaterina, Antonina, Nadezhda, Xenia, and Anna (1938)

Other commemorations

* Synaxis of the Saints of the Dodecanese. * Repose of

Schemamonk The degrees of Eastern Orthodox and Eastern Catholic monasticism are the stages an Eastern Orthodox monk or nun passes through in their religious vocation. In the Eastern Orthodox Church, the process of becoming a monk or nun is intentionally slo ...

Sisoes of

Valaam Valaam ( Russian: Валаам or Валаамский архипелаг, also known by the Finnish name Valamo) is an archipelago in the northern portion of Lake Ladoga, lying within the Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation. The total area ...

(1931)

Icons

* Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos "Surety of Sinners" in Korets (1622), Odrin (1843) and Moscow (1848).Great Synaxaristes:
Σύναξις Ὑπεραγίας Θεοτόκου «τῆς τῶν Ἁμαρτωλῶν Ἐγγυήσεως» ἐν Ρωσίᾳ
'' 7 Μαρτίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. (''see also

May 29 Events Pre-1600 * 363 – The Roman emperor Julian defeats the Sasanian army in the Battle of Ctesiphon, under the walls of the Sasanian capital, but is unable to take the city. * 1108 – Battle of Uclés: Almoravid troops under ...

'') * Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos "Of Czestochowa". (''see also"

'')

Icon gallery

File:Paul the Simple of Egypt (Menologion of Basil II).jpg, Venerable Paul the Simple. File:Perpetua, Felicitas, Revocatus, Saturninus and Secundulus (Menologion of Basil II).jpg, Martyrs Perpetua of Carthage, with Felicity, Saturus (Satyrus), Saturninus, Revocatus and Secundulus
(''Menologion of Basil II'') File:St Enodoc's Church, Trebetheric, Cornwall 01.jpg, St Enodoc's Church, Trebetherick, Cornwall, England. File:Girolamo Romanino - Saint Gaudioso - Google Art Project.jpg, St. Gaudiosus of Brescia. File:SaintJohnofBeverley.png, Saint

, Bishop of York. File:Sporuchiza greshnyh.jpg, Icon of the Mother of God "the Surety of sinners" of Odrino, Orlov. File:Czestochowska.jpg, Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos "Of Czestochowa" (Black Madonna).

Notes

References

Sources

March 7/March 20
Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
March 20 / March 7
HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
March 7
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. 20.

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. 68–69. Greek Sources * Great Synaxaristes:
7 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ
ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. * Συναξαριστής.
7 Μαρτίου
'' ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ). Russian Sources *

Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). *
7 марта (ст.ст.) 20 марта 2013 (нов. ст.)
Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR). {{DEFAULTSORT:March 7 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) March in the Eastern Orthodox calendar