March 21 Events Pre-1600 * 537 – Siege of Rome: King Vitiges attempts to assault the northern and eastern city walls, but is repulsed at the Praenestine Gate, known as the ''Vivarium'', by the defenders under the Byzantine generals Bessas an ...

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 rul ...

March 23 Events Pre-1600 *1400 – The Trần dynasty of Vietnam is deposed, after one hundred and seventy-five years of rule, by Hồ Quý Ly, a court official. *1540 – Waltham Abbey Church, Waltham Abbey is surrendered to King Henry VIII of ...

All fixed commemorations below are observed on ''April 4'' by

Eastern Orthodox Church The Eastern Orthodox Church, also called the Orthodox Church, is the second-largest Christian church, with approximately 220 million baptized members. It operates as a communion of autocephalous churches, each governed by its bishops via ...

es 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 22nd, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on ''

March 9 Events Pre-1600 * 141 BC – Liu Che, posthumously known as Emperor Wu of Han, assumes the throne over the Han dynasty of China. * 1009 – First known mention of Lithuania, in the annals of the monastery of Quedlinburg. * 1226 &nda ...

''.

Saints

* ''Virgin-confessor Drosida (Drosis) of Antioch, daughter of Emperor

Trajan Trajan ( ; la, Caesar Nerva Traianus; 18 September 539/11 August 117) was Roman emperor from 98 to 117. Officially declared ''optimus princeps'' ("best ruler") by the senate, Trajan is remembered as a successful soldier-emperor who presi ...

, and with her five Virgin-martyrs'' (104-117)March 22/April 4
Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU). ''(see also:

July 28 Events Pre-1600 * 1364 – Troops of the Republic of Pisa and the Republic of Florence clash in the Battle of Cascina. * 1540 – Henry VIII of England marries his fifth wife, Catherine Howard, on the same day his former Chancellor, T ...

)'' * ''Martyrs Kalliniki and Vasilissa of Rome'' (252) * ''Hieromartyr

Basil of Ancyra Basil of Ancyra (Βασίλειος), was a Christian priest in Ancyra, Galatia during the 4th century. Very meager information about his life is preserved in a metaphrastic work: “Life and Deeds of the Martyred Priest Basil.” He fought agai ...

, Priest of Ancyra'' (362) * Saint Isaac the Confessor, founder of the Dalmatian Monastery at Constantinople (383) (''see also:

May 30 Events Pre-1600 * 70 – Siege of Jerusalem: Titus and his Roman legions breach the Second Wall of Jerusalem. Jewish defenders retreat to the First Wall. The Romans build a circumvallation, cutting down all trees within fifteen kilometres ...

'')

Pre-Schism Western saints

* Saint

Epaphroditus Epaphroditus ( el, Ἐπαφρόδιτος) is a New Testament figure appearing as an envoy of the Philippian church to assist the Apostle Paul ( Philippians 2:25-30). He is regarded as a saint of the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Catholic Chu ...

, by tradition the first Bishop of Terracina in Italy (1st century)March 22
Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome. * Saint

Paul Paul may refer to: *Paul (given name), a given name (includes a list of people with that name) * Paul (surname), a list of people People Christianity *Paul the Apostle (AD c.5–c.64/65), also known as Saul of Tarsus or Saint Paul, early Chri ...

Bishop of Narbonne The former Catholic diocese of Narbonne existed from early Christian times until the French Revolution. It was an archdiocese, with its see at Narbonne, from the year 445, and its influence ran over much of south-western France and into Cataloni ...

, Brittany (3rd century) * Saint Lea of Rome, an aristocrat in Rome who on the death of her husband entered the convent of St Marcella (384) * Saint Deogratius,

Bishop of Carthage The Archdiocese of Carthage, also known as the Church of Carthage, was a Latin Catholic diocese established in Carthage, Roman Empire, in the 2nd century. Agrippin was the first named bishop, around 230 AD. The temporal importance of the city of ...

in North Africa (457) * Saint Octavian and Companions, Archdeacon of the Church in Carthage in North Africa, martyred with several thousand companions under the Arian Vandal King Hunneric (484) * Saint Saturninus and Companions, a group of ten martyrs in North Africa. * Saint Trien (''Trienan''), a disciple of St Patrick and Abbot of Killelga in Ireland (5th century) * Saint

Darerca of Ireland Saint Darerca of Ireland was a sister of Saint Patrick. Life Much obscurity is attached to her history, and it is not easy to disentangle the facts of her history from the network of legend which medieval writers interwove with her acts. Her fame ...

, sister of St Patrick of Ireland (5th century) * Saint

Fáilbe mac Pípáin Fáilbe mac Pípáin was the eighth abbot of Iona ( 669–679). Fáilbe was of the same kindred as Columba, the Cenél Conaill, distantly related to him through their common ancestor Conall Gulban Conall Gulban (died c. 464) was an Irish kin ...

, the eighth Abbot of Iona in Scotland (680)

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

* Martyr Basil of Mangazea in Siberia, Wonderworker (1602) (''see also:

June 6 Events Pre-1600 * 913 – Constantine VII, the eight-year-old illegitimate son of Leo VI the Wise, becomes nominal ruler of the Byzantine Empire under the regency of a seven-man council headed by Patriarch Nicholas Mystikos, appointed b ...

and

May 10 Events Pre-1600 * 28 BC – A sunspot is observed by Han dynasty astronomers during the reign of Emperor Cheng of Han, one of the earliest dated sunspot observations in China. *1291 – Scottish nobles recognize the authority of Edw ...

Translation of Relics In Christianity, the translation of relics is the removal of holy objects from one locality to another (usually a higher-status location); usually only the movement of the remains of the saint's body would be treated so formally, with secondary ...

'') * New Monk-martyr Euthymius of

Dimitsana Dimitsana ( el, Δημητσάνα) is a mountain village and a former municipality in Arcadia, Peloponnese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Gortynia, of which it is the seat and a municipal unit. The ...

and Mt. Athos, at Constantinople (1814)

New martyrs and confessors

* Hieromartyr Basil (Zelentsov), Bishop of Prilutsk, Vicar of Poltava (1930)April 4 / March 22
HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow). * New Confessor Schema-abbess Sophia (Grineva) of Kiev (1941), and her priest Demetrius Ivanov (1934)

Other commemorations

* "The Izborsk" Icon of the Mother of God (1657) * Commemoration of Maria Berushko of Brazil and eight students who died trying to save people during a fire in their school (1986)
Ukrainian May Become First Orthodox Saint in Latin America
.'' RISU. 24.10.2007, 6:34

Icon gallery

File:Epaphroditus.jpg, Saint

. File:Menologion of Basil 063.jpg, Hieromartyr

. File:Isaac of Dalmatia.jpg, Saint Isaac the Confessor. File:Santa lea.jpg, Saint Lea of Rome. File:Basil of Caesarea and Basil of Mangazeya.jpg, Basil of Caesarea and Basil of Mangazeya. File:Василий (Зеленцов).jpg, Hieromartyr Basil (Zelentsov), Bishop of Prilutsk, Vicar of Poltava.

Notes

References

Sources

March 22/April 4
Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
April 4 / March 22
HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
March 22
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. 23.

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. 83–84. Greek Sources * Great Synaxaristes:
22 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ
ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. * Συναξαριστής.
22 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). *
22 марта (ст.ст.) 4 апреля 2013 (нов. ст.)
Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR). {{DEFAULTSORT:March 22 (Eastern Orthodox Liturgics) March in the Eastern Orthodox calendar