March 15 Events Pre-1600 * 474 BC – Roman consul Aulus Manlius Vulso celebrates an ovation for concluding the war against Veii and securing a forty years' truce. * 44 BC – The assassination of Julius Caesar takes place. * 493 &ndash ...

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 17 Events Pre-1600 * 45 BC – In his last victory, Julius Caesar defeats the Pompeian forces of Titus Labienus and Pompey the Younger in the Battle of Munda. * 180 – Commodus becomes sole emperor of the Roman Empire at the age of ei ...

All fixed commemorations below are observed on ''March 29'' by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar. For March 16th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on ''

March 3 Events Pre-1600 * 473 – Gundobad (nephew of Ricimer) nominates Glycerius as emperor of the Western Roman Empire. * 724 – Empress Genshō abdicates the throne in favor of her nephew Shōmu who becomes emperor of Japan. *1575 ...

''.

Saints

* Apostle Aristobulus of the Seventy, Bishop of Britain (1st century)March 16/March 29
Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU). (''see also:

and

October 31 Events Pre-1600 * 475 – Romulus Augustulus is proclaimed Western Roman Emperor. * 683 – During the Siege of Mecca, the Kaaba catches fire and is burned down. * 802 – Empress Irene is deposed and banished to Lesbos. Co ...

'') * Hieromartyr

Alexander I Alexander I may refer to: * Alexander I of Macedon, king of Macedon 495–454 BC * Alexander I of Epirus (370–331 BC), king of Epirus * Pope Alexander I (died 115), early bishop of Rome * Pope Alexander I of Alexandria (died 320s), patriarch of A ...

, Pope of Rome (c. 115) * Hieromartyrs Eventius and Theodoulus, Presbyters of the Church of Rome, martyred alongside Pope Alexander of Rome (c. 117-138) * Holy Ten Martyrs of Phoenicia, by the sword.March 29 / March 16
HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow). * ''Martyr

Sabinus of Hermopolis Sabinus of Hermopolis (also known as Abibus and Phanas) was a procurator, possibly bishop, and Christian martyr of Hermopolis in Egypt. During the persecution of Diocletian he and several other Christians concealed themselves in a hut. Their ...

, Egypt'' (287) * Hieromartyrs Trophimus and Thalus, Priests of Laodicea (300) * Martyr Papas of

Lycaonia Lycaonia (; el, Λυκαονία, ''Lykaonia''; tr, Likaonya) was a large region in the interior of Asia Minor (modern-day Turkey), north of the Taurus Mountains. It was bounded on the east by Cappadocia, on the north by Galatia, on the west b ...

(305) (''see also: September 14'') * ''Martyr Julian of Anazarbus, in Cilicia'' (305) * Venerable Aninas of Mesopotamia the

Wonderworker Thaumaturgy is the purported capability of a magician to work magic or other paranormal events or a saint to perform miracles. It is sometimes translated into English as wonderworking. A practitioner of thaumaturgy is a "thaumaturge", "thauma ...

. (''see also:

March 18 Events Pre-1600 * 37 – Roman Senate annuls Tiberius' will and proclaims Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus ''(aka Caligula = Little Boots)'' emperor.Tacitus, ''Annals'' V.10. * 1068 – An earthquake in the Levant and the Ara ...

'') * Hieromartyr Romanos, at

Parium Parium (or Parion; el, Πάριον) was a Greek city of Adrasteia in Mysia on the Hellespont. Its bishopric was a suffragan of Cyzicus, the metropolitan see of the Roman province of Hellespontus. History Founded in 709 B.C., the ancient ci ...

on the Hellespont.

Pre-Schism Western saints

* Martyrs Hilary of Aquileia and Tatian the Deacon, with Felix, Largus and Denis, under Numerian (c. 284)March 16
Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome. * Saint Agapitus,

Bishop of Ravenna This page is a list of Roman Catholic bishops and archbishops of Ravenna and, from 1985, of the Archdiocese of Ravenna-Cervia.Finian Lobhar Saint Finian the Leper ( ga, Saint Finian Lobhar) was an early Irish saint credited by some sources with founding a church and monastery at Innisfallen in Killarney. Life Saint Finian was a disciple of St. Columba. He was a strict Irish abbot, ...

, Abbot of Swords Abbey near Dublin (c. 560) * Saint

Abbán Abbán moccu Corbmaic ( la, Abbanus; d. 520? AD), also Eibbán or Moabba, is a saint in Irish tradition. He was associated, first and foremost, with Mag Arnaide (Moyarney or Adamstown, County Wexford, near New Ross) and with Cell Abbáin (Kil ...

of Kilabban, Ireland (650) * Saint Eusebia, Abbess at Hamay-les-Marchiennes near Arras, France (c. 680) * Saint Dentlin (''Dentelin, Denain''), child-saint, considered a confessor of the faith (7th century) * Venerable John of Rufiana, ascetic of the Monasterium Rufianense ( San Pedro de Montes), near

Astorga, Spain Astorga () is a municipality and city of Spain located in the central area of the province of León, in the autonomous community of Castilla y León, southwest of the provincial capital. It is located in the transit between the Páramo Leonés ...

.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.22. * Saint Megingold von Rothenburg (''Megingaud, Mengold, Megingoz''), Bishop of Würzburg (794) * Saint Gregory Makar, a monk who was elected Bishop of Nicopolis in Armenia, then fled to France and settled as a hermit in

Pithiviers Pithiviers () is a commune in the Loiret department, north central France. It is one of the subprefectures of Loiret. It is twinned with Ashby-de-la-Zouch in Leicestershire, England and Burglengenfeld in Bavaria, Germany. Its attractions incl ...

near Orleans (c. 1000) * Saint Heribert of Cologne,

Archbishop of Cologne The Archbishop of Cologne is an archbishop governing the Archdiocese of Cologne of the Catholic Church in western North Rhine-Westphalia and is also a historical state in the Rhine holding the birthplace of Beethoven and northern Rhineland-Palat ...

(1021)

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

* ''Venerable Christodoulos, Wonderworker of Patmos'' (1093) * Venerable Pimen of Salosi,

Fool-for-Christ Foolishness for Christ ( el, διά Χριστόν σαλότητα, cu, оуродъ, юродъ) refers to behavior such as giving up all one's worldly possessions upon joining an ascetic order or religious life, or deliberately flouting socie ...

, Enlightener of the

Dagestan Dagestan ( ; rus, Дагеста́н, , dəɡʲɪˈstan, links=yes), officially the Republic of Dagestan (russian: Респу́блика Дагеста́н, Respúblika Dagestán, links=no), is a republic of Russia situated in the North Ca ...

i (North Caucasus people), and his companion Anthony of Meskhi, Georgia, the Censurer of Kings (13th century) * New Monk-martyr Malachi of Rhodes, who suffered at Jerusalem (1500) * Saint

Serapion of Novgorod Serapion (russian: Серапион) (died March 16, 1516) was Archbishop of Novgorod the Great and Pskov from 1506 to 1509. He is a saint of the Russian Orthodox Church; his feast day is March 16 by the Julian calendar. Serapion came from the M ...

, Archbishop of Novgorod (1516) * Saint Ambrose (Khelaia) the Confessor,

Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia ''Catholicos-Patriarch'' has been the title of the heads of the Georgian Orthodox Church since 1010. The first Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia was Melkisedek I (1010–1033). In the 15th century the Georgian Orthodox Church was divided into th ...

(1927) (''see also:

March 27 Events Pre-1600 *1309 – Pope Clement V imposes excommunication and interdiction on Venice, and a general prohibition of all commercial intercourse with Venice, which had seized on Ferrara, a papal fiefdom. * 1329 – Pope John XXII ...

'') * Venerable Eutropia (Isayenkova) of Kherson,

clairvoyant Clairvoyance (; ) is the magical ability to gain information about an object, person, location, or physical event through extrasensory perception. Any person who is claimed to have such ability is said to be a clairvoyant () ("one who sees cl ...

(1968)
ЕВТРОПИЯ ХЕРСОНСКАЯ
'' Открытая православная энциклопедия "Древо" (Open Orthodox Encyclopedia "The Tree").

Icon gallery

File:St. Aristobulus of Britain.jpg, Apostle Aristobulus of the Seventy, Bishop of Britain. File:Pope Alexander I.jpg, Hieromartyr

, Pope of Rome. File:Julian of Tarsus.jpg, Martyr Julian of Anazarbus, in Cilicia. File:Heribertschrein.jpg, Shrine of St Heribert of Cologne, Archbishop of Cologne. File:Амвросий (Хелая).jpg,

Ambrosius Ambrosius or Ambrosios (a Latin adjective derived from the Ancient Greek word ἀμβρόσιος, ''ambrosios'' "divine, immortal") may refer to: Given name: *Ambrosius Alexandrinus, a Latinization of the name of Ambrose of Alexandria (before 21 ...

, Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia.

Notes

References

Sources

March 16/March 29
Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
March 29 / March 16
HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).

Protection of the Mother of God Church (POMOG).
March 16
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. 22.

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. 77–78. Greek Sources * Great Synaxaristes:
16 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ
ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. * Συναξαριστής.
16 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). *
16 марта (ст.ст.) 29 марта 2013 (нов. ст.)
Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR). {{DEFAULTSORT:March 16 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) March in the Eastern Orthodox calendar