March 30 Events Pre-1600 * 598 – Balkan Campaign: The Avars lift the siege at the Byzantine stronghold of Tomis. Their leader Bayan I retreats north of the Danube River after the Avaro- Slavic hordes are decimated by the plague. *1282 &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 rul ...

April 1 Events Pre-1600 * 33 – According to one historian's account, Jesus Christ's Last Supper is held. * 527 – Byzantine Emperor Justin I names his nephew Justinian I as co-ruler and successor to the throne. *1081 – Alexios I Ko ...

All fixed commemorations below are observed on ''April 13'' 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 31st, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on ''

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 ...

''.

Saints

* Righteous Joseph the Fair (''the All-Comely''), son of

Jacob Jacob (; ; ar, يَعْقُوب, Yaʿqūb; gr, Ἰακώβ, Iakṓb), later given the name Israel, is regarded as a patriarch of the Israelites and is an important figure in Abrahamic religions, such as Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. J ...

, Patriarch (c. 1700 BC)March 31/April 13
Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU). * ''Saint Acacius the Confessor, Bishop of Melitene in Pisidia'' (251) Συναξαριστής.
31 Μαρτίου
'' ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ). * ''Saint Hypatius the Wonderworker, Bishop of Gangra'' (326) * Theophilos the Martyr, and those with him, in Crete. * Martyrs Menander and Sabinus, and another 38 martyrs, in

Hermopolis Hermopolis ( grc, Ἑρμούπολις ''Hermoúpolis'' "the City of Hermes", also ''Hermopolis Magna'', ''Hermoû pólis megálẽ'', egy, ḫmnw , Egyptological pronunciation: "Khemenu"; cop, Ϣⲙⲟⲩⲛ ''Shmun''; ar, الأشموني ...

of Egypt, under Julian the Apostate (c. 361-363)April 13 / March 31
HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow). * Saint Apollonius (Apollo) of the Thebaid,

ascetic Asceticism (; from the el, ἄσκησις, áskesis, exercise', 'training) is a lifestyle characterized by abstinence from sensual pleasures, often for the purpose of pursuing spiritual goals. Ascetics may withdraw from the world for their p ...

(4th century) * Hieromartyrs Abdas, Bishop of Hormizd-Ardashir, and the Deacon

Benjamin Benjamin ( he, ''Bīnyāmīn''; "Son of (the) right") blue letter bible: https://www.blueletterbible.org/lexicon/h3225/kjv/wlc/0-1/ H3225 - yāmîn - Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (kjv) was the last of the two sons of Jacob and Rachel (Jacob's thir ...

, of

Persia Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...

(c. 424)31 марта (ст.ст.) 13 апреля 2013 (нов. ст.)
Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR). (''see also: May 16 and March 12'') * Saint Hypatius,

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 fem ...

of Rufinus in

Chalcedon Chalcedon ( or ; , sometimes transliterated as ''Chalkedon'') was an ancient maritime town of Bithynia, in Asia Minor. It was located almost directly opposite Byzantium, south of Scutari (modern Üsküdar) and it is now a district of the cit ...

(446) * Venerable Blaise of

Amorium Amorium was a city in Phrygia, Asia Minor which was founded in the Hellenistic period, flourished under the Byzantine Empire, and declined after the Arab sack of 838. It was situated on the Byzantine military road from Constantinople to Cil ...

and Mount Athos (c. 909) * Venerable Stephen the Wonderworker,

Pre-Schism Western saints

* Saint Balbina of Rome (c. 130)March 31
Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome. * Martyrs Theodulus, Anesius, Felix, Cornelia and Companions, in North Africa. * Saint Renovatus, Abbot of Cauliana in

Lusitania Lusitania (; ) was an ancient Iberian Roman province located where modern Portugal (south of the Douro river) and a portion of western Spain (the present Extremadura and the province of Salamanca) lie. It was named after the Lusitani or Lusita ...

, then Bishop of Merida in Spain for twenty-two years (c. 633) * Saint Aldo, Abbot of Hasnon Abbey ( fr) in Belgium (8th century) * Saint Guy (''Guido'') (1046)

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

* Saint Hypatius the Healer, of the

Kiev Caves Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra or Kyivo-Pechers’ka Lavra ( uk, Києво-Печерська лавра, translit=Kyievo-Pecherska lavra, russian: Киево-Печерская лавра), also known as the Kyiv Monastery of the Caves, is a historic Ea ...

(14th century) * Saint

Ivan I of Moscow Iván I Danilovich Kalitá (Russian: Ива́н I Данилович Калита́; 1 November 1288 – 31 March 1340 or 1341Basil Dmytryshyn, ''Medieval Russia:A source book, 850-1700'', (Academic International Press, 2000), 194.) was Grand D ...

(''John I Daniilovich Kalita''), Prince of Moscow from 1325 and

Grand Prince of Vladimir The grand duke of Vladimir was the ruler of a principality during the era of Kievan Rus' and after its collapse. It ruled territory approximately bounded by three rivers, the Volga, the Oka and the Northern Dvina. From 1157 to 1238 its capital was ...

from 1328 (1340) * ''Saint

Jonah Jonah or Jonas, ''Yōnā'', "dove"; gr, Ἰωνᾶς ''Iōnâs''; ar, يونس ' or '; Latin: ''Ionas'' son of Amittai, is a prophet in the Hebrew Bible and the Quran, from Gath-hepher of the northern kingdom of Israel in about the 8th cent ...

, Metropolitan of Kiev, Moscow, and all Russia'' (1461) * Saint Philaret, Abbot of

Glinsk Hermitage __NOTOC__ The Glinsk Hermitage (formally known as the Nativity of the Theotokos Stavropegial Male Monastery) is a Ukrainian Orthodox stavropegial monastery located in Ukraine, near the Russian border. In the 19th and early 20th centuries it was ...

(1841) * ''Saint

Innocent Innocence is a lack of guilt, with respect to any kind of crime, or wrongdoing. In a legal context, innocence is to the lack of legal guilt of an individual, with respect to a crime. In other contexts, it is a lack of experience. In relation ...

, Metropolitan of Moscow, Enlightener of Siberia and Alaska'' (1879)

New martyrs and confessors

* New Hieromartyr John Blyumovich, Priest (1938)

Other commemorations

* ''Appearance of the

Iveron The Monastery of Iviron ( ka, ქართველთა მონასტერი, tr; el, Μονή Ιβήρων, Monḗ Ivirōn) is an Eastern Orthodox monastery in the monastic community of Mount Athos in northern Greece. History The mona ...

Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos, on Mt. Athos ("

Panagia Portaitissa The '' Panagia Portaitissa'' ( el, Παναγία Πορταΐτισσα; ka, ივერიის ღვთისმშობლის ხატი) also known as the ''Iviron Theotokos'' or ''Iverskaya'' in Russian, is an Eastern Orthodox icon ...

" or "Gate-Keeper")'' (late 10th century)
Appearance of the Iveron Icon of the Mother of God
'' OCA - Lives of the Saints. (''see also:

February 12 Events Pre-1600 *1404 – The Italian professor Galeazzo di Santa Sophie performed the first post-mortem autopsy for the purposes of teaching and demonstration at the Heiligen–Geist Spital in Vienna. *1429 – English forces under ...

'') * Repose of Archbishop Averky (Taushev) of Syracuse and Holy Trinity Monastery (1976) * Repose of Schemanun Anastasia (Shevelenko) of

Karaganda Karaganda or Qaraghandy ( kk, Қарағанды/Qarağandy, ; russian: Караганда, ) is the capital of Karaganda Region in the Republic of Kazakhstan. It is the fourth most populous city in Kazakhstan, behind Almaty (Alma-Ata), Astan ...

(1977) * Repose of Archimandrite Thaddeus (Strabulovich) of Vitovnica Monastery (''Tadej Štrbulović''), Serbia (2003)

Icon gallery

File:Menologion of Basil 064.jpg, St Hypatius the Wonderworker of Gangra (

Menologion of Basil II The ''Menologion of Basil II'' (also called ''Menologium of Basil II'', ''Menology of Basil II'') is an illuminated manuscript designed as a church calendar or Eastern Orthodox Church service book (''menologion'') that was compiled c. 1000 AD, f ...

) File:Saint Hypatius of Gangra.jpg, A 15th-century Russian icon of St. Hypatius ( Hypatian Monastery). File:Ivan Kalita.jpg, St.

Ivan Kalita Iván I Danilovich Kalitá ( Russian: Ива́н I Данилович Калита́; 1 November 1288 – 31 March 1340 or 1341Basil Dmytryshyn, ''Medieval Russia:A source book, 850-1700'', (Academic International Press, 2000), 194.) was Grand D ...

. File:Jonah Metropolitan.jpg, St.

Jonah of Moscow Saint Jonah or Saint Jonas (''Иона'' in Russian) (died 1461), was the Metropolitan of Kiev and All Rus' from 1448 to his death in 1461. Like his immediate predecessors, he permanently resided in Moscow, and was the last Moscow-based primate ...

File:Innokenty Kamchatsky.jpg, St.

as Metropolitan of Moscow. File:Relics of Saint Innocent of Alaska aka Saint Innocent of Moscow.jpeg, The Relics of Saint

Innocent of Alaska Saint Innocent of Alaska (August 26, 1797 – March 31, 1879, O.S.), also known as Saint Innocent Metropolitan of Moscow ( Russian: Святитель Иннокентий Митрополит Московский) was a Russian Orthodox mi ...

, in the Assumption Cathedral at the Trinity-Sergius Monastery in Sergiev Posad, Russia. File:Iveron.jpg, Our Lady of Iveron, Mount Athos, Greece.

Notes

References

Sources

March 31/April 13
Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
April 13 / March 31
HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
March 31
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. 25.

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. 91-92. Greek Sources * Great Synaxaristes:
31 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ
ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. * Συναξαριστής.
31 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). *
31 марта (ст.ст.) 13 апреля 2013 (нов. ст.)
Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR). {{DEFAULTSORT:March 31 (Eastern Orthodox Liturgics) March in the Eastern Orthodox calendar