March 11 Events Pre-1600 * 843 – Triumph of Orthodoxy: Empress Theodora II restores the veneration of icons in the Orthodox churches in the Byzantine Empire. * 1343 – Arnošt of Pardubice becomes the last Bishop of Prague (3 March 13 ...

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 13 Events Pre-1600 * 222 – Roman emperor Elagabalus is murdered alongside his mother, Julia Soaemias. He is replaced by his 14-year old cousin, Severus Alexander. * 624 – The Battle of Badr, the first major battle between the Mu ...

All fixed commemorations below are observed on ''March 25'' by Orthodox Churches on the

Old Calendar Calendar reform or calendrical reform is any significant revision of a calendar system. The term sometimes is used instead for a proposal to switch to a different calendar design. Principles The prime objective of a calendar is to unambiguo ...

. For March 12th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on ''

February 27 Events Pre-1600 * 380 – Edict of Thessalonica: Emperor Theodosius I and his co-emperors Gratian and Valentinian II declare their wish that all Roman citizens convert to Nicene Christianity. * 425 – The University of Constantin ...

(

February 28 Events Pre-1600 *202 BC – Emperor Gaozu of Han, Liu Bang is enthroned as the Emperor of China, beginning four centuries of rule by the Han dynasty. * 870 – The Fourth Council of Constantinople (Roman Catholic), Fourth Council of Co ...

on leap years)''.

Saints

* Righteous

Aaron According to the Old Testament of the Bible, Aaron ( or ) was an Israelite prophet, a high priest, and the elder brother of Moses. Information about Aaron comes exclusively from religious texts, such as the Hebrew Bible, the New Testament ...

the High Priest, brother of Prophet

Moses In Abrahamic religions, Moses was the Hebrews, Hebrew prophet who led the Israelites out of slavery in the The Exodus, Exodus from ancient Egypt, Egypt. He is considered the most important Prophets in Judaism, prophet in Judaism and Samaritani ...

the God-seer (c. 1530 BC)March 12/March 25
Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU). * Righteous

Phineas Phineas () is a masculine given name, an Anglicized name for the priest Phinehas in the Hebrew Bible. It may refer to: People * Phineas Banning (1830–1885), American businessman and entrepreneur * P. T. Barnum (1810–1891), American showman an ...

, grandson of Aaron (ca. 1500 BC) (''see also:

September 2 Events Pre-1600 * 44 BC – Pharaoh Cleopatra VII of Egypt declares her son co-ruler as Ptolemy XV Caesarion. * 44 BC – Cicero launches the first of his '' Philippicae'' (oratorical attacks) on Mark Antony. He will make 14 of ...

'') * Holy Nine Martyrs in the Persian Empire. * Saint Cyrus (Abba-Cyr), monk of Alexandria (6th century)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. 21. * ''Saint

Gregory the Dialogist Pope Gregory I (; ; – 12 March 604), commonly known as Saint Gregory the Great (; ), was the 64th Bishop of Rome from 3 September 590 until his death on 12 March 604. He is known for instituting the first recorded large-scale mission from Rom ...

, Pope of Rome'' (604)Rev. Richard Stanton.
A Menology of England and Wales, or, Brief Memorials of the Ancient British and English Saints Arranged According to the Calendar, Together with the Martyrs of the 16th and 17th Centuries
'' London: Burns & Oates, 1892. pp. 112-116. (''see also:

September 3 Events Pre-1600 *36 BC – In the Battle of Naulochus, Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, admiral of Octavian, defeats Sextus Pompey, son of Pompey, thus ending Pompeian resistance to the Second Triumvirate. * 301 – San Marino, one of the ...

'') * Venerable

Theophanes the Confessor Theophanes the Confessor (; 759 – 817 or 818) was a member of the Byzantine aristocracy who became a monk and chronicler. He served in the court of Emperor Leo IV the Khazar before taking up the religious life. Theophanes attended the Second C ...

of Sigriane (818) * ''Venerable Saints

Symeon the New Theologian Saint Symeon the New Theologian (; 949–1022) was an Eastern Orthodox monk and poet who was one of the four saints canonized by the Eastern Orthodox Church and given the title of "Theologian" (along with John the Apostle, Gregory of Nazianzus, ...

'' (1022), and his elder,

Symeon the Studite Symeon the Studite, also Symeon the Pious or Symeon Eulabes, and sometimes Symeon the Elder, was an influential lay monk of the Monastery of Stoudios in Constantinople during the 10th century. He was the spiritual father, or teacher, of Symeon the ...

(''Symeon the Reverent, the Pious''), of the

Studion The Monastery of Stoudios, more fully Monastery of Saint John the Forerunner "at Stoudios" (), often shortened to ''Stoudios'', Studion or ''Stoudion'' (), was a Greek Orthodox monastery in Constantinople (modern-day Istanbul), the capital of th ...

(987) (''see also:

October 12 Events Pre-1600 *539 BC – The army of Cyrus the Great of Persia Fall of Babylon, conquer Babylon, ending the Babylonian empire. (Julian calendar) * 633 – Battle of Hatfield Chase: King Edwin of Northumbria is defeated and killed b ...

'')

Pre-Schism Western saints

* Martyr Mamilian (''Maximilian''), in Rome.March 12
Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome. * Martyr

Maximilian of Tebessa Maximilian of Tebessa (Theveste), also known as Maximilian of Numidia, (; AD 274–295) was a Christian saint and martyr, whose feast day is observed on 12 March. Born in AD 274, the son of Fabius Victor, an official connected to the Roman army, ...

, in Thebeste in Numidia, for refusing military service (295) * Saint

Paul Aurelian Paul Aurelian (known in Breton as Paol Aorelian or Saint Pol de Léon and in Latin as Paulinus Aurelianus) was a 6th-century Welshman who became first bishop of the See of Léon and one of the seven founder saints of Brittany. He allegedly die ...

(Paul de Léon),

Bishop of Léon The Diocese of Quimper (–Cornouaille) and Léon (Latin: ''Dioecesis Corisopitensis (–Cornubiensis) et Leonensis''; French: ''Diocèse de Quimper (–Cornouaille) et Léon'') is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Cathol ...

in Brittany, Confessor (572) * Saint Peter the Deacon, disciple, secretary and companion of St Gregory the Great, and patron-saint of

Salussola Salussola is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Biella in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about southeast of Biella. Salussola borders the following municipalities: Carisio, Cavaglià, Cerrione, Do ...

in Italy (ca. 605) * Saint Mura McFeredach (''Muran, Murames''), Abbot of

Fahan Fahan (; pronounced 'Fawn'. ) is a district of Inishowen in the north of County Donegal, Ireland, located south of Buncrana. In Irish, Fahan is named after its patron saint, Saint Mura, first abbot of Fahan, an early Christian monastery. Hi ...

County Donegal County Donegal ( ; ) is a Counties of Ireland, county of the Republic of Ireland. It is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Ulster and is the northernmost county of Ireland. The county mostly borders Northern Ireland, sharing only a small b ...

, patron-saint of Fahan where his cross still stands (ca. 645) * Saint Alphege (''Ælfheah the Elder, Ælfheah the Bald''),

Bishop of Winchester The Bishop of Winchester is the diocesan bishop of the Diocese of Winchester in the Church of England. The bishop's seat (''cathedra'') is at Winchester Cathedral in Hampshire. The Bishop of Winchester has always held ''ex officio'' the offic ...

, England (951) * Saint Nicodemus of Mammola in Calabria (990)March 25 / March 12
HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

* Venerable Lawrence the Martyr (''Lavrentios''), one of the "300 Allemagne Saints" in Cyprus (12th century) * Martyr Demetrius the Devoted, King of Georgia (1289) * Saint

Stephen Dragutin of Serbia Stefan Dragutin ( sr-Cyrl, Стефан Драгутин, ; died 12 March 1316), was King of Serbia from 1276 to 1282. From 1282, he ruled a separate kingdom which included northern Serbia, and (from 1284) the neighboring Hungarian banates (or ...

(monk Theoctistus Dragutin), (1316) * Saint

Kiril Peychinovich Kiril Peychinovich or Kiril Pejčinović (, , , Church Slavonic: Күриллъ Пейчиновићь; – 7 March 1845) was a Bulgarian cleric, writer and enlightener, one of the first supporters of the use of modern Bulgarian (as oppos ...

(1845)

New martyrs and confessors

* Saint Alexander Derzhavin, Priest, Confessor (1933)12 марта (ст.ст.) 25 марта 2013 (нов. ст.)
Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR). * New Hieromartyr Vladimir (Volkov),

Archimandrite The title archimandrite (; ), used in Eastern Christianity, originally referred to a superior abbot ('' hegumenos'', , present participle of the verb meaning "to lead") whom a bishop appointed to supervise several "ordinary" abbots and monaste ...

of Islavskoe (Moscow) (1938) * New Hieromartyr John Plekhanov, Priest (1938) * New Hieromartyr Sergius Skvortsov, Priest (1943)

Other commemorations

* Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos " Not-Made-by-Hands" (on the Pillar) at

Lydda Lod (, ), also known as Lydda () and Lidd (, or ), is a city southeast of Tel Aviv and northwest of Jerusalem in the Central District of Israel. It is situated between the lower Shephelah on the east and the coastal plain on the west. The ci ...

. * Repose of Schema-monk Anthony the Gorge-dweller, of Zelenchug Monastery in

Kuban Kuban ( Russian and Ukrainian: Кубань; ) is a historical and geographical region in the North Caucasus region of southern Russia surrounding the Kuban River, on the Black Sea between the Don Steppe, the Volga Delta and separated fr ...

(1908) * Restoration of the

Autocephaly Autocephaly (; ) is the status of a hierarchical Christian church whose head bishop does not report to any higher-ranking bishop. The term is primarily used in Eastern Orthodox and Oriental Orthodox churches. The status has been compared with t ...

of the

Georgian Orthodox and Apostolic Church The Apostolic Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Georgia ( ka, საქართველოს სამოციქულო ავტოკეფალური მართლმადიდებელი ეკლესია, tr), commonl ...

(1917)
Restoration of the Autocephaly of the Georgian Apostolic Church
'' HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).

Icon gallery

File:John in Korovniki church - prophet 04 Aaron (c. 1654, Yaroslavl).jpg, Righteous

the High Priest. File:Registrum gregorii, san gregorio magno ispirato dalla colomba, 983 miniatura, treviri stadtbiblithek, 19,8x27 cm.jpg, St

, Pope of Rome. File:Gregoryoftours.jpg, St.

, Pope of Rome, with St.

Augustine of Canterbury Augustine of Canterbury (early 6th century in England, 6th century – most likely 26 May 604) was a Christian monk who became the first archbishop of Canterbury in the year 597. He is considered the "Apostle to the English". Augustine ...

. File:Image Theopanes nicea.png, Venerable

of Sigriane. File:Simeon novyj.jpg, Venerable Saint

. File:Saint Pol Aurelien.jpg, Saint

(Paul de Léon), Bishop of Léon. File:San Nicodemo - Ritratto San Nilo.jpg, Saint Nicodemus of Mammola, Calabria. File:Demetre II of Georgia (Udabno fresco).jpg, Fresco portrait of Demetrius II of Georgia, c. 1290. File:StefanDragutin.jpg, Saint

(monk Theoctistus Dragutin).

Notes

References

Sources

March 12/March 25
Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
March 25 / March 12
HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
March 12
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. 21.

Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome. * Rev. Richard Stanton.
A Menology of England and Wales, or, Brief Memorials of the Ancient British and English Saints Arranged According to the Calendar, Together with the Martyrs of the 16th and 17th Centuries
'' London: Burns & Oates, 1892. pp. 112–116. *
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. 73–74. Greek Sources * Great Synaxaristes:
12 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ
ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. * Συναξαριστής.
12 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). *
12 марта (ст.ст.) 25 марта 2013 (нов. ст.)
Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR). {{DEFAULTSORT:March 12 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) March in the Eastern Orthodox calendar