March 27 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

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All fixed commemorations below are observed on April 9 by Eastern Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.[note 1]

For March 27th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on March 14.

Saints

Pre-Schism Western saints

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

Other commemorations

Notes

  1. The notation Old Style or (OS) is sometimes used to indicate a date in the Julian Calendar (which is used by churches on the "Old Calendar").
    The notation New Style or (NS), indicates a date in the Revised Julian calendar (which is used by churches on the "New Calendar").
  2. "The same day, the Saints Philetus, senator, his wife Lydia, and their sons Macedon and Theoprepides; also Amphilochius, an officer in the army, and Chronidas, a notary, who were put to death for the confession of Christ."[5]
  3. Daughter of the Teuton Duke of Friuli. Her conversion to Christianity so enraged her father that he killed her with his own hands. She has been venerated from time immemorial in Serravalle near Treviso in the north of Italy.
  4. Probably born in France, he became Bishop of Worms and began to spread Orthodoxy in the south of Germany. He started in Regensburg and pushed his way along the Danube. The Duke of Bavaria gave him the old ruined town of Iuvavum, which Rupert rebuilt and called Salzburg. Here he founded the monastery of St Peter and the convent of Nonnberg, where his sister Ermentrude was abbess. He is venerated as the first Archbishop of Salzburg and Apostle of Bavaria and Austria.
  5. About 720 he and his monks fled before the invading Saracens and settled in a ruined monastery in Saissy-les-Bois.
  6. Two churches in Yorkshire in England are dedicated to this holy woman who was martyred by the Danes.

References

  1. March 27/April 9. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
  2. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀνανὶ ὁ Προφήτης. 27 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  3. (in Greek) Συναξαριστής. 27 Μαρτίου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).
  4. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Οἱ Ἅγιοι Φιλητὸς, Λυδία, Θεοπρέπιος, Μακεδόνας, Ἀμφιλόχιος καὶ Κρονίδης οἱ Μάρτυρες. 27 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  5. 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. 88-89.
  6. March 27. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
  7. Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "SS. PHILETUS, LYDIA, AND COMPANIONS, MM. (2ND CENT.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Third: March. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. pp. 482-483.
  8. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ἡ Ὁσία Ματρώνα ἡ Ὁμολογήτρια ἡ ἐν Θεσσαλονίκῃ. 27 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  9. Martyr Matrona of Thessalonica. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
  10. (in Russian) 27 марта (ст.ст.) 9 апреля 2013 (нов. ст.). Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR).
  11. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Οἱ Ἅγιοι Βαρούχιος καὶ Ἰωάννης οἱ Μάρτυρες. 27 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  12. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ὅσιος Εὐτύχιος. 27 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  13. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ὅσιος Κήρυκος ὁ ἐν Ἄπρῳ. 27 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  14. Martyr Manuel. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
  15. The Monk John the Perspicacious of Egypt. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
  16. Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. JOHN OF EGYPT, H. (A.D.393.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Third: March. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. pp. 484-488.
  17. April 9 / March 27. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
  18. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Παῦλος ὁ Σημειοφόρος Ἐπίσκοπος Κορίνθου. 27 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  19. Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. AUGUSTA, V. M. (DATE UNCERTAIN.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Third: March. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. p. 483.
  20. Very Rev. John O'Hanlon. "Article II.—St. Rudbert, or Rupert, Bishop of Saltzburgh. [Seventh or Eighth Century]." In: Lives of the Irish Saints: With Special Festivals, and the Commemorations of Holy Persons. VOL. III. Dublin, 1875. pp. 972-978.
  21. Very Rev. John O'Hanlon. "Article III.—St. Suairlech, Bishop of Fore, County of Westmeath. [Eighth Century]." In: Lives of the Irish Saints: With Special Festivals, and the Commemorations of Holy Persons. VOL. III. Dublin, 1875. pp. 978-979.
  22. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἐφραὶμ Ἀρχιεπίσκοπος Ροστὼβ τῆς Ρωσίας. 27 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  23. Sainted Ephrem, Archbishop of Rostov. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
  24. The Monk Alexander of Vocha and Galich. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
  25. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀμβρόσιος Πατριάρχης Γεωργίας. 27 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  26. Icon of the Mother of God of Mt. Athos, “Sweet Kissing”. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
  27. Icon of the Mother of God “of the Akathist”. OCA - Lives of the Saints.

Sources

Greek Sources

Russian Sources

  • (in Russian) 9 апреля (27 марта). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).
  • (in Russian) 27 марта (ст.ст.) 9 апреля 2013 (нов. ст.). Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR).
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