3 March
29 commemorations of 3 March in the fixed calendar of the Church, the Menaion. Churches on the Old Calendar keep this day on 16 March of the civil calendar.
Saints
- Martyrs Eutropius and Cleonicus of Amasea, and Basiliscus of Comana (308)Οἱ Ἅγιοι Βασιλίσκος, Εὐτρόπιος καὶ Κλεόνικος οἱ Μάρτυρεςsynaxarion.gr · orthochristian.com · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Piama, virgin (337)Ἡ Ὁσία Πιαμοῦν ἡ Παρθένοςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Hieromartyr Theodoretus, Bishop, of Antioch, by beheading (361-363)Ὁ Ἅγιος Θεοδώρητος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας Ἐπίσκοπος Ἀντιοχείαςsynaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Alexandra of Alexandria (4th century)Ἡ Ὁσία Ἀλεξάνδραsynaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Saints Zenon and ZoilusΟἱ Ὅσιοι Ζήνων καὶ Ζωΐλοςsynaxarion.gr · mospat.ru · ecclesia.gr
- Venerable Shio Mgvime, monk, of Georgia (6th century)oca.org
- Saint John IV (Chrysostom), Catholicos of Georgia (1001)oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint John V (Chrysostom), Catholicos of Georgia (1048)Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἰωάννης Πατριάρχης Γεωργίαςsynaxarion.gr
Orthodox saints after the Schism
- Holy 9 Martyrs of Georgia (Nine Brothers Kherkheulidze), at Marabda (1625)Οἱ Ἅγιοι ἐννέα Μάρτυρες ἐκ Γεωργίαςsynaxarion.gr
New martyrs and confessors
- Virgin-martyr Martha Kovrova and martyr Michael Stroeva (1938)holytrinityorthodox.com
Saints of the West before the Schism
Saints of the Latin West before the Schism of 1054. The Orthodox Church honours the saints of the undivided Church, though few of these are in the Greek or Slavic Menaia; this list follows the calendars kept by the Orthodox in the West.
- Martyrs Marinus and Asterius
- Martyrs Hemeterius and Cheledonius, believed to have been soldiers, suffered in Calahorra in Old Castile (ca. 298)orthodoxengland.org.uk · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Camilla, born in Civitavecchia, she became a disciple of St Germanus of Auxerre in France, where she lived as an anchoress (ca. 437)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Martyrs Felix, Luciolus, Fortunatus, Marcia and Companions, a group of forty martyrs in North Africaorthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Winwaloe, Abbot of Landévennec Abbey, Brittany (ca. 530)orthodoxengland.org.uk · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Titian of Brescia, Germanic by birth, became Bishop of Brescia in Italy (ca. 536)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Caluppan of Auvergne in Gaul (576)orthodoxengland.org.uk · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Non (Nonnita, Nonna), mother of St. David of Wales (6th century)orthodoxengland.org.uk · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Foila (Faile), sister of St Colgan (6th century)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Arthelais, one of the patron-saints of Benevento in Italy, where she fled from Constantinople (6th century)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Lamalisse (Molaise of Leighlin), a hermit in Scotland, he left his name to the islet of Lamlash off the coast of the Isle of Arran in Scotland (7th century)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Sacer (Mo-Sacra, Mosacra), founder of the monastery of Saggart near Dublin in Ireland (7th century)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Cele-Christ, otherwise "Worshipper of Christ", a hermit for many years, eventually forced to become a Bishop in Leinster (ca. 728)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Anselm, Abbott, founder of a monastery at Fanano, and the Nonantola Abbey (803)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Cunigunde of Luxembourg, wife of Henry II, founder of Kaufungen Abbey (1039)orthodoxengland.org.uk
Other commemorations
Glorifications, translations of relics, wonderworking icons, and monks and elders remembered on the day, not all of whom are canonized.
- Our Lady of Gidle [Gidlanska, Gidelska] (1082)drevo-info.ru · pravenc.ru
- Synaxis of the Volokolamsk Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos (1572)Σύναξις Ὑπεραγίας Θεοτόκου τοῦ Βολοκολὰμσκ ἐν Ρωσίᾳsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Icon of the Mother of God "Zlatoustovskaya" (1848)azbyka.ru
- Repose of Metropolitan Laurus (Shkurla) of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia (2008)pravoslavie.ru
The list is March 3 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics), read on 2026-09-25 and adapted under CC BY-SA 4.0: its sections and years, the Greek headings of the Great Synaxaristes where it cites them, and beside each line the sources it names. Names in bold are the saints the day is named for in Greek usage, checked against the Church of Cyprus.