5 March
34 commemorations of 5 March in the fixed calendar of the Church, the Menaion. Churches on the Old Calendar keep this day on 18 March of the civil calendar.
Saints
- Martyr Conon of Isauria (1st century)Ὁ Ἅγιος Κόνων ὁ Ἴσαυροςsynaxarion.gr · orthochristian.com · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Martyr Nestor, father of Martyr Conon of IsauriaὉ Ἅγιος Νέστωρ ὁ Μάρτυραςsynaxarion.gr
- Martyr Onisius (Onesimus) of Isauria, by beheading (1st century)oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Theophilus, Bishop of Caesarea in Palestine (200)Ὁ Ἅγιος Θεόφιλος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας Ἐπίσκοπος Καισαρείαςsynaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Martyr Conon the Gardener, of Pamphylia (251)Ὁ Ἅγιος Κόνων ὁ Κηπουρὸςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Martyrs Archelaus, Kyrillos, Photios, Virgin-martyr Irais (Rhais) of Antinoë, and 152 Martyrs in Egypt (ca. 308)Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ἀρχέλαος, Κύριλλος, Φώτιος οἱ Μάρτυρες καὶ οἱ σὺν αὐτοῖςsynaxarion.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Conon of Cyprus (4th century)Ὁ Ὅσιος Κόνων ἐκ Κύπρουsynaxarion.gr
- Martyr Eulogius of PalestineὉ Ἅγιος Εὐλόγιος ὁ Μάρτυραςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Martyr Eulampius of Palestine, by the swordὉ Ἅγιος Εὐλάμπιος ὁ Μάρτυραςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Mark the Ascetic of Egypt (Mark the Athenian, Mark the Faster) (5th century)Ὁ Ὅσιος Μᾶρκος ὁ Ἀθηναῖοςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Hesychius the Faster, of Bithynia (790)oca.org · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
Orthodox saints after the Schism
- Saints Basil (1249) and Constantine (1257), princes of Yaroslavlholytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Monk-martyr Adrian, Abbot of Poshekhonye (1550), and his fellow-ascetic St. Leonidas (1549)Οἱ Ὅσιοι Ἀδριανὸς καὶ Λεωνίδας οἱ Μάρτυρες ἐκ Ρωσίαςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- New Martyr John the Bulgarian, at Constantinople (1784)Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἰωάννης ὁ Νεομάρτυρας ἐκ Βουλγαρίαςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- New Hieromartyr Parthenius, Bishop of Didymoteichon in Thrace (1805)holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- New Martyr George of Rapsani, at Larissa (1818)Ὁ Ἅγιος Γεώργιος ὁ Νεομάρτυρας ἐκ Ραψάνηςsynaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Nikolai (Velimirovich), Bishop of Ohrid and Žiča, Serbia (1956)Ὁ Ἅγιος Νικόλαος Ἐπίσκοπος Ἀχρίδος καὶ Ζίτσηςsynaxarion.gr · mospat.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
New martyrs and confessors
- New Hieromartyr Nicholas Pokrovsky (1919)holytrinityorthodox.com
- New Hieromartyr John Mirotvortsiev (1938)holytrinityorthodox.com
- New Hieromartyr Theophan (Grafov), Hierodeacon, of Borisoglebsk Monastery, Vladimir (1938)holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- New Hieromartyr Mardarius (Isaev), Hieromonk, of Yurievskoe, Yaroslavl (1938)holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
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.
- Saint Oliva of Brescia, martyred in Brescia in the north of Italy, under the Emperor Hadrian (138)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Eusebius, born in Cremona in Italy, he became an abbot in Bethlehem and took part in the struggle against Origenismorthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Eusebius and Companions, a group of ten martyrs who suffered in North Africaorthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Piran (Pyran, Kerrian), monk of Perranporth (c. 480)holytrinityorthodox.com · orthodoxengland.org.uk · orthodoxincornwall.org.uk
- Saint Colman of Armagh, a disciple of St Patrick in Ireland (5th century)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Kieran of Saighir (Ciaran, Sen-Chiaráin = the Elder Ciarán), Munster (c. 530)holytrinityorthodox.com · orthodoxengland.org.uk · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Carthage the Elder, the successor of St Kieran as Bishop of Ossory in Ireland (ca. 540)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Caron, the church at Tregaron in Dyfed in Wales is dedicated to himorthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Virgilius of Arles, Archbishop of Arles (610)holytrinityorthodox.com · orthodoxengland.org.uk · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Clement, Abbot of Santa Lucia in Syracuse in Sicily (ca. 800)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.
- Icon of the Mother of God "the Teacher" (or "Education" or "Nurtured Up-Bringing")oca.org · holytrinityorthodox.com
- Translation of the relics (1463) of St. Theodore, Prince of Smolensk and Yaroslavl (1299), and his children Saints David (1321) and Constantine (c. 1322)Ἀνακομιδὴ Τιμίων Λειψάνων Ἁγίου Θεοδώρου τοῦ Πρίγκιπος καὶ τῶν υἱῶν αὐτοῦ Δαβὶδ καὶ Κωνσταντίνουsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Repose of Metropolitan Cornelius of Novgorod (1698)pravoslavie.ru
The list is March 5 (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.