8 March
26 commemorations of 8 March in the fixed calendar of the Church, the Menaion. Churches on the Old Calendar keep this day on 21 March of the civil calendar.
Saints
- Apostle Hermas of the Seventy, Bishop in Philipopoulis (1st century)synaxarion.gr · ocafs.oca.org · orthochristian.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Martyr Dius (Dion, Dionos), by the swordsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr
- Martyrs Quinctilian and Capatolinus, at NicomediaRoman Martyrology · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Dometius, reposed in peace (363)synaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr
- Hieromartyr Theodoretus, priest, of Antioch (361-363)ocafs.oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Paul the Confessor, bishop of Plousias in Bithynia (c. 840) ()synaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Theophylactus, Bishop of Nicomedia (842)synaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · ocafs.oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Righteous Tarasius the Wonderworker, of Lycaonia. ()pravoslavie.ru
Orthodox saints after the Schism
- Venerable Saints Lazarus (1391) and Athanasius (15th century), monks of Murman Island, Onega Lake, Republic of Kareliasynaxarion.gr · ocafs.oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
New martyrs and confessors
- New Hieromartyr John Znamensky, Priest (1923)mospat.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com
- Martyr Vladimir Ushkov (1942)holytrinityorthodox.com
- Saint Andronicus (Lukash), Schema-Archimandrite of Tbilisi, Georgia, Elder of Glinsk Hermitage (1974)pravoslavie.ru
- New Martyr and Confessor John of Sonkajanranta (Johannes (Ivan) Vasileinpoika Karhapää) (1884–1918)ec-patr.org
- New Hieromartyr Liviu (Galaction) of Cluj, professor in theology at Cluj-Napoca, Confessor of the Faith in communist Romania (1961)basilica.ro · orthochristian.com · doxologia.ro
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 Pontius of Carthage, a Deacon of the Church of Carthage (c. 260)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Hieromartyr Cyril, a bishop, with martyrs Rogatus, Felix, another Rogatus, Beata, Herenia, Felicitas, Urban, Silvanus and Mamillus, martyrs in North Africasynaxarion.gr · Roman Martyrology · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Provinus, Bishop of Como in Italy (c. 420)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Beoadh (Beatus), Bishop of Ardcarne in Roscommon in Ireland (c. 518)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Senán mac Geirrcinn (Senames), a monk in Kilmanagh in Ireland (c. 540)orthodoxengland.org.uk · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Felix of Burgundy, Bishop of Dunwich and Enlightener of East Anglia (c. 648)ocafs.oca.org · orthodoxengland.org.uk · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Julian of Toledo, Archbishop of Toledo and Confessor (690)Roman Martyrology · orthodoxengland.org.uk · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Humphrey (Hunfrid of Prüm), Bishop of Therouanne in France and was Abbot of St Bertin (871)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Duthac, Bishop of Ross, patron saint of Tain, Scotland (d. 1065)
Other commemorations
Glorifications, translations of relics, wonderworking icons, and monks and elders remembered on the day, not all of whom are canonized.
- “Kursk Root” Icon of the Sign of the Most Holy Theotokos (“Kurska-Korinna”) (1295)synaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Repose of Blessed Basiliscus of Uglich (1863)pravoslavie.ru
- Repose of Archbishop Vitaly (Maximenko) of Eastern America (1960)pravoslavie.ru
The list is March 8 (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.