13 March
23 commemorations of 13 March in the fixed calendar of the Church, the Menaion. Churches on the Old Calendar keep this day on 26 March of the civil calendar.
Saints
- Hieromartyr Publius, Bishop of Malta and later Bishop of Athens (2nd century)Ὁ Ἅγιος Πούπλιος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας Ἐπίσκοπος Ἀθηνῶνorthochristian.com · synaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Martyrs Alexander, Dionysius and Frontonus, the "Basilikoi" (the Emperor's men), in Thessaloniki (c. 305)Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ἀλέξανδρος, Διονύσιος καὶ Φρόντων οἱ Μάρτυρες οἱ βασιλικοίoca.org · synaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Martyr Christina of Persia, scourged to death (4th century)Ἡ Ἁγία Χριστίνα ἡ Μάρτυς ἀπὸ τὴν Περσίαsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Euphrasia, in the Thebaid (Thebais)Ἡ Ὁσία Εὐφρασίαsynaxarion.gr · Roman Martyrology
- Martyr Abibus (Sabinus), at Hermopolis in Egypt, tied with stones and drowned in a riverὉ Ἅγιος Ἄβιβος ὁ Μάρτυραςsynaxarion.gr · Roman Martyrology · ecclesia.gr
- Saint Marios (Marius), Bishop of SebasteiaὉ Ἅγιος Μάριος Ἐπίσκοπος Σεβαστείαςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr
- Venerable martyr Theoktistos, of the Great Lavra of St. Sabbas the Sanctified, reposed in peace (797)Ὁ Ἅγιος Θεόκτιστος ὁ Ὁσιομάρτυραςsynaxarion.gr
New martyrs and confessors
- New Hieromartyr Nicholas Popov, Priest (1919)mospat.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com
- New Hieromartyr Gregory Pospelov, Archpriest, of Kronstadt (1921)pravenc.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- New Hieromartyr Stephen (Bekh), Bishop of Izhevsk (1933)holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- New Hieromartyr Michael Okolovich, Archpriest, of Irkutsk (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.
- Martyrs Africanus, Publius, and Terence, at Carthage (250)Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ἀφρικανός, Πούπλιος καὶ Τερέντιος οἱ Μάρτυρεςsynaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Leander of Seville, Bishop of Seville (596)Κοίμηση Ἁγίου Λεάνδρου Ἐπισκόπου Σεβίλληςsynaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Martyr Ramirus and Companions, at the monastery of St Claudio in Leon in Spain (c. 554 or 630)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Mochoemoc (Mochaemhog, Pulcherius, Vulcanius), monk at Bangor in Co. Down under St Comgall, later founded Liath-Mochoemoc (c. 656)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Kevoca (Kennotha, Quivoca), a saint honoured in Kyle in Scotland (7th century)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Gerald of Mayo, followed St Colman from Lindisfarne to Ireland and became his successor in the English monastery in Mayo (732)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Ansovinus, Bishop of Camerino (840)Roman Martyrology · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Heldrad (Eldrad, Eldradus), abbot at Novalesa Abbey for thirty years (842)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Martyrs Rudericus (Roderick) and Salomon (Solomon), in Córdoba in Spain (857)Roman Martyrology · 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.
- Translation of the relics (846) of St. Nicephorus the Confessor, Patriarch of Constantinople (829)Ἀνακομιδὴ Τιμίων Λειψάνων Ἁγίου Νικηφόρου τοῦ Ὁμολογητοῦ, Πατριάρχου Κωνσταντινουπόλεωςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Repose of Elder Ephraim of Valaam Monastery (1946)pravoslavie.ru
- Repose of Bishop Tikhon (Tikhomirov) of Kyrillov (1955)pravoslavie.ru
The list is March 13 (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.