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14 March

19 commemorations of 14 March in the fixed calendar of the Church, the Menaion. Churches on the Old Calendar keep this day on 27 March of the civil calendar.

Saints

  • Martyrs Basil and Euphrasius, together with other Christians, in ThessalonikiΟἱ Ἅγιοι Βασίλειος καὶ Εὐφράσιος οἱ Μάρτυρεςsynaxarion.gr
  • Martyr Florentius, in Thessaloniki, by fireὉ Ἅγιος Φλωρέντιος ὁ Μάρτυρας ἐν Θεσσαλονίκῃsynaxarion.gr
  • Martyr Alexander, in Thessaloniki (c. 285-305)Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀλέξανδρος ὁ Μάρτυρας ἐν Θεσσαλονίκῃsynaxarion.gr
  • Martyr Eustathius and his company, at Carrhae, Mesopotamia (741)Ὁ Ἅγιος Εὐτύχιος ὁ Μάρτυρας καὶ οἱ σὺν αὐτῷ μαρτυρήσαντεςorthochristian.com · synaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru
  • Venerable Euschemon the Confessor, Bishop of Lampsacus (9th century)Ὁ Ἅγιος Εὐσχήμων ὁ Ὁμολογητής Ἐπίσκοπος Λαμψάκουsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru

Orthodox saints after the Schism

  • Saint Rostislav-Michael, Great Prince of Kiev (1167)Ὁ Ἅγιος Ροστισλάβος ὁ Πρίγκιπας Κιέβου καὶ Σμολένκsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
  • Saint Theognostus of Kiev, the Greek Metropolitan of Kiev and all Rus' (1353)Ὁ Ἅγιος Θεόγνωστος ὁ Ἕλληνας Μητροπολίτης Κιέβου καὶ πάσης Ρωσίαςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
  • Venerable Andreas (Andrew), Abbot, of the Holy Trinity Monastery in Rafailovo, Siberia (1820)Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἀνδρέας ἐκ Ρωσίαςsynaxarion.gr

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.

  • Holy 47 Martyrs of Rome, baptised by the Apostle Peter, and suffered in Rome under Nero, all on the same day (c. 67)orthodoxengland.org.uk · Roman Martyrology
  • Hieromartyr Leo, Bishop and Martyr, perhaps under the Arians, in the Agro Verano in ItalyRoman Martyrology · orthodoxengland.org.uk
  • Martyrs Peter and Aphrodisius, who obtained the crown of martyrdom in the persecution of the Vandals (5th century)Οἱ Ἅγιοι Πέτρος καὶ Ἀφροδίσιος οἱ Μάρτυρεςsynaxarion.gr · Roman Martyrology · orthodoxengland.org.uk
  • Monk-Martyrs of Valeria, in the province of Valeria, Italy, slain by the Lombards (5th century)orthodoxengland.org.uk
  • Venerable Benedict of Nursia, Abbot (543)Ὁ Ὅσιος Βενέδικτος ὁ ἐκ Νουρσίαςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · orthodoxengland.org.uk · pravoslavie.ru
  • Saint Diaconus, a deacon in the Marsi in central Italy, martyred together with two monks by the Lombards (6th century)orthodoxengland.org.uk
  • Saint Boniface Curetán, a Scoto-Pictish Bishop of Ross (c. 630 or 660)Ὁ Ἅγιος Βονιφάτιος Ἐπίσκοπος Ρὸς τῆς Σκωτίαςsynaxarion.gr · orthodoxengland.org.uk
  • Saint Talmach, a disciple of St Barr at Lough Erc in Ireland, and founder of a monastery (7th century)orthodoxengland.org.uk
  • Saint Matilda (Mathildis, Maud), wife of German king Henry the Fowler, who founded, among others, the monasteries of Nordhausen, Pöhlde, Engern and... (968)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 Most Holy Theotokos of St. Theodore ("Feodorovskaya"), Kostroma (1239, 1613)Σύναξις Ὑπεραγίας Θεοτόκου τοῦ Θεοδώρου ἐν Ρωσίᾳoca.org · synaxarion.gr · mospat.ru · pravoslavie.ru
  • Repose of Blessed John, Fool-for-Christ of Yurievets (1893)Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἰωάννης ὁ διὰ Χριστὸν Σαλόςsynaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru

The list is March 14 (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.

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