16 March
26 commemorations of 16 March in the fixed calendar of the Church, the Menaion. Churches on the Old Calendar keep this day on 29 March of the civil calendar.
Saints
- Apostle Aristobulus of the Seventy, Bishop of Britain (1st century)orthochristian.com · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Hieromartyr Alexander I, Pope of Rome (c. 115)Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀλέξανδρος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας πάπας Ρώμηςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Hieromartyrs Eventius and Theodoulus, Presbyters of the Church of Rome, martyred alongside Pope Alexander of Rome (c. 117-138)Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ἐβέντιος καὶ Θεόδουλος οἱ Ἱερομάρτυρεςsynaxarion.gr
- Holy Ten Martyrs of Phoenicia, by the swordΟἱ Ἅγιοι δέκα Μάρτυρες ἐν Φοινίκῃsynaxarion.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com
- Martyr Sabinus of Hermopolis, Egypt (287)Ὁ Ἅγιος Σαβίνος ὁ Μάρτυραςsynaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Hieromartyrs Trophimus and Thalus, Priests of Laodicea (300)oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Martyr Papas of Lycaonia (305)Ὁ Ἅγιος Πάπας ὁ Μάρτυρας ὁ ἐν Λυκαονίᾳ ἀσκήσαςsynaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Martyr Julian of Anazarbus, in Cilicia (305)Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἰουλιανὸς ὁ Μάρτυρας ὁ ἐξ Ἀναζαρβοὺ τῆς Κιλικίαςsynaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Aninas of Mesopotamia the WonderworkerὉ Ὅσιος Ἀνίνας ὁ Θαυματουργόςsynaxarion.gr
- Hieromartyr Romanos, at Parium on the HellespontὉ Ἅγιος Ρωμανὸς ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας ὁ ἐν τῷ Παρίῳsynaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru
Orthodox saints after the Schism
- Venerable Christodoulos, Wonderworker of Patmos (1093)Ὁ Ὅσιος Χριστόδουλος ὁ ἐν Πάτμῳsynaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Pimen of Salosi, Fool-for-Christ, Enlightener of the Dagestani (North Caucasus people), and his companion Anthony of Meskhi, Georgia, the Censurer... (13th century)Ὁ Ὅσιος Ποιμὴν ὁ διὰ Χριστὸν Σαλός ἐκ Γεωργίαςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- New Monk-martyr Malachi of Rhodes, who suffered at Jerusalem (1500)holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Serapion of Novgorod, Archbishop of Novgorod (1516)holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Ambrose (Khelaia) the Confessor, Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia (1927)oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Eutropia (Isayenkova) of Kherson, clairvoyant (1968)drevo-info.ru · 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 Hilary of Aquileia and Tatian the Deacon, with Felix, Largus and Denis, under Numerian (c. 284)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Agapitus, Bishop of Ravenna (4th century)Roman Martyrology · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Finian Lobhar, Abbot of Swords Abbey near Dublin (c. 560)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Abbán of Kilabban, Ireland (650)holytrinityorthodox.com · orthodoxengland.org.uk · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Eusebia, Abbess at Hamay-les-Marchiennes near Arras, France (c. 680)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Dentlin (Dentelin, Denain), child-saint, considered a confessor of the faith (7th century)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Venerable John of Rufiana, ascetic of the Monasterium Rufianense (San Pedro de Montes), near Astorga, SpainὉ Ὅσιος Ἰωάννης ὁ ἐν Ρουφινιαναῖςsynaxarion.gr
- Saint Megingold von Rothenburg (Megingaud, Mengold, Megingoz), Bishop of Würzburg (794)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Gregory Makar, a monk who was elected Bishop of Nicopolis in Armenia, then fled to France and settled as a hermit in Pithiviers near Orleans (c. 1000)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Heribert of Cologne, Archbishop of Cologne (1021)Roman Martyrology · orthodoxengland.org.uk
The list is March 16 (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.