17 March
26 commemorations of 17 March in the fixed calendar of the Church, the Menaion. Churches on the Old Calendar keep this day on 30 March of the civil calendar.
Saints
- Saint Lazarus the Righteous (Lazarus the Just), the friend of Christ (1st century)Ὁ Ἅγιος Λάζαρος ὁ Δίκαιος, ὁ φίλος τοῦ Χριστοῦsynaxarion.gr
- Martyr Marinus of Caesarea, soldier, at Caesarea in Palestine (262)Ὁ Ἅγιος Μαρίνοςorthochristian.com · synaxarion.gr · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Ambrose, Deacon, disciple of St. Didymus the Blind of Alexandria (400)pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Alexios the Man of God, in Rome (411)Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἀλέξιος ὁ ἄνθρωπος τοῦ Θεοῦsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Monk-martyr Paul of Cyprus, burned alive by iconoclasts (c. 760)Ὁ Ἅγιος Παῦλος ὁ Ὁσιομάρτυρας ὁ ἐν Κύπρῳ ἀθλήσαςsynaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Monk-martyr Paul of Crete, defender of icons, burned alive under Constantine V Copronymus (767)Ὁ Ἅγιος Παῦλος ὁ Ὁσιομάρτυραςsynaxarion.gr · Roman Martyrology · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Theosterictus the Confessor, Abbot of Pelekete Monastery near Prusa (826)Ὁ Ὅσιος Θεοστήρικτος ὁ Ὁμολογητήςsynaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru
Orthodox saints after the Schism
- Venerable Macarius, Abbot and Wonderworker of Kalyazin (1483)Ὁ Ὅσιος Μακάριος ἡγούμενος τῆς μονῆς Κολγιαζὶν τῆς Ρωσίαςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Hieromartyr Gabriel the Lesser, of Gareji, Georgia (1802)Ὁ Ἅγιος Γαβριὴλ ὁ Ὁσιομάρτυρας ὁ Μικρόςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Hieromartyr Theodoulos the Sinaite (1822)Ὁ Ἅγιος Θεόδουλος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας ὁ Σιναΐτηςsynaxarion.gr
- Saint Parthenius of the Kiev Caves (1855)pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Gurias, Archbishop of Tauria and Simferopol (1882)pravoslavie.ru
New martyrs and confessors
- New Hieromartyr Alexander Polivanov of Krasnoyarsk, Priest (1919)mospat.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com
- New Hieromartyr Victor Kiranov of Berdyansk, Protopresbyter of Simferopol-Crimea (1942)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.
- Apostle Aristobulus of the Seventy, Bishop of Britain (1st century)
- Martyrs Alexander and Theodore, early martyrs in Romeorthodoxengland.org.uk · Roman Martyrology
- Saint Ambrose of Alexandria (c. 250)drevo-info.ru
- Saint Patrick, Bishop of Armagh and the Enlightener of Ireland (461)Ὁ Ἅγιος Πατρίκιος Ἀπόστολος τῆς Ἰρλανδίαςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · patriarchia.ru · orthodoxengland.org.uk · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Llinio of Llandinam, Abbot and Founder of Llandinam, Powys, Wales (520)celticsaints.org
- Saint Agricola (Agrele, Aregle), ascetic and Bishop of Châlon-sur-Saône in France (580)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Gertrude of Nivelles, Abbess of Nivelles, patroness of travellers (659)orthodoxengland.org.uk · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Beccan of Rhum (677)pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Withburga, Princess of East Anglia, hermitess whose holy well is at East Dereham (c. 743)pravoslavie.ru
Other commemorations
Glorifications, translations of relics, wonderworking icons, and monks and elders remembered on the day, not all of whom are canonized.
- Commemoration of the Great Earthquake of 790 AD, under Emperor Constantine VIΜνήμη Μεγάλου Σεισμοῦsynaxarion.gr
- Repose of Lulach, last Orthodox King of Scotland (1058)
- Repose of Archbishop Tikhon (Troitsky) of San Francisco (1963)pravoslavie.ru
The list is March 17 (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.