18 March
16 commemorations of 18 March in the fixed calendar of the Church, the Menaion. Churches on the Old Calendar keep this day on 31 March of the civil calendar.
In the map: St. Cyril of Jerusalem
Saints
- The 10,000 Martyrs of Nicomedia (Myriads of Holy Martyrs), by the swordΟἱ Ἅγιοι μύριοι Μάρτυρεςsynaxarion.gr · orthochristian.com · Roman Martyrology · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Martyrs Trophimus and Eucarpion, soldiers, at Nicomedia (300)Οἱ Ἅγιοι Εὐκαρπίων καὶ Τρόφιμος οἱ Μάρτυρες καὶ οἱ σὺν αὐτοῖς Μαρτυρήσαντεςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Cyril of Jerusalem, Archbishop of Jerusalem (386)Ὁ Ἅγιος Κύριλλος Πατριάρχης Ἱεροσολύμωνsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Ananias the Wonderworker (Aninas of the Euphrates), HieromonkὉ Ὅσιος Ἀνανίας ὁ Θαυματουργόςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Daniel, monk of Egypt (6th century)holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
Orthodox saints after the Schism
- Saint Cyril of Astrakhan (1576)Ὁ Ὅσιος Κύριλλος τοῦ Ἀστραχάνsynaxarion.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
New martyrs and confessors
- New Hieromartyr Demetrius Rozanov, Priest (1938)mospat.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com
- Virgin-martyr Natalia Baklanova (1938)holytrinityorthodox.com
- Saint Maria Skobtsova (Elizabeth Pilenko), nun, who suffered at Ravensbrück concentration camp (1945)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.
- Saints Narcissus and Felix, a Bishop and his Deacon honoured as martyrs in the city of Girona in Catalonia, Spain (c. 307)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Tetricus, Bishop of Langres in Gaul (572)holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Frediano (Frigidanus, Frigdianus), an Irish prince and hermit, and Bishop of Lucca (588)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Egbert of Ripon (729)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Edward the Martyr, King of England (978)Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἐδουάρδος βασιλέας τῆς Ἀγγλίαςsynaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru
Other commemorations
Glorifications, translations of relics, wonderworking icons, and monks and elders remembered on the day, not all of whom are canonized.
- Repose of Abbot Mark of Optina Monastery (1909)pravoslavie.ru
- Repose of St. Nicholas of Zhicha, at Libertyville, Illinois (1956)oca.org
The list is March 18 (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.