27 March
22 commemorations of 27 March in the fixed calendar of the Church, the Menaion. Churches on the Old Calendar keep this day on 9 April of the civil calendar.
Saints
- Prophet Hanani (Ananias) - (II Chronicles 16:7-10)Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀνανὶ ὁ Προφήτηςorthochristian.com · synaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Martyrs Philetas the Senator, his wife Lydia, their sons Macedon and Theoprepides, and Amphilochius, an officer in the army, with Chronidas, a notary (c. 121)Οἱ Ἅγιοι Φιλητὸς, Λυδία, Θεοπρέπιος, Μακεδόνας, Ἀμφιλόχιος καὶ Κρονίδης οἱ Μάρτυρεςsynaxarion.gr · orthodoxengland.org.uk · Roman Martyrology · ecclesia.gr
- Venerable Matrona of Thessalonica the Confessor (3rd-4th centuries)Ἡ Ὁσία Ματρώνα ἡ Ὁμολογήτρια ἡ ἐν Θεσσαλονίκῃsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · mospat.ru · pravoslavie.ru
- Martyrs Baruch and John, by the swordΟἱ Ἅγιοι Βαρούχιος καὶ Ἰωάννης οἱ Μάρτυρεςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr
- Venerable Eutychios, monasticὉ Ὅσιος Εὐτύχιοςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr
- Venerable Cyricus (Quiricus) of Apros, in Thrace, monasticὉ Ὅσιος Κήρυκος ὁ ἐν Ἄπρῳsynaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Martyrs Manuel and Theodosius (304)oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint John the Clairvoyant, anchorite of Lycopolis, Egypt (394)holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Paphnutius of Thebes, disciple of Saint Anthony the Great (4th century)holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Paul the Standard-bearer, Bishop of Corinth (c. 925)Ὁ Ἅγιος Παῦλος ὁ Σημειοφόρος Ἐπίσκοπος Κορίνθουsynaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru
Orthodox saints after the Schism
- Saint Ephraim of Rostov (1454)Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἐφραὶμ Ἀρχιεπίσκοπος Ροστὼβ τῆς Ρωσίαςsynaxarion.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Alexander, Abbot of Voche, near Galich (16th century)holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Anthony (Stakhovsky), Metropolitan of Tobolsk in Siberia (1740)pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Ambrose (Khelaia) the Confessor, Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia (1927)Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀμβρόσιος Πατριάρχης Γεωργίαςsynaxarion.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.
- Saint Augusta, daughter of the Teuton Duke of Friuli, martyred by her father, venerated in Serravalle near Treviso (5th century)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Amator (Amador), a hermit to whom several churches are dedicated in Portugalorthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Rupert of Salzburg, Bishop of Salzburg (718)orthodoxengland.org.uk · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Romulus, Abbot of St Baudilius near Nîmes in France (c. 730)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Suairlech, first Bishop of Fore in Westmeath, Ireland, from c. 735-750 (c. 750)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Alkelda (Alkeld, Athilda), martyred by the Danes (10th century)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.
- Icons of the Most Holy Theotokos on Mount Athos
- "Glykophylousa" ("Sweet-kissing"), and
- "Of the Akathist"
- Repose of Elder Augustine of Philotheou, Mt. Athos (1965)pravoslavie.ru
The list is March 27 (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.