29 March
17 commemorations of 29 March in the fixed calendar of the Church, the Menaion. Churches on the Old Calendar keep this day on 11 April of the civil calendar.
Saints
- Martyrs Jonas and Barachisius, and companions, in Persia, under Shapur II (330)
- Abibus, Zanithas, Elias (Helias), Lazarus, Mares, Maruthas, Narses, Sabbas, Simiathos (Sebeethes, Symeethes)
- Saint Mark the Confessor, Bishop of Arethusa (364)Ὁ Ἅγιος Μάρκος Ἐπίσκοπος Ἀρεθουσίωνsynaxarion.gr · orthochristian.com · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Hieromartyr Cyril, Deacon, of Heliopolis, and others, who suffered under Julian the Apostate (364)Ὁ Ἅγιος Κύριλλος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας καὶ οἱ σὺν αὐτῷ ἄνδρες καὶ γυναῖκες Μάρτυρες ἐν Ἀσκαλώνι καὶ Γάζῃsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable John of Egypt, anchorite (4th century)oca.org · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Diadochos of Photiki, Bishop of Photike in Old Epirus, whose works are included in the Philokalia (ca. 486)Ὁ Ἅγιος Διάδοχος Ἐπίσκοπος Φωτικῆς τῆς Παλαιᾶς Ἠπείρουsynaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Hesychios the Sinaite, Abbot of Saint Catherine's Monastery at Mount Sinai (7th century)Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἠσύχιος ὁ Σιναΐτηςsynaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Eustathius the Confessor, Bishop of Kios in Bithynia (9th century)Ὁ Ἅγιος Εὐστάθιος ὁ Ὁμολογητής Ἐπίσκοπος Κίου Βιθυνίαςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
Orthodox saints after the Schism
- Venerable Jonah (1480), Mark (15th century), and Bassa of the Pskov-Caves MonasteryΟἱ Ὅσιοι Μάρκος, Ἰωνᾶς καὶ Βάσσοςoca.org · synaxarion.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Nicetas, desert-dweller of the Roslavl Forests, near Bryansk (1793)pravoslavie.ru
New martyrs and confessors
- New Martyrs Priest Paul Voinarsky, and brothers Paul and Alexis Kiryan, of the Crimea (1919)holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- New Hieromartyr Michael Victorov, Archpriest, of Boloshnevo, Ryazan (1933)mospat.ru · 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.
- Martyr Secundus of Asti, a noble from Asti in Piedmont in Italy and an officer in the imperial army, beheaded in Asti under Hadrian (119)orthodoxengland.org.uk · Roman Martyrology
- Saints Armogastes and Companions (c. 460)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saints Gwynllyw (Gundleus) and Gwladys (Gladys), parents of St. Cadoc (5th century)Stanton, Menology of England and Wales · holytrinityorthodox.com · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Firminus, Bishop of Viviers in France (6th century)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Lasar (Lassar, Lassera), a nun in Ireland and niece of St Forchera (6th century)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Eustasius of Luxeuil (Eustace), Abbot of Luxeuil (625)Roman Martyrology · holytrinityorthodox.com · orthodoxengland.org.uk · pravoslavie.ru
The list is March 29 (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.