31 March
25 commemorations of 31 March in the fixed calendar of the Church, the Menaion. Churches on the Old Calendar keep this day on 13 April of the civil calendar.
In the map: St. Innocent of Alaska
Saints
- Righteous Joseph the Fair (the All-Comely), son of Jacob, Patriarch (c. 1700 BC)orthochristian.com · oca.org · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Acacius the Confessor, Bishop of Melitene in Pisidia (251)Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀκάκιος ὁ Ὁμολογητής Ἐπίσκοπος Μελιτινῆςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Hypatius the Wonderworker, Bishop of Gangra (326)Ὁ Ἅγιος Ὑπάτιος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας Ἐπίσκοπος Γαγγρῶνsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Theophilos the Martyr, and those with him, in CreteὉ Ἅγιος Θεόφιλος ὁ Μάρτυρας καὶ οἱ σὺν αὐτῷ μαρτυρήσαντες ἐν Κρήτῃsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr
- Martyrs Menander and Sabinus, and another 38 martyrs, in Hermopolis of Egypt, under Julian the Apostate (c. 361-363)Οἱ Ἅγιοι Μένανδρος καὶ Σαβίνος οἱ Μάρτυρες καὶ οἱ σὺν αὐτοῖς τριάντα ὀκτῶ Μάρτυρεςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com
- Saint Apollonius (Apollo) of the Thebaid, ascetic (4th century)oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Hieromartyrs Abdas, Bishop of Hormizd-Ardashir, and the Deacon Benjamin, of Persia (c. 424)oca.org · mospat.ru · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Hypatius, Abbot of Rufinus in Chalcedon (446)oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Blaise of Amorium and Mount Athos (c. 909)Ὁ Ὅσιος Βλάσιος ὁ ἐξ Ἀμορίουsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Stephen the Wonderworker, asceticὉ Ὅσιος Στέφανος ὁ Θαυματουργόςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr
Orthodox saints after the Schism
- Saint Hypatius the Healer, of the Kiev Caves (14th century)oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Ivan I of Moscow (John I Daniilovich Kalita), Prince of Moscow from 1325 and Grand Prince of Vladimir from 1328 (1340)Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἰωάννης ὁ πρίγκιπαςsynaxarion.gr
- Saint Jonah, Metropolitan of Kiev, Moscow, and all Russia (1461)Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἰωνᾶς Μητροπολίτης Μόσχας καὶ πασῶν τῶν Ρωσιῶνsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Philaret, Abbot of Glinsk Hermitage (1841)pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Innocent, Metropolitan of Moscow, Enlightener of Siberia and Alaska (1879)Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἰννοκέντιος Μητροπολίτης Μόσχας καὶ Ἱεραπόστολος Ἀλάσκαςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
New martyrs and confessors
- New Hieromartyr John Blyumovich, Priest (1938)holytrinityorthodox.com
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 Balbina of Rome (c. 130)orthodoxengland.org.uk · Roman Martyrology
- Martyrs Theodulus, Anesius, Felix, Cornelia and Companions, in North AfricaRoman Martyrology · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Renovatus, Abbot of Cauliana in Lusitania, then Bishop of Merida in Spain for twenty-two years (c. 633)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Aldo, Abbot of Hasnon Abbey in Belgium (8th century)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Guy (Guido) (1046)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.
- Appearance of the Iveron Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos, on Mt. Athos ("Panagia Portaitissa" or "Gate-Keeper") (late 10th century)oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Repose of Archbishop Averky (Taushev) of Syracuse and Holy Trinity Monastery (1976)pravoslavie.ru
- Repose of Schemanun Anastasia (Shevelenko) of Karaganda (1977)pravoslavie.ru
- Repose of Archimandrite Thaddeus (Strabulovich) of Vitovnica Monastery (Tadej Štrbulović), Serbia (2003)pravoslavie.ru
The list is March 31 (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.