March 2 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) explained

March 1 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - March 3

All fixed commemorations below are observed on March 15 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.

For March 2nd, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on February 17 (February 18 on leap years).

Saints

• Hieromartyrs Nestor the Bishop, and Tribiminus the Deacon, at Perge in Pamphylia (ca. 250)^{[1] [2]}
• Martyr Troadius of Neo-Caesarea, and those with him (251)^{[2] [3] [4]}
• Virgin-martyr Euthalia of Sicily (252)^{[2] [5] [6]}
• St. Cointus of Phrygia (Quintus of Phrygia), Confessor and Wonderworker (283)^{[2] [7]}
• Martyr Hesychius the Senator (the Palatine), of Antioch (ca. 304)^{[2] [8]} (see also: May 10)
• Hiero-Confessor Theodotus, Bishop of Cyrenia in Cyprus (c. 326)^{[2] [9] [10]}
• Venerable Saints Andronicus and the Athanasia (5th century)^{[11] [12]} (see also: October 9)
• Saint Agathon of Egypt, monk (5th century)^{[2] [13]}

Pre-Schism Western saints

• Martyrs of Rome, a large number of martyrs martyred in Rome under Alexander Severus and the prefect Ulpian (219)^{[14] [15]}
• Saints Jovinus and Basileus, two martyrs who suffered in Rome under Gallienus and Valerian, buried on the Latin Way (258)^[14]
• Saints Paul, Heraclius, Secundilla and Januaria, martyrs who suffered under Diocletian at Porto Romano at the mouth of the Tiber in Italy (305)^[14]
• Saint Gistilian (Gistlian), uncle of St David and a monk at Menevia, or St Davids, in Wales (5th-6th centuries)^[14]
• Saint Joavan, a Romano-Briton who went to Brittany to live with his uncle St Paul of Léon, by whom he was consecrated bishop (ca. 570)^{[14] [16] [17]}
• 440 Martyrs slain by the Lombards in Italy (Martyrs of Campania) (ca. 579)^{[2] [14] [18] [19]}
• Saint Fergna, called 'the White', a relative and disciple of St Columba of Ireland, Abbot of Iona (637)^{[14] [20]}
• Saint Chad (Ceadda), Bishop of Lichfield, England (672)^{[2] [14] [21] [22] [23]}
• Saint Cynibil (Cynibild), a brother of Sts Chad and Cedd who helped enlighten England (7th century)^[14]
• Saint Willeic, a disciple of St Swithbert who made him Abbot of Kaiserwerth in Germany (726)^{[14] [24]}
• Saint Slebhene (Sléibíne mac Congaile), a monk from Ireland, he became Abbot of Iona in Scotland (767)^{[14] [25]}

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

• Venerable Arsenius, Bishop of Tver (1409)^{[2] [26] [27]}
• Venerable Sabbatius, monk of Tver (1434),^[28] and his disciple St. Euphrosynus (1460)^{[2] [29] [30]}
• Venerable Barsanuphius (1459) and Sabbas (1467), Abbots of Tver.^{[2] [30] [31]}
• Venerable Abramios of Spassk, of the monastery of Christ the Saviour, Russia (16th century)^[32]
• New Martyr Theodore Sladić of Komogovina (1788)^{[2] [12]}
• Venerable Joachim (Papoulakis) of Ithaca, monk of Vatopedi (Mt. Athos) and Ithaca (1868)^{[2] [12] [33]}
• Saint Ambrose (Khelaia) the Confessor, Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia (1927)^[34] (see also: March 16 and March 27)
• Saint Nicholas Planas of Athens (1932)^{[12] [35]} (see also: February 17)

Other commemorations

• Repose of Abbess Philareta of Ufa (1890)^[2]
• Appearance of the Kolomenskoye “Reigning” Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos (1917)^{[2] [36] [37]}

Sources

• March 2/March 15. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
• March 15 / March 2. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
• March 2. OCA - The Lives of the Saints.
• The Autonomous Orthodox Metropolia of Western Europe and the Americas (ROCOR). St. Hilarion Calendar of Saints for the year of our Lord 2004. St. Hilarion Press (Austin, TX). p. 19.
• March 2. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
• The Roman Martyrology. Transl. by the Archbishop of Baltimore. Last Edition, According to the Copy Printed at Rome in 1914. Revised Edition, with the Imprimatur of His Eminence Cardinal Gibbons. Baltimore: John Murphy Company, 1916. p. 63.
• Rev. Richard Stanton. A Menology of England and Wales, or, Brief Memorials of the Ancient British and English Saints Arranged According to the Calendar, Together with the Martyrs of the 16th and 17th Centuries. London: Burns & Oates, 1892. pp. 95–98.

Greek Sources

• Great Synaxaristes: 2 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
• Συναξαριστής. 2 Μαρτίου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).

Russian Sources

• 15 марта (2 марта). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).
• 2 марта (ст.ст.) 15 марта 2013 (нов. ст.). Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR).

Notes and References

1. Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ἅγιοι Νέστωρ καὶ Τριβιμίνος οἱ Μάρτυρες. 2 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
2. http://orthochristian.com/calendar/20190302.html March 2/March 15
3. Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Τρωάδιος ὁ Μάρτυρας. 2 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
4. Martyr Troadius of Neocaesarea. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
5. Great Synaxaristes: Ἡ Ἁγία Εὐθαλία ἡ Παρθενομάρτυς. 2 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
6. Virginmartyr Euthalia of Sicily. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
7. Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Κοΐντος ὁ Μάρτυρας Ὁμολογητὴς καὶ Θαυματουργὸς. 2 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
8. Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἡσύχιος ὁ Συγκλητικὸς. 2 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
9. Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Θεόδοτος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας Ἐπίσκοπος Κυρηνείας Κύπρου. 2 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
10. Hieromartyr Theodotus the Bishop of Cyrenia. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
11. Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ἀνδρόνικος καὶ Ἀθανασία. 2 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
12. http://www.holytrinityorthodox.com/calendar/index.php?year=2011&today=15&month=3&trp=0&tzo=-4 March 15 / March 2
13. Venerable Agathon of Egypt. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
14. http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/stdmar.htm March 2
15. Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "SS. MARTYRS UNDER ALEXANDER. (CIRC. A.D. 219.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Third: March. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. p. 21.
16. Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. JOAVAN, P. C. (6TH CENT.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Third: March. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. p. 22.
17. Very Rev. John O'Hanlon. "Article III.—St. Ioava or Joava, Bishop of Leon, in Lesser Britany, France. [Sixth Century.]." In: Lives of the Irish Saints: With Special Festivals, and the Commemorations of Holy Persons. VOL. III. Dublin, 1875. pp. 86-91.
18. 440 Martyrs slain by the Lombards in Sicily. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
19. Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "SS. MARTYRS UNDER THE LOMBARDS. (CIRC. A.D. 579.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Third: March. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. p. 23.
20. Very Rev. John O'Hanlon. "Article IV.—St. Fergna Britt, Abbot of Iona. [Sixth and Seventh Centuries.]." In: Lives of the Irish Saints: With Special Festivals, and the Commemorations of Holy Persons. VOL. III. Dublin, 1875. pp. 91-92.
21. Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Τσὰντ ἐκ Σκωτίας. 2 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
22. Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. CHAD, B. OF LICHFIELD. (A.D. 672.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Third: March. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. pp. 23-37.
23. Very Rev. John O'Hanlon. "ARTICLE I.—ST. CEDDA OR CHAD, BISHOP OF LICHFIELD, AND APOSTLE OF THE MERCIANS. [SEVENTH CENTURY.]." In: Lives of the Irish Saints: With Special Festivals, and the Commemorations of Holy Persons. VOL. III. Dublin, 1875. pp. 70-80.
24. Very Rev. John O'Hanlon. "Article X.—St. Villeic or Willeic, Priest, at Kaiserwerth, on the Rhine. [Seventh and Eighth Centuries.]." In: Lives of the Irish Saints: With Special Festivals, and the Commemorations of Holy Persons. VOL. III. Dublin, 1875. pp. 96-97.
25. Very Rev. John O'Hanlon. "Article VII.—St. Slebhene, or Slebhine, Abbot of Iona. [Eighth Century.]." In: Lives of the Irish Saints: With Special Festivals, and the Commemorations of Holy Persons. VOL. III. Dublin, 1875. p. 94.
26. Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀρσένιος Ἐπίσκοπος Τβὲρ τῆς Ρωσίας. 2 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
27. St Arsenius the Bishop of Tver. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
28. St Sabbatius of Tver. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
29. The Monk Evphrosyn. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
30. Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ὅσιοι Βαρσανούφιος, Σάββας, Σαββάτιος καὶ Εὐφρόσυνος ἐκ Ρωσίας. 2 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
31. The Monks Varsonophii and Savva of Tver'. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
32. Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἀβράμιος ἐκ Ρωσίας. 2 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
33. Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἰωακεὶμ ὁ Ἰθακήσιος. 2 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
34. Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀμβρόσιος Πατριάρχης Γεωργίας. 2 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
35. Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Νικόλαος ὁ Πλανᾶς. 2 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
36. Great Synaxaristes: Σύναξις Ὑπεραγίας Θεοτόκου τῆς Ἐνθρόνου. 2 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
37. Icon of the Mother of God “Enthroned”. OCA - Lives of the Saints.