+ March 21 March 22 March 23 ≍ ≍

March 22 in Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendars is a feast day and a day of commemoration of saints and martyrs. Although some Orthodox churches use the Revised Julian Calendar and others use the traditional Julian calendar, the fixed commemorations for their respective March22 are broadly the same, no matter which calendar is used.

Saints

Virgin-confessor Drosida (Drosis) of Antioch, daughter of Emperor Trajan, and with her five Virgin-martyrs (104-117)March 22/April 4. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).Great Synaxaristes: Ἡ Ἁγία Δροσὶς καὶ οἱ σὺν αὐτῇ πέντε Κανονικὲς. 22 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Martyr Drosis the Daughter of the Emperor Trajan. OCA - Lives of the Saints. (see also: July 28) Martyrs Kalliniki and Vasilissa of Rome (252)Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ἁγίες Βασίλισσα καὶ Καλλινίκη οἱ Μάρτυρες. 22 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Hieromartyr Basil of Ancyra, Priest of Ancyra (362)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Βασίλειος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας Πρεσβύτερος Ἀγκύρας. 22 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Hieromartyr Basil of Ancyra. OCA - Lives of the Saints.Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. BASIL, P. M. AT ANCYRA. (A.D. 363.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Third: March. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. pp. 407-411. Saint Isaac the Confessor, founder of the Dalmatian Monastery at Constantinople (383)Venerable Isaac the Founder of the Dalmatian Monastery at Constantinople. OCA - Lives of the Saints. (see also: May 30)

Pre-Schism Western saints

Saint Epaphroditus, by tradition the first Bishop of Terracina in Italy (1st century)March 22. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome. Saint Paul, Bishop of Narbonne, Brittany (3rd century)Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. PAUL, B. OF NARBONNE. (3RD or 4TH CENT.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Third: March. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. p. 406. Saint Lea of Rome, an aristocrat in Rome who on the death of her husband entered the convent of St Marcella (384) Saint Deogratius, Bishop of Carthage in North Africa (457)Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. DEOGRATIAS, B. OF CARTHAGE. (ABOUT A.D. 456.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Third: March. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. pp. 411-413. Saint Octavian and Companions, Archdeacon of the Church in Carthage in North Africa, martyred with several thousand companions under the Arian Vandal King Hunneric (484) Saint Saturninus and Companions, a group of ten martyrs in North Africa. Saint Trien (Trienan), a disciple of St Patrick and Abbot of Killelga in Ireland (5th century)Very Rev. John O'Hanlon. "Article III.—St. Trien, or Trienan, Abbot of Killelga. [Fifth or Sixth Century]." In: Lives of the Irish Saints: With Special Festivals, and the Commemorations of Holy Persons. VOL. III. Dublin, 1875. pp. 925-926. Saint Darerca of Ireland, sister of St Patrick of Ireland (5th century)Very Rev. John O'Hanlon. "Article II.—St. Darerca, Sister of St. Patrick. [Fifth Century]." In: Lives of the Irish Saints: With Special Festivals, and the Commemorations of Holy Persons. VOL. III. Dublin, 1875. pp. 923-924. Saint Fáilbe mac Pípáin, the eighth Abbot of Iona in Scotland (680)Very Rev. John O'Hanlon. "ARTICLE I.—ST. FAILBEUS, OR FAILBHE, EIGHTH ABBOT OF lONA, SCOTLAND. [SEVENTH CENTURY]." In: Lives of the Irish Saints: With Special Festivals, and the Commemorations of Holy Persons. VOL. III. Dublin, 1875. p. 923

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

Martyr Basil of Mangazea in Siberia, Wonderworker (1602)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Βασίλειος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας καὶ Θαυματουργὸς Ἐπίσκοπος Μανγκαζίας Σιβηρίας. 22 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Righteous Basil of Mangazeia. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow). (see also: June 6 and May 10 - Translation of Relics) New Monk-martyr Euthymius of Dimitsana and Mt. Athos, at Constantinople (1814)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Εὐθύμιος ὁ Ὁσιομάρτυρας ὁ ἐκ Δημητσάνης. 22 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Monkmartyr Euthymius of Prodromou of Mt Athos. OCA - Lives of the Saints.

New martyrs and confessors

Hieromartyr Basil (Zelentsov), Bishop of Prilutsk, Vicar of Poltava (1930)April 4 / March 22. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow). (see also: January 25) New Confessor Schema-abbess Sophia (Grineva) of Kiev (1941),Great Synaxaristes: Ἡ Ἁγία Σοφία ἡ Ὁσιομάρτυς. 22 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. and her priest Demetrius Ivanov (1934)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Δημήτριος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας. 22 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.

Other commemorations

"The Izborsk" Icon of the Mother of God (1657) Uncovering of the relics (2026) of Saint Chrysostomos Papasarantopoulos the Missionary (1972), in the city of Kananga in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.The uncovering of St. Chrysostomos’ relics highlights the enduring legacy of Orthodox missionary work in Africa. Union of Orthodox Journalists (UOJ). March 24, 2026, 09:45. (see also: December 29) Commemoration of Maria Berushko of Brazil and eight students who died trying to save people during a fire in their school (1986)Ukrainian May Become First Orthodox Saint in Latin America . RISU. 24.10.2007, [16:34].

Icon gallery

Notes

References

Sources March 22/April 4. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU). April 4 / March 22. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow). March 22. 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. 23. March 22. 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. pp. 83–84. Greek Sources Great Synaxaristes: 22 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Συναξαριστής. 22 Μαρτίου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ). Russian Sources 4 апреля (22 марта). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). 22 марта (ст.ст.) 4 апреля 2013 (нов. ст.). Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR).