March 2 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)


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.

Saints

Pre-Schism Western saints

  • Martyrs of Rome, a large number of martyrs martyred in Rome under Alexander Severus and the prefect Ulpian
  • Saints Jovinus and Basileus, two martyrs who suffered in Rome under Gallienus and Valerian, buried on the Latin Way
  • Saints Paul, Heraclius, Secundilla and Januaria, martyrs who suffered under Diocletian at Porto Romano at the mouth of the Tiber in Italy
  • Saint Gistilian, uncle of St David and a monk at Menevia, or St Davids, in Wales
  • Saint Joavan, a Romano-Briton who went to Brittany to live with his uncle St Paul of Léon, by whom he was consecrated bishop
  • 440 Martyrs slain by the Lombards in Italy
  • Saint Fergna, called 'the White', a relative and disciple of St Columba of Ireland, Abbot of Iona Saint Chad, Bishop of Lichfield, England
  • Saint Cynibil, a brother of Sts Chad and Cedd who helped enlighten England
  • Saint Willeic, a disciple of St Swithbert who made him Abbot of Kaiserwerth in Germany
  • Saint Slebhene, a monk from Ireland, he became Abbot of Iona in Scotland

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

Venerable Arsenius, Bishop of Tver

Other commemorations

  • Repose of Abbess Philareta of Ufa
  • ''Appearance of the Kolomenskoye “Reigning” Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos''