March 6 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

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All fixed commemorations below are observed on March 19 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.[note 1]

For March 6th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on February 21 (February 22 on leap years).

Saints

• Monk-martyrs Conon, and his son Conon, of Iconium (270-275)[1][2]
• Martyrs Cyriacus and 12 companions, who suffered under Diocletian in Augsburg (c. 304)[1][3]
• Martyr Euphrosynus, in boiling water.[4]
• Monk-martyr Maximus, by stoning.[5]
• Uncovering of the Precious Cross and the Precious Nails by the Empress St Helena in Jerusalem (326)[1][6][7][8]
• Thomas of Cana, missionary in India (345).
• Venerable Arcadius, monk of Cyprus (361),[9] and his disciples Julian and Euboulos.[1][10][11]
• Saint Arkadios, Archbishop of Cyprus (527–565)[12]
• Venerable Hesychius the Wonderworker.[13][note 2] (see also: March 5)
• The holy 42 Martyrs of Amorium (in Phrygia), including:

• Passion-bearers Constantine, Aetius, Theophilus, Theodore,[14] Melissenus,[15] Callistus, Basoes, and others, in Samarra (845)[1][16][17]

Pre-Schism Western saints

• Saint Marcian of Tortona (120)[18][note 3]
• Saint Patrick of Avernia (ca. 307)[18][note 4]
• Saint Basil of Bologna, Bishop of Bologna in Italy for twenty years, 315-335 (335)[18]
• Saint Fridolin of Säckingen, abbot, Enlightener of the Upper Rhine (540)[1][3][18][19][20][21][note 5]
• Saints Kyneburga, Kyneswide and Tibba, female members of the Mercian royal family in 7th century England (c. 680)[18][22][23][note 6]
• Saint Baldred of Tyninghame (Balther), a priest in Lindisfarne in England who became a hermit at Tyningham on the Scottish border (756)[18][22][24][25]
• Saint Chrodegang of Metz, Bishop of Metz in the east of France, he took part in several Councils (766)[18][26][note 7]
• Saint Bilfrid (Billfrith), a hermit at Lindisfarne and an expert goldsmith, who bound in gold the Lindisfarne Gospels, written and illuminated by Bishop Edfrith (8th century)[18][24][25][note 8]
• Saint Cathróe of Metz (Cadroe, Cadroel) (976)[18][28][note 9]

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

• Venerable Job (Joshua in schema) of Anzersk Island, Solovki (1720)[1][3][29]

Other commemorations

• Translation to Vladimir (1230) of the relics of Martyr Abraham of the Bulgars on the Volga (1229)[1][3][30]
• Repose of Helen Kontzevitch, Church writer (1989)[1]

Icons

• "Chenstokhovskaya" (Poland) Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos (Black Madonna of Częstochowa).[1][31][32][33][note 10]
• "Blessed Heaven" (Moscow) Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos.[1][35][36]
• The Shestokhovsk ("Hearth"), or Sheltomezhsk, Icon of the Mother of God (18th century)[37][38][note 11]

Icon gallery

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  St. Chrodegang of Metz.
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  Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos "Of Czestochowa" (Black Madonna).
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  "Blessed Heaven" (Moscow) Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos.
• 
  Martyr Abraham of Bulgaria.

Notes

1. The notation Old Style or (OS) is sometimes used to indicate a date in the Julian Calendar (which is used by churches on the "Old Calendar").
   The notation New Style or (NS), indicates a date in the Revised Julian calendar (which is used by churches on the "New Calendar").
2. In the year 781 AD his relics were translated to Amasya by Bishop Theofylaktos of Amasea, who placed the sacred relics on the right side of the altar.
3. By tradition he was a disciple of St Barnabas and the first Bishop of Tortona in Piedmont in Italy, where he was martyred under Hadrian after an episcopate of forty-five years.
4. Born in Malaga in Spain, he became Bishop there. He later fled to Auvergne in France.
5. Born in Ireland, he became a monk at Luxeuil in France. Later he founded the monastery of Sackingen and is venerated as the Apostle of the Upper Rhine in Germany.
6. Cyneburgh, Cyneswith and Tibba. Cyneburgh and Cyneswith were daughters of Penda of Mercia in England, who was notorious for his opposition to Orthodoxy. The former founded a convent in Castor in Northamptonshire and was followed as abbess by her sister. Tibba was a relative who joined them at the convent. Their relics were enshrined together.
7. He introduced the Roman Liturgy and singing into his diocese and the north of Europe in general.
8. He is listed on February 19th in Stanton:
   "BlLFRlD, before he quitted the world to embrace the life of an anchorite, had exercised the craft of a goldsmith. No particulars have reached us of his virtues and acts as a solitary, nor do we know the place of his retreat; but he was venerated as a Saint during his life and after his death. By command of St. Ethelwold, he employed his skill in nobly adorning the Gospels of St. Cuthbert with gold and precious stones. Moreover, when this much-prized volume accidentally fell into the sea, at the time of the translation of Cuthbert's relics, it was attributed to the intercession of St. Bilfrid, as well as other Saints, that the sacred treasure was miraculously recovered. The relics of St. Bilfrid, with those of other Saints, were translated to Durham, in obedience to the vision of the priest Elfred."[27]
9. Born in Scotland, he lived in Armagh in Ireland. He went to France and lived as a monk at Fleury. He then became Abbot of Waulsort on the Meuse in Belgium and finally lived in Metz.
10. "The famous Black Madonna was originally a gift from Byzantium to the royal court of Kyiv and was later taken by the Polish prince Vladislav Opolskie from Belz to Częstochowa, but miraculous copies abound in Kyiv and many other places in Ukraine (e.g. Turkovetske and Hoshiv). In the 15th century, St Theodore Ostrozhky – then a soldier fighting the Poles – was in Czestochowa during peace negotiations when he saw the Black Madonna at her shrine. Considering it an icon of Kyivan Rus’ that was stolen by the Poles, he tried to remove the icon to take it back to Ukraine with him. He was arrested on charges of “blasphemy” and during his trial told the Polish court that this icon was originally “of Rus’” and that he intended to bring it home to Ukraine where it belonged. He later became a monk and saint of the Kyiv Caves Lavra."[34]
11. In the year 1887, in honour of the wonderworking icon, in the village of Sheltomezha was founded the Shestokhovsk Ascension women's monastery.

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5. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Μάξιμος ὁ Ὁσιομάρτυρας. 6 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
6. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Μνήμη Εὑρέσεως Τιμίου Σταυροῦ μετὰ τῶν Τιμίων Ἥλων ὑπὸ τῆς Ἁγίας Ἑλένης. 6 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
7. Uncovering of the Precious Cross and the Precious Nails by the Empress St Helen in Jerusalem. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
8. March 6. St. Anthony's Greek Orthodox Monastery 2012 Calendar.
9. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἀρκάδιος. 6 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
10. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ἰουλιανὸς καὶ Εὔβουλος οἱ Μάρτυρες. 6 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
11. Venerable Arcadius of Cyprus. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
12. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀρκάδιος Ἀρχιεπίσκοπος Κύπρου. 6 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
13. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἡσύχιος ὁ Θαυματουργός. 6 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
14. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Θεόδωρος ὁ Μάρτυρας ὁ Κρατερός. 6 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
15. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Μελισσηνὸς ὁ Μάρτυρας. 6 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
16. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ἀέτιος, Βασσόης, Θεόδωρος, Θεόφιλος, Κάλλιστος, Κωνσταντῖνος καὶ ἄλλοι 36 Μάρτυρες. 6 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
17. 42 Martyrs of Ammoria in Phrygia. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
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22. 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. 102-105.
23. Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "SS. KYNEBURGA, ABSS., KYNESWITHA AND TIBBA, VV. (END OF 7TH CENT.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Third: March. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. pp. 93-94.
24. Very Rev. John O'Hanlon. "Article XV.—St. Baldred or Baltherus, Hermit, and Missionary, in Scotland, and St. Bilfrid, or Bilfred, a Hermit, at Lindisfarne, in England. [Probably in the Seventh or Eighth Century]." In: Lives of the Irish Saints: With Special Festivals, and the Commemorations of Holy Persons. VOL. III. Dublin, 1875. pp. 202-205.
25. Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "SS. BALTHER AND BILFRED, H. H. (ABOUT A.D. 756.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Third: March. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. pp. 94-95.
26. Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. CHRODEGANG, B. OF METZ. (A.D. 766.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Third: March. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. p. 96.
27. 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. p. 78.
28. Very Rev. John O'Hanlon. "Article V.—St. Cadroe, or Hadroe, Abbot of Wasor, Belgium. [Tenth Century]." In: Lives of the Irish Saints: With Special Festivals, and the Commemorations of Holy Persons. VOL. III. Dublin, 1875. pp. 181-196.
29. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἰὼβ ὁ Ἐρημίτης. 6 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
30. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ἀνακομιδὴ Τιμίων Λειψάνων Ἁγίου Νεομάρτυρα Ἀβρααμίου τοῦ ἐκ Βουλγαρίας. 6 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
31. The Chenstokhovsk (Czestochowa) Icon of the Mother of God. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
32. Icon of the Mother of God “Czestochowa”. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
33. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Σύναξις Ὑπεραγίας Θεοτόκου τῆς Τσζεστόκοβα ἐν Ρωσίᾳ. 6 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
34. Dr. Alexander Roman. March. Calendar of Ukrainian Orthodox Saints (Ukrainian Orthodoxy - Українське Православ'я).
35. The Icon of the Mother of God, named "Graced of Heaven" ("Blagodatnoe Nebo"). HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
36. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Σύναξις Ὑπεραγίας Θεοτόκου τῆς Οὐρανίου Χαρᾶς ἐν Μόσχᾳ. 6 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
37. The Shestokhovsk ("Hearth"), or Sheltomezhsk, Icon of the Mother of God. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
38. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Σύναξις Ὑπεραγίας Θεοτόκου τῆς Καρδίας ἐν Σελτομέζᾳ τῆς Ρωσίας. 6 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.

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• Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) 6 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
• (in Greek) Συναξαριστής. 6 Μαρτίου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).

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