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March 28 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 March28 are broadly the same, no matter which calendar is used.

Saints

Apostle Herodion of Patras of the Seventy Apostles (1st century)March 28/April 10. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἡρωδίων ὁ Ἀπόστολος Ἐπίσκοπος Ταρσοῦ. 28 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Συναξαριστής. 28 Μαρτίου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ). Martyrs Priscus, Malchus, and Alexander, of Caesarea of Palestine (259)April 10 / March 28. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow). Martyrs Jonah and Barachisius and those with them in Persia (330):Martyr Jonah and those with him, in Persia. OCA - Lives of the Saints. (see also: March 29) Zanithas, Lazarus, Maruthas (Marotas), Narses, Elias, Marinus (Mares), Abibus, Sembeeth (Sivsithina), and Sabbas. Venerable Hesychios the Theologian of Jerusalem (434), disciple of St. Gregory the Theologian.Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἡσύχιος ὁ Ἱεροσολυμίτης. 28 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Venerable Hilarion the New, Abbot of Pelekete Monastery near Prusa (754)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἰλαρίων ὁ Νέος. 28 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Venerable Hilarion the New the Abbot of Pelecete. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Saint Stephen the Confessor and Wonderworker, Abbot of Tryglia (815)Venerable Stephen the Wonderworker the Abbot of Tryglia. OCA - Lives of the Saints. (see also: March 26) Hieromartyrs George, Bishop of Zagora, Parodus and Peter, priests, and Martyr Prince Enravota-Boyan (833), of Bulgaria.Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Μποϋὰν ὁ ἐπονομαζόμενος Ἐνραβωτᾶ πρίγκιπας τῶν Βουλγάρων. 28 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Martyr Enravota - Boyan, the Prince of Bulgaria. OCA - Lives of the Saints.

Pre-Schism Western saints

Martyrs Rogatus, Successus and Companions, a group of eighteen martyrs in North Africa.March 28. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome. Saint Sixtus III (Xystus), Pope of Rome from 432 (440).Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. XYSTUS OR SIXTUS, POPE. (A.D. 440.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Third: March. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. p. 489. Saint Spes (Speus), an Abbot of Campi in central Italy (ca. 513)Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. SPES, AB. (A.D. 513.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Third: March. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. pp. 489-490. Saint Gontram (Gunthrammus), a repentant King of Burgundy in France (592) Saint Gundelindis (Guendelindis), a daughter of the Duke of Alsace and niece of St Ottilia, whom she succeeded as Abbess of Niedermünster Abbey (ca. 750) Saint Tutilo (Tuotilo), a gifted and artistic monk at St Gall Abbey in Switzerland (ca. 915)

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

Venerable Martyr Eustratius of the Kiev Caves (1097)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Εὐστράτιος ὁ Ὁσιομάρτυρας ὁ Νηστευτής. 28 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Monkmartyr Eustratius of the Kiev Near Caves. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Saint Mstislav, Prince of Vladimir-Suzdal, son of Prince Andrey Bogolyubsky (1173)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Μστισλάβος ὁ πρίγκιπας τοῦ Βλαντιμὶρ. 28 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Venerable Hilarion, monk, of Gdov, Pskov (1476)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἰλαρίων ἐκ Ρωσίας. 28 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Venerable Hilarion of Pskov, Lake Gdov. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Venerable Dionysius the Merciful, Bishop of Larissa (1510)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Διονύσιος ὁ Ἐλεήμων. 28 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Venerable Jonah, Abbot of Klimets Monastery, Olonets (1534)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἰωνᾶς ἐκ Ρωσίας. 28 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Saint John, Bishop of Manglisi, Georgia (1751)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἰωάννης ἐκ Γεωργίας. 28 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Venerable John, Bishop of Manglisi. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Saint Gavrielia (Papagiannis) the 'Ascetic of Love', a trained physiotherapist, who became a Greek Orthodox nun, known for her care of the poor and sick (1992) Οσία Γαβριηλία (Παπαγιάννη), η Κωνσταντινουπολίτις, η εν Λέρω τελειωθείσα. Ορθόδοξος Συναξαριστής. Retrieved: February 16, 2026. Ανακοινωθέν για τις εργασίες της Αγίας και Ιεράς Συνόδου (4 Οκτωβρίου 2023). Οικουμενικό Πατριαρχείο (Ecumenical Patriarchate). Ανάρτηση 04/10/2023. Retrieved: February 16, 2026.

New martyrs and confessors

New Hieromartyr Nicholas Postnikov, Archpriest, of Timoshkino, Ryazan (1931) New Hieromartyr Basil Malinin, Archpriest, of Pereslavl (1938) Martyr John Chernoff (1939) New Hieromartyr Peter Ochryzko, Priest of Chartoviec, Chełm and Podlasie, Poland (1944)

Other commemorations

Repose of Abbot Adrian (in schema Alexis) of Konevits Monastery (1812) Repose of Blessed Helen of Arzamas, disciple of Abbot Nazarius of Valaam (1820) Icon of the Mother of God of "the Sign".Icon of the Mother of God of “the Sign”. OCA - Lives of the Saints.

Icon gallery

Notes

References

Sources March 28/April 10. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU). April 10 / March 28. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow). March 28. 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. 25. March 28. 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. 89. Greek Sources Great Synaxaristes: 28 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Συναξαριστής. 28 Μαρτίου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ). Russian Sources 10 апреля (28 марта). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). 28 марта (ст.ст.) 10 апреля 2013 (нов. ст.). Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR).