Saints of the day
Orthodox saints of March 17
The feasts and saints the Orthodox Church commemorates on March 17 — on the Old Calendar, civil March 30.
Commemorated on March 17
- St. Alexis the Man of God
- St. Patrick of Ireland
When it falls
- New Calendar: March 17 every year
- Old Calendar: civil March 30
Commemorations follow the Menaion of the Orthodox Church. New Calendar parishes keep them on the date shown; Old Calendar parishes keep them 13 days later on the civil calendar. Local churches add their own saints — your parish calendar comes first.