Saints of the day
Orthodox saints of March 8
The feasts and saints the Orthodox Church commemorates on March 8 — on the Old Calendar, civil March 21.
Commemorated on March 8
- St. Theophylact of Nicomedia
When it falls
- New Calendar: March 8 every year
- Old Calendar: civil March 21
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.