March 16 – Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - March 18

All fixed commemorations below are observed on March 30 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar (until March 30, 2099).^{[note 1]}

For March 17, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on March 4.

• Saint Lazarus the Righteous (Lazarus the Just), the friend of Christ (1st century)^{[1][note 2]}
• Martyr Marinus of Caesarea, soldier, at Caesarea in Palestine (262)^[3][4][5] (see also: August 7)
• Saint Ambrose, Deacon, disciple of St. Didymus the Blind of Alexandria (400)^[3][6]
• Venerable Alexios the Man of God, in Rome (411)^[3][7][8] (see also July 17 - West)
• Monk-martyr Paul of Cyprus, burned alive by iconoclasts (c. 760)^[3][9][10]
• Monk-martyr Paul of Crete, defender of icons, burned alive under Constantine V Copronymus (767)^[3][11][12]
• Venerable Theosterictus the Confessor, Abbot of Pelekete monastery near Prusa (826)^[3][13]

• Martyrs Alexander and Theodore, early martyrs in Rome.^[12][14]
• Saint Ambrose of Alexandria (c. 250)^[15]
• Venerable Patrick, Bishop of Armagh and the Enlightener of Ireland (461)^{[3][14][16][17][18][19][20][note 3]}
• Saint Llinio of Llandinam, Abbot and Founder of Llandinam, Powys, Wales (520)^[6][22]
• Saint Agricola (Agrele, Aregle), ascetic and Bishop of Châlon-sur-Saône in France (580)^[14][23]
• Saint Gertrude of Nivelles, Abbess of Nivelles, patroness of travellers (659)^{[3][6][14][24]}
• Saint Beccan of Rhum (677)^{[3][6][25][note 4]}
• Saint Withburga, Princess of East Anglia, hermitess whose holy well is at East Dereham (c. 743)^[3][6][27] (see also July 8)

• Venerable Macarius, Abbot and Wonderworker of Kalyazin (1483)^{[3][28][29][note 5]}
• Venerable Hieromartyr Gabriel the Lesser, of Gareji, Georgia (1802)^[3][30][31]
• Hieromartyr Theodoulos the Sinaite (1822)^[32]
• Saint Parthenius of the Kiev Caves (1855)^[3]
• Saint Gurias, Archbishop of Tauria and Simferopol (1882)^{[3][note 6]}

• Commemoration of the Great Earthquake of 790 AD, under Emperor Constantine VI.^{[35][note 7]}
• Repose of Lulach, last Orthodox King of Scotland (1058)
• Repose of Archbishop Tikhon (Troitsky) of San Francisco (1963)^{[3][note 8]}

• The Raising of Lazarus. Byzantine icon, 14th or 15th century
• Venerable Alexis the Man of God, 17th century
• Venerable Patrick, Bishop of Armagh and the Enlightener of Ireland.
• Mosaic of St Patrick casting out the snakes from Ireland.
  (Cathedral Parish of Saint Patrick in El Paso)
• Saint Gertrude of Nivelles
  (Fresco in Knivsta kyrka, Knivsta, Sweden)
• St. Withburga, depicted in a rood screen in Dereham.
• Venerable Macarius, Abbot and Wonderworker of Kalyazin, 18th century
• Saint Gurij Karpov, Archbishop of Tauria and Simferopol.