March 17 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Mar. 16 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Mar. 18
All fixed commemorations below are observed on March 30 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.
For March 17th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on March 4.
Saints
Saint Lazarus the Righteous (Lazarus the Just), the friend of Christ (1st century)
Martyr Marinus of Caesarea, soldier, at Caesarea in Palestine (262)
Saint Ambrose, Deacon, disciple of St. Didymus the Blind of Alexandria (400)
Venerable Alexios the Man of God, in Rome (411)(see also July 17 - in the Western Church)
Monk-martyr Paul of Crete, defender of icons, burned alive under Constantine V Copronymus (767)
Venerable Theosterictus the Confessor, Abbot of Pelecete Monastery near Prusa (826)
Pre-Schism Western Saints
Martyrs Alexander and Theodore, early martyrs in Rome.
Venerable Patrick, Bishop of Armagh and the Enlightener of Ireland (461)
Saint Llinio of Llandinam, Abbot and Founder of Llandinam, Powys, Wales (520)