16 March 1978, Thursday (03.03 according to the old style)
Church calendar for 16 March 1978
Saints commemorated
- Hierarch Saint John (Ioane) IV Okropiri (the Chrysostom), Catholicos-Patriarch of Georgia ок. 980–1001
- Martyr Cleonicus of Amasea † ок. 308
- Martyr Eutropius of Amasea †ок. 308
- Venerable Piama (Piamoun) of Alexandria III—IV вв., † 337