April 12 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
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Apr. 11
- Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Apr. 13
All fixed commemorations below celebrated on Apr. 25 by those churches which follow the Julian Calendar
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April 11 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Apr. 10 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Apr. 12All fixed commemorations below celebrated on Apr. 24 by those churches which follow the Julian Calendar.-Saints:*Hieromartyr Antipas, Bishop of Pergamus, disciple of Saint John the Theologian...
- Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Apr. 13
April 13 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Apr. 12 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Apr. 14All fixed commemorations below celebrated on Apr. 26 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Hieromartyr Artemon, presbyter of Laodicea in Syria*Martyr Crescens of Myra in Lycia*Woman martyr Thomais of Alexandria...
All fixed commemorations below celebrated on Apr. 25 by those churches which follow the Julian Calendar
Julian calendar
The Julian calendar began in 45 BC as a reform of the Roman calendar by Julius Caesar. It was chosen after consultation with the astronomer Sosigenes of Alexandria and was probably designed to approximate the tropical year .The Julian calendar has a regular year of 365 days divided into 12 months...
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Saints
- SaintSaintA saint is a holy person. In various religions, saints are people who are believed to have exceptional holiness.In Christian usage, "saint" refers to any believer who is "in Christ", and in whom Christ dwells, whether in heaven or in earth...
Basil the ConfessorBasil the ConfessorBasil the Confessor was an Eastern Orthodox saint who lived in the 8th century and was tortured by the Byzantine Emperor Leo III. With his pupil Prokopy, St. Basil the Confessor, who was a monk, was imprisoned for venerating icons, since at that time it was prohibited. After Leo III died in 741,...
, Bishop of Parium - Virgin Anthusa of Constantinople
- Saint Athanasia of AeginaAthanasia of AeginaSaint Athanasia of Aegina was a saint who lived in the Byzantine Empire and was for a while adviser to the Empress Theodora II.-Life:...
, abbessAbbessAn abbess is the female superior, or mother superior, of a community of nuns, often an abbey.... - MartyrMartyrA martyr is somebody who suffers persecution and death for refusing to renounce, or accept, a belief or cause, usually religious.-Meaning:...
s Menas, David, and John of PalestinePalestinePalestine is a conventional name, among others, used to describe the geographic region between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River, and various adjoining lands.... - Saint Isaac of Monteluco, Bishop of Spoleto
- HieromartyrHieromartyrIn the Eastern Orthodox tradition, a hieromartyr is a martyr who was also one of the clergy . In like manner a priest-monk is often called a hieromonk....
Zeno of VeronaZeno of VeronaZeno of Verona was either an early Christian Bishop of Verona or martyr. He is a saint in the Roman Catholic Church and in Eastern Orthodox Church.-Life and historicity:...
, bishop - Martyr Acacius of Kapsokalyvia Skete on Mount AthosMount AthosMount Athos is a mountain and peninsula in Macedonia, Greece. A World Heritage Site, it is home to 20 Eastern Orthodox monasteries and forms a self-governed monastic state within the sovereignty of the Hellenic Republic. Spiritually, Mount Athos comes under the direct jurisdiction of the...
- Saint Basil of Ryazan, bishop
- Martyrs Demas, Prorion, and those with them
Other Commemorations
- Deposition of the Belt of the Most Holy Mother of God in ConstantinopleConstantinopleConstantinople was the capital of the Roman, Eastern Roman, Byzantine, Latin, and Ottoman Empires. Throughout most of the Middle Ages, Constantinople was Europe's largest and wealthiest city.-Names:...