April 19 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
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- Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Apr. 20
All fixed commemorations below are celebrated on May 2 by Old Calendarists
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April 18 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Apr. 17 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Apr. 19All fixed commemorations below celebrated on May 1 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Saint John, disciple of Saint Gregory of the Decapolis*Saint Cosmas of Chalcedon, bishop, and his fellow ascetic Saint Auxentius...
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April 20 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Apr. 19 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Apr. 21All fixed commemorations below celebrated on May 3 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Apostle Zacchaeus, Bishop of Caesarea, he who was called down from the Sycamore tree by Jesus, according to the Gospel of Luke...
All fixed commemorations below are celebrated on May 2 by Old Calendarists
Old calendarists
The term Old Calendarist refers to any Orthodox Christian or any Orthodox Church body which uses the historic Julian calendar , and whose Church body is not in communion with the Orthodox Churches that use the New Calendar...
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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...
John of the Ancient Caves in 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 George the Confessor, BishopBishopA bishop is an ordained or consecrated member of the Christian clergy who is generally entrusted with a position of authority and oversight. Within the Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox Churches, in the Assyrian Church of the East, in the Independent Catholic Churches, and in the...
of AntiochAntiochAntioch on the Orontes was an ancient city on the eastern side of the Orontes River. It is near the modern city of Antakya, Turkey.Founded near the end of the 4th century BC by Seleucus I Nicator, one of Alexander the Great's generals, Antioch eventually rivaled Alexandria as the chief city of the...
in PisidiaPisidiaPisidia was a region of ancient Asia Minor located north of Lycia, and bordering Caria, Lydia, Phrygia and Pamphylia. It corresponds roughly to the modern-day province of Antalya in Turkey... - PatriarchPatriarchOriginally a patriarch was a man who exercised autocratic authority as a pater familias over an extended family. The system of such rule of families by senior males is called patriarchy. This is a Greek word, a compound of πατριά , "lineage, descent", esp...
Tryphon of Constantinople - MartyrMartyrA martyr is somebody who suffers persecution and death for refusing to renounce, or accept, a belief or cause, usually religious.-Meaning:...
s ChristopherChristopherChristopher may refer to:* Christopher People:* Christopher of Prague, primate-elect of the Church of the Czech Lands and Slovakia* Christopher Lekapenos, Byzantine co-emperor...
, Theonas, and AntoninusAntoninusAntoninus is an Ancient Roman family name which derived from the given name Antonius the Latin form of Anthony.*Any of the Antonines, including:**Antoninus Pius **Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus *Caracalla...
at RomeRomeRome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half... - Saint Nicephorus of Katabad, abbotAbbotThe word abbot, meaning father, is a title given to the head of a monastery in various traditions, including Christianity. The office may also be given as an honorary title to a clergyman who is not actually the head of a monastery...
- 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....
Paphnutius of Jerusalem - Saint Symeon the Barefoot of Philotheou MonasteryPhilotheou monasteryFilotheou monastery is an Eastern Orthodox monastery at the monastic state of Mount Athos in Greece. It stands on the north-eastern side of the peninsula.It was founded by the Blessed Philotheus, in the end of the 10th century...
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 Joachim of Opochka in PskovPskovPskov is an ancient city and the administrative center of Pskov Oblast, Russia, located in the northwest of Russia about east from the Estonian border, on the Velikaya River. Population: -Early history:...
, abbot - Martyr AgathangelusAgathangelus of RomeSaint Agathangelus of Rome , was a Roman deacon and disciple of Clement of Ancyra, was a martyr during the reign of emperor Diocletian. He met Clement when the latter was imprisoned in Rome, and traveled back to Ancyra with him where they were both beheaded...
of Esphigmenou MonasteryEsphigmenou MonasteryEsphigmenou monastery is an Eastern Orthodox monastery in the monastic state of Mount Athos in Greece, dedicated to the Ascension of Christ. It is built next to the sea at the northern part of the Athonite peninsula. Located near the Hilandar monastery, it is the northernmost of all Athonite...
on Mount Athos - Saint Iosaph of Alaska
Other Commemorations
- Repose of Fool-for-Christ Asenatha of Goritsky (1892)
- Hiero-schemamonk and Schema-metropolitanMetropolitan bishopIn Christian churches with episcopal polity, the rank of metropolitan bishop, or simply metropolitan, pertains to the diocesan bishop or archbishop of a metropolis; that is, the chief city of a historical Roman province, ecclesiastical province, or regional capital.Before the establishment of...
Alexis of Valaam (1900)