April 1 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
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- Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Apr. 2
All fixed commemorations below celebrated on Apr. 14 by those churches which follow the Julian Calendar
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March 31 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Mar. 30 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Apr. 1-Fixed commemorations:All commemorations below are observed on April 13 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Saint Hypatius the Wonderworker, Bishop of Gangra*Saint Hyparius, abbot of Rufinus in Chalcedon...
- Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Apr. 2
April 2 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Apr. 1 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Apr. 3-Fixed commemorations:All commemorations below are observed on April 15 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Saint Titus the Wonderworker*Martyrs Amphianus and Aedesius of Alexandria...
All fixed commemorations below celebrated on Apr. 14 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...
Mary of EgyptMary of EgyptMary of Egypt is revered as the patron saint of penitents, most particularly in the Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, and Eastern Catholic churches, as well as in the Roman Catholic and Anglican churches.-Life:... - Saint Euthymius of Suzdal, monkMonkA monk is a person who practices religious asceticism, living either alone or with any number of monks, while always maintaining some degree of physical separation from those not sharing the same purpose...
- Saint Meiton, 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 SardisSardisSardis or Sardes was an ancient city at the location of modern Sart in Turkey's Manisa Province... - Saint Macarios of Pelecete, 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...
- MartyrMartyrA martyr is somebody who suffers persecution and death for refusing to renounce, or accept, a belief or cause, usually religious.-Meaning:...
Geroncius and Martyr Basilides - Martyr Abraham of BulgariaAbraham of BulgariaAbraham of Bulgaria was a Christian convert from Islam later made a martyr and saint of the Russian Orthodox Church.He was born in Volga Bulgaria, amongst the Muslim Volga Bulgars in what is now Tatarstan, Russia. He grew to become a Islamic merchant, and was later converted to Christianity. He...
- Righteous Achaz
- Saint Gerontius, canonarchCanonarchA canonarch is a lead cantor, or reader, in Eastern Christian churches of the Byzantine tradition. The canonarch ensures that other readers chant from the correct texts and use the proper tones. The canonarch preserves the canonical order in the liturgical services through proper use of the...
of the Kiev Caves - Saint Barsanuphius of Optina
- Russian new martyrs Schema-bishop Macarius and Michael (Misha), Fool-for-Christ (1944,1931)