April 29 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
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April 28 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Apr. 27 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Apr. 29All fixed commemorations below celebrated on May 11 by Old Calendarists-Saints:* Martyrs Aphrodisius, Caralippus, Agapius, and Eusebius * Saint Patricius, Bishop of Prusa, in Bithynia, Martyr...
– Eastern Orthodox Church calendar – Apr. 30
April 30 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Apr. 29 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - May 1All fixed commemorations below celebrated on May 13 by Old Calendarists-Saints:* Holy Apostle James , the brother of St...
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All fixed commemorations
Synaxarium
Synaxarion, Synexarion, pl. Synaxaria —Latin: Synaxarium, Synexarium—the name given in the Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox and Eastern Catholic Churches to a compilation of hagiographies corresponding roughly to the martyrology of the Roman Church.There are two kinds of synaxaria:*Simple...
below celebrated on May 12 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
- Apostles JasonJason of TarsusJason of Tarsus is numbered among the Seventy Disciples. Jason appears in the Bible in Acts 17. His house is used as a refuge by Paul, Silas, and Timothy in Thessalonica. Jason was arrested when the authorities could locate neither Paul nor Silas, and was made to post bail. He was not...
and SosipaterSosipater of IconiumSosipater of Iconium is numbered among the Seventy Apostles. St. Sosipater's feast days are on April 28 , or 29 with St. Jason; November 10 with Ss. Erastus, Olympas, Herodian, Quartus and Tertius; and January 4 with the Seventy.-Life:Born in Achaea, he was Bishop in Iconium by his relative the...
of the SeventySeventy DisciplesThe seventy disciples or seventy-two disciples were early followers of Jesus mentioned in the Gospel of Luke . According to Luke, the only gospel in which they appear, Jesus appointed them and sent them out in pairs on a specific mission which is detailed in the text...
, and their companions, at Corfu - (see also April 28April 28 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)Apr. 27 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Apr. 29All fixed commemorations below celebrated on May 11 by Old Calendarists-Saints:* Martyrs Aphrodisius, Caralippus, Agapius, and Eusebius * Saint Patricius, Bishop of Prusa, in Bithynia, Martyr...
): - Martyrs Saturninus, Jakischolus (Inischolus), Faustianus, Januarius, Marsalius, Euphrasius, Mammius - the holy seven former theivesSeven RobbersThe Seven Robbers were martyrs on the island of Corcyra in the 2nd century AD. Their names were Saturninus, Insischolus , Faustianus, Januarius, Marsalius, Euphrasius, and Mammius.-Life:...
; - Virgin Martyr Cercyra;
- Martyr Zenon, by fire
- Martyr Neon, by fire
- Martyrs VitaliusVitalis of MilanSaint Vitalis of Milan, known as San Vitale in Italian and Saint Vital in French, was an early Christian martyr.-Biography:Vitalis was a wealthy citizen of Milan, perhaps a soldier. He was married to Saint Valeria, and they were the parents of the perhaps legendary Saints Gervasius and Protasius...
and his wife ValeriaValeria of MilanSaint Valeria of Milan , or Saint Valérie, according to Christian tradition, was the wife of Vitalis of Milan, and the mother of Saint Gervase and Saint Protase, although other traditions make her a virgin martyr rather than a wife and mother.She was martyred for burying Christian martyrs, and then...
(62) - Christodolus the Ethiopian
- Martyr TorpesTorpes of PisaSaint Torpes of Pisa is venerated as an early Christian martyr. He is the namesake of Saint-Tropez. His legend states that he was martyred during the persecutions of Nero....
(Tropez), under Nero (65) - Hieromartyrs Apapius and Secundinus, Bishops in Numidia (259)
- Martyrs Diodorus and Rhodoplanus, deacons at Aphrodisia in AnatoliaAnatoliaAnatolia is a geographic and historical term denoting the westernmost protrusion of Asia, comprising the majority of the Republic of Turkey...
(285-305) - Saint Atticus and Cyntianus (Cyntion), martyrs
- Saint Severus of NaplesSeverus of NaplesSaint Severus was a bishop of Naples during the 4th and 5th centuries. He is considered the twelfth bishop of Naples, succeeding Maximus. His episcopate ran from February 363 to April 29, 409, the traditional date of his death...
, wonderworker (409) - St. John TolaiusPatriarch John I of AlexandriaJohn Talaia was Patriarch of Alexandria from 481 until 482.He was consecreated Patriarch of Alexandria in 481, succeeding Timothy III Salophakiolos....
, patriarch of Alexandria (482) - Saint Dictinus, the first convert of St. PatrickSaint PatrickSaint Patrick was a Romano-Briton and Christian missionary, who is the most generally recognized patron saint of Ireland or the Apostle of Ireland, although Brigid of Kildare and Colmcille are also formally patron saints....
in Ulster in Ireland (5th c.) - Saint Paulinus of Brescia, Bishop (ca.545)
- Saint Secundellus the Deacon, in GaulGaulGaul was a region of Western Europe during the Iron Age and Roman era, encompassing present day France, Luxembourg and Belgium, most of Switzerland, the western part of Northern Italy, as well as the parts of the Netherlands and Germany on the left bank of the Rhine. The Gauls were the speakers of...
(6th c.) - Saint EndelientaSaint EndelientaSaint Endelienta was a Cornish saint of the 5th and 6th century. She is believed to be a daughter of the Welsh King Brychan, and a native of South Wales who travelled to North Cornwall to join her siblings in converting the locals to Christianity...
, nun and recluse of Cornwall (6th c.) - Saint Senan of North Wales, hermit (7th c.)
- Saint Fiachan of Lismore (Fiachina, Fianchne, Fianchine), a monk at LismoreLismore, County WaterfordLismore is a town in County Waterford, Ireland. It is located where the N72 road crosses the River Blackwater.-History:It was founded by Saint Mochuda, also known as Saint Carthage. In the 7th century, Lismore was the site of the well-known Lismore Abbey. It is also home to Lismore Castle, the...
and a disciple of St Carthage the YoungerMo Chutu of LismoreSaint Mo Chutu mac Fínaill , also known as Carthach or Carthach the Younger and in Latin as Carthagus, was abbot of Rahan , Co. Offaly, and subsequently, founder and first abbot of Lismore , Co. Waterford...
(7th c.) - Saint Wilfrid II, Bishop of York (744)
- Saint Ava of DinantSaint AvaSaint Ava is a Roman Catholic saint. Ava was the daughter of King Pepin. She was cured of blindness by St. Rainfredis. She then became a Benedictine nun at Dinant, Hainaut, located today in Belgium, and was elected Abbess c. 845.Her feast day is April 29....
, a niece of King PepinPepin II of AquitainePepin II, called the Younger , was King of Aquitaine from 838 as the successor upon the death of his father, Pepin I. Pepin II was eldest son of Pepin I and Ingeltrude, daughter of Theodobert, count of Madrie...
, and Abbess of a convent at DenainDinantDinant is a Walloon city and municipality located on the River Meuse in the Belgian province of Namur, Belgium. The Dinant municipality includes the old communes of Anseremme, Bouvignes-sur-Meuse, Dréhance, Falmagne, Falmignoul, Foy-Notre-Dame, Furfooz, Lisogne, Sorinnes, and Thynes.-Origins to...
in Hainault (ca.845) - Martyr Daniel of GeronaGironaGirona is a city in the northeast of Catalonia, Spain at the confluence of the rivers Ter, Onyar, Galligants and Güell, with an official population of 96,236 in January 2009. It is the capital of the province of the same name and of the comarca of the Gironès...
, born in Asia Minor, became a hermit, was martyred in Spain (9th c.) - Saint Nicetas, abbot of SynnadaSynnadaSynnada was an ancient town of Phrygia Salutaris in Asia Minor. Its site is now occupied by the modern Turkish town of Şuhut, in Afyonkarahisar Province...
(9th c.) - Saint Nicephorus of Sebaze (9th c.)
- Metropolitan John of Thebes, the new merciful one (12th c.)
- St. Arsenius, archbishop of SuzdalSuzdalSuzdal is a town in Vladimir Oblast, Russia, situated northeast of Moscow, from the city of Vladimir, on the Kamenka River. Population: -History:...
(1627) - Saint Basil, the Wonderworker of OstrogOstrog monasteryThe Monastery of Ostrog is a monastery of the Serbian Orthodox Church placed against an almost vertical background, high up in the large rock of Ostroška Greda, in Montenegro. It is dedicated to Saint Basil of Ostrog . From the monastery, a superb view of the Bjelopavlići plain can be seen...
, Metropolitan of ZahumljeZachlumiaZachlumia or Zahumlje was a medieval principality located in modern-day regions of Herzegovina and southern Dalmatia...
(1671) - Holy Martyrs of LazetiLazistanLazistan was the Ottoman administrative name for the sanjak comprising the Laz or Lazuri-speaking population on the southeastern shore of the Black Sea. However, its boundaries did not coincide with the Laz-speaking area...
(Georgia) (17th-18th c.) - New Martyr Stanko the Shepherd, of Montenegro (1712)
- Saint Nektary of Optina (1928)
- Saint Amphilochius, schema-abbot of PochaevPochayiv LavraHoly Dormition Pochayiv Lavra has for centuries been the foremost spiritual and ideological centre of various Orthodox denominations in Western Ukraine. The monastery tops a 60-metre hill in the town of Pochayiv, Ternopil Oblast, 18 km southwest of Kremenets and 50 km north of Ternopil...
(1970)
Other commemorations
- SynaxisSynaxisIn Eastern Christianity , a Synaxis is an assembly for liturgical purposes, generally through the celebration of Vespers, Matins, Little Hours, and the Divine Liturgy....
of Monastery of the Most Holy TheotokosTheotokosTheotokos is the Greek title of Mary, the mother of Jesus used especially in the Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, and Eastern Catholic Churches. Its literal English translations include God-bearer and the one who gives birth to God. Less literal translations include Mother of God...
"PalaiokastritsaPalaiokastritsaPaleokastritsa is a former municipality on the island of Corfu, Ionian Islands, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Corfu, of which it is a municipal unit...
", Corfu (ca.1228)
Sources
- April 29/May 12. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
- May 12 / April 29 (Church Calendar). HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow)
- April 29. OCA - The Lives of the Saints.
- April 29. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
- April 29. The Roman Martyrology.
Greek Sources
- 29 ΑΠΡΙΛΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.