April 2 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
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Apr. 1
April 1 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Mar. 31 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Apr. 2All fixed commemorations below celebrated on Apr. 14 by those churches which follow the Julian Calendar.-Saints:* Saint Mary of Egypt* Saint Euthymius of Suzdal, monk* Saint Meiton, Bishop of Sardis...

 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Apr. 3
April 3 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Apr. 2 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Apr. 4All fixed commemorations below celebrated on Apr. 16 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Saint Nicetas the Confessor, abbot of Medikion*Martyr Ulphianus of Tyre*Saint Illyricus of Mount Myrsinon in the Peloponnesus...


Fixed commemorations

All commemorations below are observed on April 15 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...


Saints

  • Saint
    Saint
    A 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...

     Titus the Wonderworker
  • Martyr
    Martyr
    A martyr is somebody who suffers persecution and death for refusing to renounce, or accept, a belief or cause, usually religious.-Meaning:...

    s Amphianus (Apphianus) and Aedesius of Alexandria
    Aedesius of Alexandria
    Saint Aedesius of Alexandria was an early Christian martyred under Galerius Maximianus. He was the brother of Saint Aphian...

  • Martyr Polycarp of Alexandria
  • Saint Gregory of Nicomedia, ascetic
  • Saint Nicetius of Lyon
    Nicetius of Lyon
    Saint Nicetius was Archbishop of Lyon, then Lugdunum, France, during the 6th century. He served from 552 or 553. He was ordained as a priest by Agricola, Bishop of Châlons-sur-Marne. He was the nephew of Saint Sacerdos, bishop of Lyon, and his successor. He revived ecclesiastical chant in his...

     in Gaul
    Gaul
    Gaul 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...

  • Virgin-martyr Theodora of Palestine
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