April 4 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
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All fixed commemorations below celebrated on Apr. 17 by Old Calendarists
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...
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April 5 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Apr. 4 – Eastern Orthodox Church calendar – Apr. 6All fixed commemorations below celebrated on Apr. 18 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Martyrs Theodoulos, reader; Agathapodes, deacon; and those with them at Thessalonica*Saint Publius of Egypt, monk...
All fixed commemorations below celebrated on Apr. 17 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
- 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...
George of Mount Malcon, 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...
, in the Peloponnesus - Saint Zosimas of PalestineZosimas of PalestineVenerable Zosimas of Palestine, also called Zosima, is commemorated as a saint in the Eastern Orthodox and Byzantine Catholic Churches on April 4....
, monk - Virgin-martyrMartyrA martyr is somebody who suffers persecution and death for refusing to renounce, or accept, a belief or cause, usually religious.-Meaning:...
Pherbutha of Persia, with her sister and her servants - Saint Theonas, 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...
of Thessalonica - Saint Zosimas of Vorbosomsk, 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....
Nicetas the Albanian, of 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 Joseph the Much-Ailing of the Kiev Caves
Other Commemorations
- IconIconAn icon is a religious work of art, most commonly a painting, from Eastern Christianity and in certain Eastern Catholic churches...
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...
"The Life-giving Spring" - Repose of Elder Savvas of Mount Athos (1908)