April 5 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
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All fixed commemorations below celebrated on Apr. 18 by Old Calendarists
April 4 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Apr. 3 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Apr. 5All fixed commemorations below celebrated on Apr. 17 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Saint George of Mount Malcon, monk, in the Peloponnesus*Saint Zosimas of Palestine, monk...
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April 6 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Apr. 5 — Eastern Orthodox Church calendar — Apr. 7All fixed commemorations below celebrated on Apr. 19 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Patriarch Eutychius of Constantinople*Saint Methodius, Equal-to-the-Apostles, enlightener of the Slavs*120 martyrs of Persia...
All fixed commemorations below celebrated on Apr. 18 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
- MartyrMartyrA martyr is somebody who suffers persecution and death for refusing to renounce, or accept, a belief or cause, usually religious.-Meaning:...
s Theodoulos, reader; Agathapodes, deaconDeaconDeacon is a ministry in the Christian Church that is generally associated with service of some kind, but which varies among theological and denominational traditions...
; and those with them at Thessalonica - 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...
Publius of Egypt, 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... - Saints Theonas, Symeon, and Phorbinus of EgyptEgyptEgypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...
- Saint Theodora of Thessalonica, nunNunA nun is a woman who has taken vows committing her to live a spiritual life. She may be an ascetic who voluntarily chooses to leave mainstream society and live her life in prayer and contemplation in a monastery or convent...
- Saint Mark the Anchorite of AthensAthensAthens , is the capital and largest city of Greece. Athens dominates the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state...
- Saint Plato, 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...
of the Studion - New martyr George of New Ephesus
- Martyrs Claudius, Diodorus, Victor, Victorinus, Pappias, Scrapion and Nicephorus
- 5 girl martyrs of Neanidor of Lesbos
Other Commemorations
- Repose of Blessed Theodore of Svir (1822)
- Repose of Righteous Symeon Klimych (1837)
- Repose of Elder Philemon of Valaam and Jordanville (1953)