April 7 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
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- Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Apr. 8
All fixed commemorations below celebrated on April 20 by Old Calendarists
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...
- Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Apr. 8
April 8 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Apr. 7 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Apr. 9All fixed commemorations below celebrated on Apr. 21 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Herodion, Agabus, Asyncritus of Hyrcania, Rufus, Phlegon, and Hermes of the Seventy Apostles, and those with them...
All fixed commemorations below celebrated on April 20 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 Mitylene, 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... - MartyrMartyrA martyr is somebody who suffers persecution and death for refusing to renounce, or accept, a belief or cause, usually religious.-Meaning:...
Calliopus at PompeiopolisPompeiopolisPompeiopolis was a Roman city-state in ancient Paphlagonia, situated today in the Taşköprü district, Kastamonu, Turkey. The exact location is 45 km north of Kastamonu, to the north of Taşköprü, in the valley of the Gökırmak...
in CiliciaCiliciaIn antiquity, Cilicia was the south coastal region of Asia Minor, south of the central Anatolian plateau. It existed as a political entity from Hittite times into the Byzantine empire... - Martyrs Rufmus, 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...
, Aquilina, and 200 soldiers at SinopeSinopeSinope may refer to:*Sinop, Turkey, a city on the Black Sea, historically known as Sinope** Battle of Sinop, 1853 naval battle in the Sinop port*Sinope , in Greek mythology, daughter of Asopus*Sinope , a moon of the planet Jupiter... - Saint Serapion 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...
- Saint Daniel of Pereyaslavl-Zalesski, 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...
- Saint Nilus of SoraNil SorskyNil Sorsky was a leader of the Russian medieval movement opposing ecclesiastic landownership . Nil Sorsky is venerated as a saint in the Russian Orthodox Church. His feast day is on the anniversary of his repose on May 7.-Early life:Before becoming a monk, Nil Sorsky worked as a scribe and was...
, abbot - Saint Lucius of Volokolamsk, abbot
Other commemorations
- Uncovering of the relicRelicIn religion, a relic is a part of the body of a saint or a venerated person, or else another type of ancient religious object, carefully preserved for purposes of veneration or as a tangible memorial...
s of Saint Serapion of Novgorod, archbishopArchbishopAn archbishop is a bishop of higher rank, but not of higher sacramental order above that of the three orders of deacon, priest , and bishop... - Repose of Schemamonk Agapitus the Blind of ValaamValaamValaam, also known historically by the Finnish name Valamo, is an archipelago in the northern portion of Lake Ladoga, lying within the Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation. The total area of its more than 50 islands is 36 km². The largest island is also called Valaam. It is best known as...
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