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April 5 —
Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar —
April 7
All fixed commemorations below are observed on April 19 by
Orthodox Churches on the
Old Calendar .
[note 1]
For April 6th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on
March 24 .
Saints
Hieromartyr Archilias, Priest, and Martyr Jeremiah, of Rome (3rd century)
[1]
[2]
[3]
Venerable Platonis (Platonida ) of
Nisibis , reposed in peace (c. 300-308)
[1]
[4]
[5]
Martyr Platonis (Platonides ) and two martyrs buried up to their loins,
[3] at
Ascalon in Palestine.
[6]
[7]
Hieromartyr
Irenaeus , Bishop of
Sirmium in Hungary (304)
[8] (See also:
March 26 -
Church of Romania )
120
Martyrs of Persia under Shapur II (c. 344-347)
[1]
[7]
[9]
[10]
Martyrs Timothy and Diogenes, in
Macedonia , by Arians (345)
[7]
[11]
Saint
Eutychius, Patriarch of Constantinople (582)
[1]
[12]
[13]
Equal-to-the-Apostles
Methodius of Moravia ,
Archbishop of Moravia and
Enlightener of the
Slavs (885)
[1]
[14] (see also:
May 11 )
Pre-Schism Western saints
Saints Florentius, Geminianus and Saturus, martyrs in
Sirmium in
Pannonia (4th century)
[15]
Saints Rufina, Moderata, Romana, Secundus and Seven Companions, martyred at Sirmium in Pannonia (4th century)
[15]
Saint
Marcellinus of Carthage , imperial representative in North Africa, martyred by the Donatists (413)
[15]
[16]
Saint
Celestine ,
Pope of Rome (432)
[7]
[15]
[17]
[18]
[note 2]
Saint
Brychan , a King in Wales with twenty-four saintly children (5th century)
[15]
Saint Ulched (Ulchad, Ylched ), a holy man who gave his name to Llechulched in
Anglesey in Wales.
[15]
Saint Winebald (Winewald, Vinebaud ), a monk at
Saint-Loup-de-Troyes in France where he became abbot (c. 650)
[15]
Saint Derfel (Tervillius ) the Prince, son of King Joel II, became a hermit in
Llandderfel in Gwynedd in Wales (660)
[19] (see also:
April 5 )
Saint Gennard, a monk at
Fontenelle Abbey in France and eventually Abbot of Flay (
Saint-Germer-de-Fly Abbey ) (720)
[15]
Saint Berthanc (Berchan ), a monk at Iona in Scotland and later
Bishop of Kirkwall in Orkney (c. 840)
[15]
[20]
[note 3]
Saint
Prudentius of Troyes (Prudentius Galindo ) (861)
[15]
[note 4]
Saint
Notker the Stammerer , nicknamed Balbulus (the Stammerer), monk at
St Gall Abbey where he spent his whole life, excelling as a musician (912)
[15]
[21]
Saint Urban, Abbot of the
Monastery of Peñalba near
Astorga in Spain (c. 940)
[15]
Saint
Ælfstan (Elstan ), monk who became
Bishop of Ramsbury and succeeded St Ethelwold as Abbot of Abingdon (981)
[15]
[22]
Post-Schism Orthodox saints
Venerable Gregory (Drimys) of the
Great Lavra on
Mount Athos (Gregory the Byzantine ) (1310), instructor of St.
Gregory Palamas .
[1]
[23]
[24]
Venerable
Gregory of Sinai (Mt. Athos) ( Gregory the Sinaite) (1347)
[1]
[25]
Venerable Rufus the Obedient, of the
Kiev Far Caves (14th century)
[26] (see also:
April 8 )
New Martyr Nicholas the Deacon, of
Mytilene (1463)
[1]
[note 5]
Saint Aphonios,
Bishop of Novgorod from 1635-1649 (1652)
[27]
[note 6]
New Martyr Paul the Russian, at Constantinople (1683)
[1] (see also:
April 3 )
New Hieromartyr Gennadius of Dionysiou, Mt. Athos, at Constantinople (1818)
[1]
[28]
New Martyrs Manuel, Theodore, George, Michael, and another George, of
Samothrace , at
Makri in Thrace (1835)
[1]
[29]
Saint Martyrius, monk of
Glinsk Hermitage (1865)
[1]
New martyrs and confessors
Other commemorations
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Notes
^ The notation
Old Style or (OS ) is sometimes used to indicate a date in the
Julian Calendar (which is used by churches on the "Old Calendar" ). The notation
New Style or (NS ), indicates a date in the
Revised Julian calendar (which is used by churches on the "New Calendar" ).
^ Born in the Campagna in Italy, he succeeded Boniface I as Pope of Rome in 422. He supported St Germanus of Auxerre against Pelagianism and condemned Nestorianism.
^ See also:
The Prophecy of Berchán .
^ Born in Spain, in his youth he fled from the Saracens to France, where he changed his baptismal name Galindo to Prudentius. He became Bishop of Troyes.
^ The finding of his relics is celebrated on
May 31 .
^ See: (in Russian)
Аффоний (митрополит Новгородский) . Википедии. (Russian Wikipedia).
^ See: (in Russian)
Севастиан (Фомин) . Википедии. (Russian Wikipedia).
^ See: (in Russian)
Серафим (Тяпочкин) . Википедии. (Russian Wikipedia ).
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Martyr Jeremiah . OCA - Lives of the Sainrs.
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April 19 / April 6 . HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
^ Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek)
Ἡ Ὁσία Πλατωνὶς ἡ ἐν Νισίβει . 6 Απριλίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
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St Platonida (Platonis) of Nisibis, Syria . OCA - Lives of the Saints.
^ Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek)
Ἡ Ἁγία Πλατωνὶς ἡ Μάρτυς καὶ οἱ δύο σὺν αὐτῇ Μάρτυρες . 6 Απριλίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
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^ Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Εἰρηναῖος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας Ἐπίσκοπος Σιρμίου . 6 Απριλίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
^ Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek)
Οἱ Ἅγιοι ἑκατὸν εἴκοσι Μάρτυρες ἐν Περσίδι . 6 Απριλίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
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120 Martyrs of Persia . OCA - Lives of the Sainrs.
^ Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek)
Οἱ Ἅγιοι Τιμόθεος καὶ Διογένης οἱ Μάρτυρες . 6 Απριλίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
^ Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Εὐτύχιος Πατριάρχης Κωνσταντινουπόλεως . 6 Απριλίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
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St Eutychius the Patriarch of Constantinople . OCA - Lives of the Sainrs.
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St Methodius, Equal of the Apostles and Archbishop of Moravia, Enlightener of the Slavs . OCA - Lives of the Sainrs.
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April 6 . Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
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Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. MARCELLINUS, M. (A.D. 413.)." In:
The Lives of the Saints . Volume the Fourth: April. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. pp. 89-94.
^ Very Rev.
John O'Hanlon . "Article III.—St. Celestine I., Pope and Confessor. [Fourth and Fifth Centuries.]." In:
Lives of the Irish Saints: With Special Festivals, and the Commemorations of Holy Persons . VOL. IV. Dublin, 1875. pp. 48-53.
^ Rev.
Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. CELESTINE I., POPE, M. (A.D. 432.)." In:
The Lives of the Saints . Volume the Fourth: April. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. p. 94.
^ Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Τερβίλλιος ὁ πρίγκιπας . 6 Απριλίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
^ Very Rev.
John O'Hanlon . "Article V.—St. Berchan, or Bercham, said to have been Bishop of the Orkney Islands, Scotland." In:
Lives of the Irish Saints: With Special Festivals, and the Commemorations of Holy Persons . VOL. IV. Dublin, 1875. p. 55.
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Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "B. NOTKER BALBULUS, MK. (A.D. 912.)." In:
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A Menology of England and Wales, or, Brief Memorials of the Ancient British and English Saints Arranged According to the Calendar, Together with the Martyrs of the 16th and 17th Centuries . London: Burns & Oates, 1892. pp. 145-146.
^ Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek)
Ὁ Ὅσιος Γρηγόριος ὁ Βυζάντιος . 6 Απριλίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
^
Venerable Gregory the Byzantine . OCA - Lives of the Sainrs.
^ Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek)
Ὁ Ὅσιος Γρηγόριος ὁ Σιναΐτης . 6 Απριλίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
^ Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek)
Ὁ Ὅσιος Ροῦφος ὁ Ἀσκητὴς . 6 Απριλίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
^ Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀφώνιος Ἐπίσκοπος Νόβγκοροντ . 6 Απριλίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
^ Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Γεννάδιος ὁ Ὁσιομάρτυρας . 6 Απριλίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
^ Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek)
Οἱ Ἅγιοι Μανουήλ, Θεόδωρος, Γεώργιος, Μιχαὴλ καὶ Γεώργιος οἱ Νεομάρτυρες ἐκ Σαμοθράκης . 6 Απριλίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
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