April 17 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
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- Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Apr. 18
All fixed commemorations below celebrated on Apr. 30 by Old Calendarists
April 16 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Apr. 15 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Apr. 17All fixed commemorations below celebrated on Apr. 29 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Virgin-martyrs Agape, Chionia, and Irene in Illyria...
- Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Apr. 18
April 18 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Apr. 17 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Apr. 19All fixed commemorations below celebrated on May 1 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Saint John, disciple of Saint Gregory of the Decapolis*Saint Cosmas of Chalcedon, bishop, and his fellow ascetic Saint Auxentius...
All fixed commemorations below celebrated on Apr. 30 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
- 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....
Simeon of Persia, 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...
, and those with him: martyrMartyrA martyr is somebody who suffers persecution and death for refusing to renounce, or accept, a belief or cause, usually religious.-Meaning:...
s Abdechalas and Ananias, presbyters; Usthazancs, Fusicus (Pusicius), Ascitrea, and Azat the Eunuch - Martyr Adrian of Corinth
- Saint Acacius of Melitene, bishop
- Saints Sabbarius and Zosimas of Solovki
- Pope Agapetus IPope Agapetus IPope Saint Agapetus I reigned as pope from May 13, 535, to April 22, 536. He is not to be confused with another Saint Agapetus, an Early Christian martyr with the feast day of August 6th.-Family:...
of RomeRomeRome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half... - Saint Macarios of Corinth
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 Alexander of Svir, 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... - Repose of Blessed Paisius of the Kiev Caves, Fool-for-Christ (1893)