April 20 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
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- Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Apr. 21
All fixed commemorations below celebrated on May 3 by Old Calendarists
April 19 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Apr. 18 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Apr. 20All fixed commemorations below are celebrated on May 2 by Old Calendarists.-Saints:*Saint John of the Ancient Caves in Palestine*Saint George the Confessor, Bishop of Antioch in Pisidia...
- Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Apr. 21
April 21 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Apr. 20 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Apr. 22All fixed commemorations below celebrated on May 4 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Hieromartyr Januarius of Benevento, bishop, and his companions Festus, Proculus, and Sosius, deacons; Desiderius, reader; and Eutychius and Acutius, laymen; at Pozzuoli...
All fixed commemorations below celebrated on May 3 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
- Apostle ZacchaeusZacchaeusZacchaeus , according to chapter 19 of the gospel of Luke, was a superintendent of customs; a chief tax-gatherer at Jericho...
, Bishop of Caesarea, he who was called down from the Sycamore tree by JesusJesusJesus of Nazareth , commonly referred to as Jesus Christ or simply as Jesus or Christ, is the central figure of Christianity...
, according to the Gospel of LukeGospel of LukeThe Gospel According to Luke , commonly shortened to the Gospel of Luke or simply Luke, is the third and longest of the four canonical Gospels. This synoptic gospel is an account of the life and ministry of Jesus of Nazareth. It details his story from the events of his birth to his Ascension.The... - 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...
Theodore Trichinas ("the Hair-Shirt Wearer"), hermitHermitA hermit is a person who lives, to some degree, in seclusion from society.In Christianity, the term was originally applied to a Christian who lives the eremitic life out of a religious conviction, namely the Desert Theology of the Old Testament .In the...
near ConstantinopleConstantinopleConstantinople was the capital of the Roman, Eastern Roman, Byzantine, Latin, and Ottoman Empires. Throughout most of the Middle Ages, Constantinople was Europe's largest and wealthiest city.-Names:... - Saint Anastasius of Sinai, 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...
- Patriarchs GregoryGregory of AntiochGregory of Antioch was the Greek Patriarch of Antioch from 571 to 593.Gregory of Antioch began as a monk in the monastery of the Byzantines in Jerusalem, or so we learn from Evagrius Scholasticus. He was transferred by the emperor Justin II to Sinai. He was abbot there when the monastery was...
and Anastasius the SinaiteAnastasius the SinaiteAnastasius I the Sinaite was the Greek Patriarch of Antioch twice .He was a friend of Pope Gregory I, and aroused the enmity of the Emperor Justinian by opposing certain imperial doctrines about the Body of Christ...
of AntiochAntiochAntioch on the Orontes was an ancient city on the eastern side of the Orontes River. It is near the modern city of Antakya, Turkey.Founded near the end of the 4th century BC by Seleucus I Nicator, one of Alexander the Great's generals, Antioch eventually rivaled Alexandria as the chief city of the... - 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....
Patriarch Anastasius II of AntiochAnastasius II of AntiochAnastasius II of Antioch, also known as Anastasius the Younger, succeeded Anastasius of Antioch as Bishop of Antioch, in 599. He is known for his opposition and suppression of simony in his diocese, with the support of Pope Gregory the Great... - Saint Alexander of Oshevensk, abbot
- Child-Martyr Gabriel of Zabludov (Gabriel of Slutsk) (1690)
- Saints Betran and Theotimus, 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...
s in Lesser Scythia - Saints Athanasius and Iosaph, 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...
s of MeteoraMeteoraThe Metéora is one of the largest and most important complexes of Eastern Orthodox monasteries in Greece, second only to Mount Athos. The six monasteries are built on natural sandstone rock pillars, at the northwestern edge of the Plain of Thessaly near the Pineios river and Pindus Mountains, in...
Other Commemorations
- Repose of Schemamonk Ignatius of Saint Nicephorus Monastery in OlonetsOlonetsOlonets is a town and the administrative center of Olonetsky District of the Republic of Karelia, Russia, situated on the Olonka River, to the east from Lake Ladoga. Population: -History:...
(1852)