April 21 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
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- Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Apr. 22
All fixed commemorations below celebrated on May 4 by Old Calendarists
April 20 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Apr. 19 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Apr. 21All fixed commemorations below celebrated on May 3 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Apostle Zacchaeus, Bishop of Caesarea, he who was called down from the Sycamore tree by Jesus, according to the Gospel of Luke...
- Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Apr. 22
April 22 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Apr. 21 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Apr. 23All fixed commemorations below celebrated on May 5 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Saint Theodore the Sykeote, Bishop of Anastasiopolis in Galatia*Martyr Leonidas of Alexandria*Saint Vitalis of Gaza, monk...
All fixed commemorations below celebrated on May 4 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....
Januarius of BeneventoJanuariusJanuarius, Bishop of Naples, is a martyr saint of the Roman Catholic and the Eastern Orthodox Churches. While no contemporary sources on his life are preserved, later sources and legends claim that he died during the Diocletianic Persecution, which ended with Diocletian's retirement in...
, 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 his companions Festus, Proculus, and Sosius, deacons; Desiderius, reader; and Eutychius and Acutius, laymen; at PozzuoliPozzuoliPozzuoli is a city and comune of the province of Naples, in the Italian region of Campania. It is the main city of the Phlegrean peninsula.-History:Pozzuoli began as the Greek colony of Dicaearchia...
. See Saint Proculus of Pozzuoli. - 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....
Theodore of PergeTheodore, Philippa, and CompanionsTheodore, Philippa, and Companions were martyrs, who suffered crucifixion during the reign of Elagabalus. Theodore of Perge was a Roman soldier, and Philippa was his mother...
in PamphyliaPamphyliaIn ancient geography, Pamphylia was the region in the south of Asia Minor, between Lycia and Cilicia, extending from the Mediterranean to Mount Taurus . It was bounded on the north by Pisidia and was therefore a country of small extent, having a coast-line of only about 75 miles with a breadth of...
, his mother PhilippaTheodore, Philippa, and CompanionsTheodore, Philippa, and Companions were martyrs, who suffered crucifixion during the reign of Elagabalus. Theodore of Perge was a Roman soldier, and Philippa was his mother...
, and martyrMartyrA martyr is somebody who suffers persecution and death for refusing to renounce, or accept, a belief or cause, usually religious.-Meaning:...
s DioscorusTheodore, Philippa, and CompanionsTheodore, Philippa, and Companions were martyrs, who suffered crucifixion during the reign of Elagabalus. Theodore of Perge was a Roman soldier, and Philippa was his mother...
, SocratesTheodore, Philippa, and CompanionsTheodore, Philippa, and Companions were martyrs, who suffered crucifixion during the reign of Elagabalus. Theodore of Perge was a Roman soldier, and Philippa was his mother...
, and DionysiusTheodore, Philippa, and CompanionsTheodore, Philippa, and Companions were martyrs, who suffered crucifixion during the reign of Elagabalus. Theodore of Perge was a Roman soldier, and Philippa was his mother... - Martyr Alexandra the Empress (same as April 23)
- Martyrs Isaacius, Apollo, and Codratus of NicomediaNicomediaNicomedia was an ancient city in what is now Turkey, founded in 712/11 BC as a Megarian colony and was originally known as Astacus . After being destroyed by Lysimachus, it was rebuilt by Nicomedes I of Bithynia in 264 BC under the name of Nicomedia, and has ever since been one of the most...
- Archbishop Maximianus of ConstantinopleArchbishop Maximianus of ConstantinopleMaximianus was the archbishop of Constantinople from 25 October 431 until his death on 12 April 434.-Biography:Maximianus had led a monastic life and had entered presbyteral orders; his action in building, at his own expense, tombs for the remains of holy men had obtained for him a reputation of...
- 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...
Niphont of Novgorod, bishop from the Kiev Caves
Other Commemorations
- Repose of Schemamonk Nicetas of Valaam (1907)