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Apr. 22 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Apr. 24All fixed commemorations below celebrated on May 6 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Holy Glorious Great-martyr and Victory-bearer and Wonderworker George...

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Apr. 24 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Apr. 26All fixed commemorations below celebrated on May 8 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Holy Apostle and Evangelist Mark, first bishop of Alexandria*Saint Anianas, second bishop of Alexandria...



All fixed commemorations below celebrated on May 7 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

  • Martyr
    Martyr
    A martyr is somebody who suffers persecution and death for refusing to renounce, or accept, a belief or cause, usually religious.-Meaning:...

     Sabbas Stratelates
    Sabbas Stratelates
    Saint Sabbas Stratelates , Sabbas the General of Rome — early Christian warrior saint and martyr, was Roman military general under emperor Aurelian. He is the 'twin' of Saint Sabbas the Goth. His martyrdom was followed by 70 Roman soldiers.Saint Sabbas Stratelates came from a Gothic tribe...

     ("the General") of Rome
    Rome
    Rome 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...

    , and 70 soldiers with him
  • Martyrs Eusebius, Neon, Leontius, Longinus, and others at Nicomedia
  • Martyrs Pasicrates, Valentine, and Julius in Moesia
    Moesia
    Moesia was an ancient region and later Roman province situated in the Balkans, along the south bank of the Danube River. It included territories of modern-day Southern Serbia , Northern Republic of Macedonia, Northern Bulgaria, Romanian Dobrudja, Southern Moldova, and Budjak .-History:In ancient...

     (Bulgaria
    Bulgaria
    Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...

    )
  • Saint
    Saint
    A 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...

     Thomas the Fool of Syria
    Syria
    Syria , officially the Syrian Arab Republic , is a country in Western Asia, bordering Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea to the West, Turkey to the north, Iraq to the east, Jordan to the south, and Israel to the southwest....

  • Saint Elizabeth the Wonderworker of Constantinople
    Constantinople
    Constantinople 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:...

  • Saints Sabbas and Alexius the Hermit of the Kiev Caves
  • Martyr Doukas of Mitylene
  • Martyr Nicholas of Magnesia
  • Martyr Alexander of Lyons
  • Saints Iorest and Sava Brancovici, metropolitan
    Metropolitan bishop
    In Christian churches with episcopal polity, the rank of metropolitan bishop, or simply metropolitan, pertains to the diocesan bishop or archbishop of a metropolis; that is, the chief city of a historical Roman province, ecclesiastical province, or regional capital.Before the establishment of...

    s of Ardeal, confessors against the Calvinists

Other Commemorations

  • Repose of Schemamonk Nicholas of Valaam (1947)
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