April 13 Events Pre-1600 * 1111 – Henry V, King of Germany, is crowned Holy Roman Emperor. * 1204 – Constantinople falls to the Crusaders of the Fourth Crusade, temporarily ending the Byzantine Empire. * 1455 – Thirteen Years' War: ...

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April 15 Events Pre-1600 * 769 – The Lateran Council ends by condemning the Council of Hieria and anathematizing its iconoclastic rulings. * 1071 – Bari, the last Byzantine possession in southern Italy, is surrendered to Robert Guisca ...

All fixed commemorations below are observed on ''April 27'' by

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es on the Old Calendar. For April 14th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on ''

April 1 Events Pre-1600 * 527 – Byzantine Emperor Justin I names his nephew Justinian I as co-ruler and successor to the throne. * 1081 – Alexios I Komnenos overthrows the Byzantine emperor Nikephoros III Botaneiates, and, after his tro ...

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Saints

* ''Apostles Aristarchus of Apamea, Pudens, and

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of the

Seventy Apostles The seventy disciples (Greek: ἑβδομήκοντα μαθητές, ''hebdomikonta mathetes''), known in the Eastern Christian traditions as the seventy apostles (Greek: ἑβδομήκοντα απόστολοι, ''hebdomikonta apostoloi''), w ...

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Orthodox Calendar (pravoslavie.ru). Συναξαριστής.
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'' ecclesia.gr. (H Εκκλησια Τησ Ελλαδοσ). (''see also:

- Slavic'') * Martyr Ardalion the Actor, who suffered under Maximian (c. 305-311) * Martyr Azat the Eunuch and 1,000

Martyrs of Persia under Shapur II The Martyrs of Persia under Shapur II were Christian martyrs who were put to death by Shapur II of Persia (r. 309–379) for failing to renounce their faith. Historical accounts suggest that approximately 16,000 Christians may have been martyred d ...

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/ref> * ''Martyr Thomais of Alexandria'' (476) (''see also

- Slavic'') * Saint St Martin the Confessor, Pope of Rome (655) (''see also

- Greek, and West'') * Venerable martyr Christopher the Sabbaite, of St. Sabbas’ Monastery (797)April 27 / April 14
Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow). (''see also

- Greek'')

Pre-Schism Western saints

* Virgin-martyr Domnina of Terni and Companions, martyred in Terni in Italy at the same time as Bishop Valentine (c. 269)April 14
Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome. * Martyrs Tiburtius, Valerian and Maximus, in Rome (3rd century) * Saint Tassach, one of St Patrick's earliest disciples and first Bishop of Raholp, Ireland (c. 495) * Saint Abundius the Sacristan, a

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at St Peter's in Rome (c. 564) * Saint Lambert of Lyons, Abbot of Fontenelle and Bishop of Lyons (688)

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

* Saint Vsevolod III Yuryevich the Big Nest, (Demetrius in holy baptism), Great Prince of Vladimir (1212) * Martyrs Anthony, John, and Eustathios, of Vilnius, Lithuania (1347) * New Martyr Demetrius of the Peloponnese, at Tripolis (1803)

New martyrs and confessors

* New Martyr Sergius (Trofimov) of Nizhni-Novgorod and companion (1918) * New Hieromartyr Alexander Orlov, Confessor, Priest (1941)

Other commemorations

* Synaxis of the Icon of the Mother of God of Vilnius (1465)
Icon of the Mother of God of Vilnius
'' OCA - Lives of the Saints.

Icon gallery

File:Aristarchus of Thessalonica 2.jpg, St.

Aristarchus of Thessalonica Aristarchus or Aristarch ( ''Aristarkhos''), "a Macedonian of Thessalonica" ( Acts 27:2), was an early Christian mentioned in a few passages of the New Testament. He accompanied Saint Paul on his journey to Rome. Along with Gaius, another Roman ...

(Aristarchus of Apamea). File:Saint Pudens.jpg, St. Pudens. File:Menologion of Basil 034.jpg, Saint Martin the Confessor (''Menologion of Basil II'') File:Vilenskie mucheniki.jpg, Martyrs of Vilnius, Sts. Anthony, John, and Eustathios.

Notes

References

Sources

April 14 / April 27
Orthodox Calendar (pravoslavie.ru).
April 27 / April 14
Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
April 14
OCA - The Lives of the Saints. * The Autonomous Orthodox Metropolia of Western Europe and the Americas. ''St. Hilarion Calendar of Saints for the year of our Lord 2004.'' St. Hilarion Press (Austin, TX). p. 28.

Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome. * '' The Roman Martyrology.'' Transl. by the Archbishop of Baltimore. Last Edition, According to the Copy Printed at Rome in 1914. Revised Edition, with the Imprimatur of His Eminence Cardinal Gibbons. Baltimore: John Murphy Company, 1916. p. 105. Greek Sources * Great Synaxaristes:
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Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ. * Συναξαριστής.
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'' ecclesia.gr. (H Εκκλησια Τησ Ελλαδοσ). Russian Sources *

Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). *
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