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Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar
The Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar describes and dictates the rhythm of the life of the Eastern Orthodox Church. Passages of Holy Scripture, saints and events for commemoration are associated with each date, as are many times special rule ...
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Apr. 2
All fixed commemorations below celebrated on ''April 14'' by
Orthodox Churches on the
Old Calendar
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Principles
The prime objective of a calendar is to unambiguo ...
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For April 1, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on ''
March 19
Events Pre-1600
* 1277 – The Byzantine–Venetian treaty of 1277 is concluded, stipulating a two-year truce and renewing Venetian commercial privileges in the Byzantine Empire.
* 1279 – A Mongol victory at the Battle of Yamen en ...
''.
Saints
* Saints
Hermes
Hermes (; ) is an Olympian deity in ancient Greek religion and mythology considered the herald of the gods. He is also widely considered the protector of human heralds, travelers, thieves, merchants, and orators. He is able to move quic ...
and
Theodora
Theodora may refer to:
* Theodora (given name), a given name of Greek origin, meaning "God's gift"
Historical figures known as Theodora Byzantine empresses
* Theodora (wife of Justinian I) ( 500 – 548), saint by the Orthodox Church
* Theodo ...
the martyrs (132)
* Saint
Melito of Sardis
Melito of Sardis ( ''Melítōn Sárdeōn''; died ) was a Roman Christian prelate who served as Bishop of Sardis, near Smyrna in western Anatolia. He held a foremost place among the early Christian bishops in Roman Asia due to his personal infl ...
, Bishop of
Sardis
Sardis ( ) or Sardes ( ; Lydian language, Lydian: , romanized: ; ; ) was an ancient city best known as the capital of the Lydian Empire. After the fall of the Lydian Empire, it became the capital of the Achaemenid Empire, Persian Lydia (satrapy) ...
(177)
[April 1/14]
Orthodox Calendar (Pravoslavie.ru).
* Martyrs Gerontius and Basilides (3rd century)
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* Saints Alexander, Dionysius, Ingeniani, Panteros (or Pantainos), Parthenios and Saturninus the Martyrs.
* Martyr Polynikos.
* Righteous Achaz (''Ahaz'')
* ''Saint ]Mary of Egypt
Mary of Egypt (; ; ; Amharic/Geʽez, Geez: ቅድስት ማርያም ግብፃዊት) was an Egyptians, Egyptian Grazers (Christianity), grazer saint dwelling in Palestine (region), Palestine during late antiquity or the Early Middle Ages. She is ...
'' (c. 421)[
* Saint Makarios of Pelekete, Abbot of ]Pelekete monastery
The Monastery of Saint John the Theologian (), commonly known as the Pelekete monastery (; ), is a ruined Byzantine-era monastery near modern Tirilye in Turkey (medieval Trigleia in Bithynia).
The monastery dates back to the 8th century, but its ...
(820)[
* Saint ]Procopius of Sázava
Saint Procopius of Sázava (, ; died 25 March 1053) was a Czech Christian canon and hermit, who is venerated as a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church and Roman Catholic church.
Life
Little about his life is known with certainty. According to hag ...
, Abbot of Sázava in Bohemia (1053)[April 1]
Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome. (''see also: July 4
Events Pre-1600
* 362 BC – Battle of Mantinea: The Thebans, led by Epaminondas, defeated the Spartans.
* 414 – Emperor Theodosius II, age 13, yields power to his older sister Aelia Pulcheria, who reigned as regent and procla ...
- West'')
Pre-Schism Western saints
* Venantius, a Dalmatian bishop whose relic
In religion, a relic is an object or article of religious significance from the past. It usually consists of the physical remains or personal effects of a saint or other person preserved for the purpose of veneration as a tangible memorial. Reli ...
s were brought from Spalato to Rome in 641 (c. 255)Saint-Valery-sur-Somme
Saint-Valery-sur-Somme (, literally ''Saint-Valery on Somme''; ), commune in the Somme department, is a seaport and resort on the south bank of the River Somme estuary. The town's medieval character and ramparts, its Gothic church and long water ...
) (622)Bishop of Vienne
The Archbishopric of Vienne, named after its episcopal seat in Vienne in the Isère département of southern France, was a metropolitan Roman Catholic archdiocese. It is now part of the Archdiocese of Lyon.
History
The legend according to wh ...
in the Dauphiné in France (7th century)Archbishop of Armagh
The Archbishop of Armagh is an Episcopal polity, archiepiscopal title which takes its name from the Episcopal see, see city of Armagh in Northern Ireland. Since the Reformation in Ireland, Reformation, there have been parallel apostolic success ...
in Ireland, previously the Abbot of Iona
The Abbot of Iona was the head of Iona Abbey during the Middle Ages and the leader of the monastic community of Iona, as well as the overlord of scores of monasteries in both Scotland and Ireland, including Durrow, Kells and, until the Synod of ...
in Scotland and founder of the Monastery of Kells (815)
Post-Schism Orthodox saints
* Saint John Shavteli of Salosi (''John of Black Mountain''), Georgia (12th-13th century)
* Saint Eulogius of Salosi, Georgia, (''Eulogius the Prophet''), Fool-for-Christ
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(12th-13th century)
* Martyr Abraham of Bulgaria, on the Volga, Wonderworker
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of Vladimir
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Etymology
...
(1229)[
* Saint Gerontius of the Kiev Caves, ]Canonarch
A canonarch is a lead cantor, or reader, in Eastern Christian churches of the Byzantine tradition. The canonarch ensures that other readers chant from the correct texts and use the proper tones. The canonarch preserves the canonical order in t ...
of the Kiev Caves
The Kyiv Pechersk Lavra or Kyievo-Pecherska Lavra (), also known as the Kyiv Monastery of the Caves, is a historic lavra or large monastery of Eastern Christianity that gave its name to the Pecherskyi District where it is located in Kyiv.
Sinc ...
(14th century)[
* Saint Euthymius the Wonderworker, Archimandrite of Suzdal (1404)][
* Saint Pachomius (Romansky), Archbishop of ]Roman
Roman or Romans most often refers to:
*Rome, the capital city of Italy
*Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD
*Roman people, the people of Roman civilization
*Epistle to the Romans, shortened to Romans, a letter w ...
and Galați
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, Moldavia, and monk of the Kiev Caves
The Kyiv Pechersk Lavra or Kyievo-Pecherska Lavra (), also known as the Kyiv Monastery of the Caves, is a historic lavra or large monastery of Eastern Christianity that gave its name to the Pecherskyi District where it is located in Kyiv.
Sinc ...
(1724)[ (''see also: ]April 14
Events Pre-1600
* 43 BC – Legions loyal to the Roman Senate, commanded by Gaius Pansa, defeat the forces of Mark Antony in the Battle of Forum Gallorum.
* 69 – Vitellius, commanding Rhine-based armies, defeats Roman emperor ...
- Romanian'')
* Saint Barsanuphius
Barsanuphius (; ; ; died after 543), also known as Barsanuphius of Palestine, Barsanuphius of Gaza or Barsanuphius the Great (in Eastern Orthodoxy), was a Christian hermit and writer of the sixth century. He is considered one of the Desert Father ...
of Optina, Elder (1913)[
]
New martyrs and confessors
* New martyr Michael (''Misha''), Fool-for-Christ
Foolishness for Christ (; ) refers to behavior such as giving up all one's worldly possessions upon joining an ascetic order or religious life, or deliberately flouting society's conventions to serve a religious purpose—particularly of Christia ...
(1931)[April 14 / April 1]
Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
* New Hieromartyr Sergius (Zavarin), Archpriest, of Yaroslavl (1938)[1 апреля (ст.ст.) 14 апреля 2013 (нов. ст.)]
. Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR).
* New Hiero-confessor Schema
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* SCHEMA (bioinformatics), an algorithm used in protein engineering
* Schema (genetic algorithms), a set of programs or bit strings that have some genotypic similarity
* Schema.org, a web markup vocab ...
-bishop Macarius (Vasiliev), at the Pskov Caves Monastery (1944)[Great Synaxaristes: ]
Ὁ Ὅσιος Μακάριος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας ὁ Νέος
'' 1 Απριλίου. Μεγασ ΣυναΞαριστησ.
Icon gallery
File:Icon of Mary of Egypt (Mstera, 19th c.).jpg, St. Mary of Egypt
Mary of Egypt (; ; ; Amharic/Geʽez, Geez: ቅድስት ማርያም ግብፃዊት) was an Egyptians, Egyptian Grazers (Christianity), grazer saint dwelling in Palestine (region), Palestine during late antiquity or the Early Middle Ages. She is ...
. Russian icon, 19th century
File:Josef Mathauser - Kníže Oldřich se setkává s poustevníkem Prokopem.jpg, St. Procopius of Sázava
Saint Procopius of Sázava (, ; died 25 March 1053) was a Czech Christian canon and hermit, who is venerated as a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church and Roman Catholic church.
Life
Little about his life is known with certainty. According to hag ...
.
File:Св. муч. Авраамий Болгарский (современная икона).jpg, St. Abraham of Bulgaria.
File:Варсонофий Оптинский.jpg, St. Barsanuphius of Optina.
File:Свщ.Мч Сергий Заварин.jpg, New Hieromartyr Sergius (Zavarin), Archpriest, of Yaroslavl.
File:Макарий (Васильев).jpg, New Hiero-confessor Schema
Schema may refer to:
Science and technology
* SCHEMA (bioinformatics), an algorithm used in protein engineering
* Schema (genetic algorithms), a set of programs or bit strings that have some genotypic similarity
* Schema.org, a web markup vocab ...
-bishop Macarius (Vasiliev).
Notes
References
Sources
April 1/14
Orthodox Calendar Pravoslavie.ru).
April 14 / April 1
Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
April 1
OCA - The Lives of the Saints.
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. 93.
* Rev. Richard Stanton.
A Menology of England and Wales, or, Brief Memorials of the Ancient British and English Saints Arranged According to the Calendar, Together with the Martyrs of the 16th and 17th Centuries
'' London: Burns & Oates, 1892. p. 140.
Greek Sources
* Great Synaxaristes:
1 Απριλιου
Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.
* Συναξαριστής.
1 Απριλίου
'' Ecclesia. (H Εκκλησια Τηε Ελλαδοσ).
Russian Sources
*
Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).
*
1 апреля (ст.ст.) 14 апреля 2013 (нов. ст.)
. Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR).
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