April 20 Events Pre-1600 * 1303 – The Sapienza University of Rome is instituted by a bull of Pope Boniface VIII. 1601–1900 * 1653 – Oliver Cromwell dissolves England's Rump Parliament. * 1657 – English Admiral Robert Blake destroy ...

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 ...

April 22 Events Pre-1600 * 1500 – Portuguese navigator Pedro Álvares Cabral lands in Brazil ( discovery of Brazil). * 1519 – Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés establishes a settlement at Veracruz, Mexico. * 1529 – Treaty of Zara ...

All fixed commemorations below are observed on ''May 4'' by

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es on the

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. For April 21, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on ''

April 8 Events Pre-1600 * 217 – Roman emperor Caracalla is assassinated and is succeeded by his Praetorian Guard prefect, Marcus Opellius Macrinus. * 876 – The Battle of Dayr al-'Aqul saves Baghdad from the Saffarids. * 1139 – ...

''.

Saints

* Martyrs Theodore of Perge in Pamphylia, his mother Philippa, and Dioscorus, Socrates, and Dionysius (c. 138-161)April 21 / May 4
Orthodox Calendar (pravoslavie.ru).May 4 / April 21
Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow). (''see also:

April 19 Events Pre-1600 *AD 65 – The freedman Milichus betrays Pisonian conspiracy, Piso's plot to kill the Roman emperor, Emperor Nero and all of the List of conspiracies (political), conspirators are arrested. * 531 – Battle of Callini ...

- Greek'') * ''Martyr Alexandra the Empress, wife of Diocletian, and those with her'' (303): Συναξαριστής.
21 Απριλίου
'' ecclesia.gr. (H Εκκλησια Τησ Ελλαδοσ).Great Synaxaristes:
Ἡ Ἁγία Ἀλεξάνδρα ἡ βασίλισσα καὶ οἱ θεράποντες αὐτῆς Ἀπολλώ, Ἰσαάκιος καὶ Κοδράτος οἱ Μάρτυρες
'' 21 Απριλίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ. (''see also:

April 23 Events Pre-1600 * 215 BC – A temple is built on the Capitoline Hill dedicated to Venus Erycina to commemorate the Roman defeat at Lake Trasimene. *599 – Maya king Uneh Chan of Calakmul attacks rival city-state Palenque in so ...

'') :* ''Martyrs Isaacius, Apollo, and Codratus, of

Nicomedia Nicomedia (; , ''Nikomedeia''; modern İzmit) was an ancient Greece, ancient Greek city located in what is now Turkey. In 286, Nicomedia became the eastern and most senior capital city of the Roman Empire (chosen by the emperor Diocletian who rul ...

.'''' 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. pp. 111-112. * ''Hieromartyrs

Januarius Januarius ( ; ; Neapolitan and ), also known as , was Bishop of Benevento and is a martyr and saint of the Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church, and Armenian Apostolic Church. While no contemporary sources on his life are preserved, later ...

, Bishop of Benevento, and his companions'' (c. 305) :* ''Faustus,

Proclus Proclus Lycius (; 8 February 412 – 17 April 485), called Proclus the Successor (, ''Próklos ho Diádokhos''), was a Greek Neoplatonist philosopher, one of the last major classical philosophers of late antiquity. He set forth one of th ...

, and Sosius, Deacons''; :* ''Desiderius, Reader''; and :* ''Eutychius, and Acutius,

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, at

Pozzuoli Pozzuoli (; ; ) is a city and (municipality) of the Metropolitan City of Naples, in the Italian region of Campania. It is the main city of the Phlegrean Peninsula. History Antiquity Pozzuoli began as the Greek colony of ''Dicaearchia ...

''. * Saint Maximianus,

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(434) * ''Venerable

Anastasius Sinaita Anastasius Sinaita (; died after 700), also called Anastasius of Sinai or Anastasius the Sinaite, was a Greek writer, priest and abbot of Saint Catherine's Monastery on Mount Sinai. Life What little is known about his life is gathered from his o ...

, Abbot of the Monastery of St. Catherine at Sinai'' (c. 700) (''see also:

- Slavic'') * Martyr Karol ''(Charles)''

Pre-Schism Western saints

* Saint Cyprian,

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Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome. * Saint

Beuno Saint Beuno (;Baring-Gould & Fisher, "Lives of the British Saints" (1907), quoted a Early British Kingdoms website by David Nash Ford, accessed 6 February 2012 640), sometimes anglicized as Bono, was a 7th-century Welsh abbot, confessor ...

, Abbot, of

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, Wales (642)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. pp. 173-176. * Saint Maelruba of Apur Crossan (''Maelrubius, Maolrubha''), Ireland (722) * Saint Frodulphus (''Frou''), a monk at St Martin's in

Autun Autun () is a Subprefectures in France, subprefecture of the Saône-et-Loire Departments of France, department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté Regions of France, region of central-eastern France. It was founded during the Principate era of the e ...

(c. 750)

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

* Saint Theodore the Philosopher of Kamske, martyred by Mongols (1323) * Venerable Jacob (''Jakov, James''), Abbot of Stromynsk Monastery, Radonezh (1392)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. 30. * Saint Alexis, Priest of, Bortsurmany,

Nizhny Novgorod Nizhny Novgorod ( ; rus, links=no, Нижний Новгород, a=Ru-Nizhny Novgorod.ogg, p=ˈnʲiʐnʲɪj ˈnovɡərət, t=Lower Newtown; colloquially shortened to Nizhny) is a city and the administrative centre of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast an ...

(1848)21 апреля (ст.ст.) 4 мая 2013 (нов. ст.)
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New martyrs and confessors

* New Hieromartyr John Prigorovsky, Priest (1918) * Saint Nicholas Pisarevsky, Confessor, Priest (1933) * New Hieromartyr Alexis Protopopov, Priest (1938) * New Hieromartyr Protopresbyter Basil Martysz of Teratyn, Chelm and Podlasie, Poland (1945) (''see also:

May 4 Events Pre-1600 * 1256 – The Augustinian monastic order is constituted at the Lecceto Monastery when Pope Alexander IV issues a papal bull ''Licet ecclesiae catholicae''. * 1415 – Religious reformer John Wycliffe is condemned a ...

'')

Other commemorations

* Synaxis of The Mozdok Icon of the Mother of God (''Mozdokskaya'') (1768)Great Synaxaristes:
Σύναξις Ὑπεραγίας Θεοτόκου ἐν Μοζντὸκ τῆς Ρωσίας
'' 21 Απριλίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ. * Uncovering of the relics (1999) of St. Theodore, Abbot of Sanaxar Monastery (1791) * Repose of Schemamonk Nicetas of

Valaam Monastery The Valaam Monastery (; ) is a stauropegic Eastern Orthodox Church, Orthodox monastery in Russian Republic of Karelia, Karelia, located on Valaam, the largest island in Lake Ladoga, the largest lake in Europe. History It is not clear when the mon ...

(1907) * Repose of Elder Dometian of Tula (1908) * Repose of Hieroschemamonk Antipas II of

(1912) * Repose of Nun Stefanida of Kosovo, Serbia.

Icon gallery

File:Menologion of Basil 067.jpeg, Martyrs Theodore of Perge in Pamphylia, his mother Philippa, and Dioscorus, Socrates, and Dionysius. File:Icon of saint Alexandra (Russia).jpg, St. Alexandra the Empress. File:Menologion of Basil 066.jpg, Hieromartyrs

, Bishop of Benevento, and his companions. File:Rembrandt-Kopist 001.jpg, Venerable

, Abbot of the Monastery of St. Catherine at Sinai. File:Saint Beuno Window.png, Saint

, Abbot, of

, Wales. File:Bazyli Martysz.png, New Hieromartyr Protopresbyter Basil Martysz of Teratyn.

Notes

References

Sources

April 21 / May 4
Orthodox Calendar (pravoslavie.ru).
May 4 / April 21
Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
April 21
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. 30.

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. pp. 111-112. * 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. pp. 173-176. Greek Sources * Great Synaxaristes:
21 Απριλίου
Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ. * Συναξαριστής.
21 Απριλίου
'' ecclesia.gr. (H Εκκλησια Τησ Ελλαδοσ). Russian Sources *

Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). *
21 апреля (ст.ст.) 4 мая 2013 (нов. ст.)
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