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 ...

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 3 Events Pre-1600 * 686 – Maya king Yuknoom Yich'aak K'ahk' assumes the crown of Calakmul. * 1043 – Edward the Confessor is crowned King of England. * 1077 – The Patriarchate of Friûl, the first Friulian state, is created. ...

All fixed commemorations below are observed on ''April 15'' by Orthodox Churches on the

Old Calendar Calendar reform or calendrical reform is any significant revision of a calendar system. The term sometimes is used instead for a proposal to switch to a different calendar design. Principles The prime objective of a calendar is to unambiguo ...

. For April 2nd, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on ''

March 20 Events Pre-1600 *1206 – Michael IV of Constantinople, Michael IV Autoreianos is appointed Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople. *1600 – The Linköping Bloodbath takes place on Maundy Thursday in Linköping, Sweden: five Swedish n ...

''.

Saints

* Martyrs Amphianus (Apphianus) and his brother

Aedesius Aedesius (, died shortly before 355 AD) was a Neoplatonist philosopher and mystic. He was born into a wealthy Cappadocian family, but he moved to Syria, where he was apprenticed to Iamblichos. None of his writings have survived, but there is an e ...

, of Patara, Lycia (306)April 2 / April 15
Orthodox Calendar (Pravoslavie.ru). * ''Virgin-martyr Theodora of Palestine (Theodosia of Tyre)'' (308) (''see also:

'') * Martyr Polycarp of Alexandria (4th century) * Venerable Stephen the Wonderworker, in

Ascalon Ascalon or Ashkelon was an ancient Near East port city on the Mediterranean coast of the southern Levant of high historical and archaeological significance. Its remains are located in the archaeological site of Tel Ashkelon, within the city limi ...

, Palestine (778) * ''Venerable Titus the Wonderworker'' (9th century) * Saint George of Atsquri, Georgia (9th-10th centuries)

Pre-Schism Western saints

* Saint

Urban of Langres Urban of Langres (327 – c. 390) was a Gallo-Roman saint and bishop. He served as the sixth bishop of Langres from 374 until his death. Leodegaria was his sister. Life Urban was the bishop of Lingonum (now Langres), Gallia Lugdunensis, beginning ...

, sixth Bishop of Langres in France, patron-saint of vine dressers (ca. 390)April 2
Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome. * Saint

Abundius Abundius (also Abondius, Abundias, or Abbondio; early fifth century – 469), venerated in the Catholic Church as Saint Abundius, was a bishop of Como, Northern Italy. Biography Abundius was born at Thessalonica. Around 448 Abundius became the ...

, of Greek origin, he became Bishop of Como in the north of Italy (469) * Saint

Victor of Capua Victor of Capua (, died 554) was a sixth-century bishop of Capua in Italy. Biography Very little is known about Victor's life. He became bishop of Capua in February 541 and held the position until his death in April 554. His feast in the Roman ...

, Bishop of Capua in the south of Italy and a Church writer (554) * Saint

Nicetius of Lyon Saint Nicetius (Nicetus, Nicet or Nizier) (513 – 2 April 573) was Archbishop of Lyon, then Lugdunum, France, during the 6th century. He served from 552 or 553. He is venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church. Life Nicetius was descended ...

(''Nizier''), in

Gaul Gaul () was a region of Western Europe first clearly described by the Roman people, Romans, encompassing present-day France, Belgium, Luxembourg, and parts of Switzerland, the Netherlands, Germany, and Northern Italy. It covered an area of . Ac ...

(573) * Saint

Brónach Saint Brónach (sometimes anglicised to Bronagh) was a 6th-century holy woman from Ireland, the reputed founder and patron saint of ''Cell Brónche'' ("church of Brónach"), now Kilbroney, in County Down, Northern Ireland.Charles-Edwards, "Ulste ...

(''Bromana''), called the Virgin of Glen-Seichis, now Kilbronach in Ireland. * Saint Musa, a child in Rome who was granted visions, mentioned by her contemporary by St Gregory the Great (6th century) * Saints Lonochilus (''Longis, Lenogisil''), priest who founded a monastery in Maine in France (653), and Agnofleda, a holy virgin (638) * Venerable Virgin-martyr

Æbbe the Younger Saint Æbbe of Coldingham (also Ebbe, Aebbe, Abb), also known as Æbbe the Younger, (died 2 April 870) was an Abbess of Coldingham Priory in south-east Scotland. Like many of her fellow female saints of Anglo-Saxon England, little is known ab ...

of Coldingham, Abbess of

Coldingham Priory Coldingham Priory was a house of Benedictine monks. It lies on the south-east coast of Scotland, in the village of Coldingham, Berwickshire. Coldingham Priory was founded in the reign of David I of Scotland, although his older brother and prede ...

in south-east Scotland (870) (''see also:

June 22 Events Pre-1600 *217 BC – Battle of Raphia: Ptolemy IV Philopator of Egypt defeats Antiochus III the Great of the Seleucid kingdom. *168 BC – Battle of Pydna: Roman Republic, Romans under Lucius Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus, Luciu ...

'') * Saint Constantín mac Cináeda (''Constantine I''), King of Scotland, slain in a battle against heathen invaders of his country and honoured as a martyr, buried at

Iona Iona (; , sometimes simply ''Ì'') is an island in the Inner Hebrides, off the Ross of Mull on the western coast of Scotland. It is mainly known for Iona Abbey, though there are other buildings on the island. Iona Abbey was a centre of Gaeli ...

(877) * Saint Rufus, a hermit at Glendalough in Ireland. * Saint Drogo, a monk at

Fleury-sur-Loire Fleury-sur-Loire (, literally ''Fleury on Loire'') is a commune in the Nièvre department in central France. Demographics On 1 January 2019, the estimated population was 227. See also *Communes of the Nièvre department A commune is an alter ...

in France and afterwards at

Baume-les-Messieurs Baume-les-Messieurs () is a commune in the Jura department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France. It is a member of Les Plus Beaux Villages de France (The Most Beautiful Villages of France) Association. The village lie ...

(10th century)

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

* Saint Sabbas, Archbishop of Sourozh, Crimea (11th century) * Venerable Gregory,

ascetic Asceticism is a lifestyle characterized by abstinence from worldly pleasures through self-discipline, self-imposed poverty, and simple living, often for the purpose of pursuing spiritual goals. Ascetics may withdraw from the world for their pra ...

of Nicomedia (1240)Great Synaxaristes:
Ὁ Ὅσιος Γρηγόριος ὁ ἐν Νικομηδείᾳ ἀσκήσας
'' 2 Απριλίου. Μεγασ ΣυναΞαριστησ.

Icon gallery

File:Amfiano.jpg, Martyr Amphianus (Apphianus). File:Theodosia of Tyre.JPG, 'Virgin-martyr Theodora of Palestine (''Theodosia of Tyre'') File:Eglise Saint-Nizier Lyon.jpg, Facade of the Church of St

, Lyon, France. File:Stbronagh.jpg, Stained glass of St.

, Rostrevor Chapel. File:Ecclesiae Anglicanae Trophae - Plate 18.jpg, The self-mutilation of Saint

and her community.

Notes

References

Sources

April 2 / April 15
Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
April 15 / April 2
Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
April 2
OCA - The Lives of the Saints. * The Autonomous Orthodox Metropolia of Western Europe and the Americas (ROCOR). ''St. Hilarion Calendar of Saints for the year of our Lord 2004.'' St. Hilarion Press (Austin, TX). p. 26.

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. 94. * 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. 140–141. Greek Sources * Great Synaxaristes:
2 Απριλιου
Μεγασ ΣυναΞαριστησ. * Συναξαριστής.
2 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). *
2 апреля (ст.ст.) 15 апреля 2013 (нов. ст.)
. Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR). {{DEFAULTSORT:April 2 (Eastern Orthodox Liturgics) April in the Eastern Orthodox calendar