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April 15 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - April 17

All fixed commemorations below are observed on April 29 by Eastern Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.[note 1]

For April 16th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on April 3.

Saints

  • Charissa, Nika (Niki), Galina, Callista (Calisa, Calida), Nunechia, Basilissa, Theodora, and Irene,[5][6] of Corinth.

Pre-Schism Western saints

  • Optatus, Lupercus, Successus, Martial, Urban, Julia, Quintilian, Publius, Fronto, Felix, Caecilian, Eventius, Primitivus, Apodemius and four named Saturninus.

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

Other commemorations

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Notes

  1. ^ The notation Old Style or (OS) is sometimes used to indicate a date in the Julian Calendar (which is used by churches on the "Old Calendar").
    The notation New Style or (NS), indicates a date in the Revised Julian calendar (which is used by churches on the "New Calendar").
  2. ^ Name days celebrated today include:
    • Galina (Γαλήνη).
  3. ^ See also: May 18.
  4. ^ Name days celebrated today include:
    • Chionia, Sonia (Χιονία).
  5. ^ A virgin who suffered terribly for Orthodoxy in Saragossa in Spain, where a church dedicated to her now exists. She was famous for 'her ardour in suffering for Christ'. Though counted a martyr, she outlived her torments.
  6. ^ "In the same place, St. Encratis, a virgin and martyr who had her body lacerated, her breasts cut off, and her liver plucked out. As she survived these torments, she was confined in a prison until her ulcerated flesh putrefied."[12]
  7. ^ "At Saragossa, in Spain, the birth day of eighteen holy martyrs, Optatus, Lupercus, Successus, Martial, Urbanus, Julia, Quinctilian, Pubilus, Fronto, Felix, Caecilian, Eventius, Primitivus, Apodemius, and four others, who, it is said, bore the name of Saturninus. Under Dacian, governor of Spain, they were all together subjected to torments and slain. The glory of their martyrdom has been celebrated in verse by Prudentius."[12]
  8. ^ "At Palencia, St. Turibius, bishop of Astorga, who with the aid of pope St. Leo, drove the heresy of Priscillian entirely out of Spain, and went to rest in the Lord with a great renown for miracles."[12]
  9. ^ Born in Spain, he became a monk and then a hermit in the Vierzo Mountains, where disciples gathered around him. Fructuosus was eventually forced to become Bishop of Dumium and later Archbishop of Braga.
  10. ^ Born in Ireland, he became monk and abbot in 1020 of the Irish monasteries of St Martin the Great and St Pantaleon in Cologne in Germany.
  11. ^ The Synaxaristes list her death date as 1347.
  12. ^ He was glorified by the Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople on August 29, 2018:[26]
    (in Greek) α) Εἰσηγήσει τῆς Κανονικῆς Ἐπιτροπῆς συμπεριελήφθη εἰς τό Ἁγιολόγιον τῆς Ὀρθοδόξου Ἐκκλησίας ὁ ἐν Πάτμῳ ἀσκήσας καί ἀναπτύξας μέγα πνευματικόν καί κοινωφελές ἔργον ἐν Δωδεκανήσῳ, Κρήτῃ καί ἀλλαχοῦ Ἀρχιμανδρίτης Ἀμφιλόχιος Μακρῆς, διατελέσας Ἡγούμενος τῆς ἱστορικῆς Ἱερᾶς Μονῆς Ἁγίου Ἰωάννου τοῦ Θεολόγου καί Πατριαρχικός Ἔξαρχος Πάτμου, ὅστις καί ἵδρυσε τήν ἐν τῇ Νήσῳ γυναικείαν Ἱεράν Μονήν Εὐαγγελισμοῦ Μητρός Ἠγαπημένου.[27]
  13. ^ According to a Greek synaxarion, this is a moveable feast that is celebrated 21 days after Pascha.[32]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l April 16 / April 29. Orthodox Calendar (pravoslavie.ru).
  2. ^ a b c d e (in Greek) Συναξαριστής. 16 Απριλίου. ecclesia.gr. (H Εκκλησια Τησ Ελλαδοσ).
  3. ^ Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Οἱ Ἅγιοι Λεωνίδης, Βασίλισσα, Γαλήνη ἢ Γαληνή, Θεοδώρα, Καλλίδα, Νίκη, Νουνεχία καὶ Χάρισσα οἱ Μάρτυρες Archived 2013-02-25 at the Wayback Machine. 16 Απριλίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.
  4. ^ Martyr Leonidas of Corinth. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
  5. ^ The Holy Martyress Irene. Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
  6. ^ Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ἡ Ἁγία Εἰρήνη ἡ Παρθενομάρτυς. 16 Απριλίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.
  7. ^ Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Οἱ Ἅγιοι Φήλικας, Ἰανουάριος, Σεπτεμίνος καὶ Φουρτουνάτος οἱ Μάρτυρες. 16 Απριλίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.
  8. ^ Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Οἱ Ἁγίες Ἀγάπη, Εἰρήνη καὶ Χιονὶα οἱ Μάρτυρες. 16 Απριλίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.
  9. ^ Virginmartyr Agape in Thessalonica. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
  10. ^ Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ἀγάθων, Εὐτυχία, Κασία καὶ Φιλίππα οἱ Ὁμολογητές. 16 Απριλίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.
  11. ^ a b c d e f g h i j April 16. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
  12. ^ a b c d e f 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. 106-107.
  13. ^ Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "SS. Martyrs of Saragossa. (A.D. 304.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Fourth: April. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. pp. 208-209.
  14. ^ Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. Turibius, B. of Astorga (about A.D. 460.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Fourth: April. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. p. 210.
  15. ^ Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. Vasius, M. (about A.D. 500.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Fourth: April. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. pp. 210-211.
  16. ^ Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. Fructosus, B. of Braga (about A.D. 665.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Fourth: April. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. p. 211.
  17. ^ Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ἡ Ὁσία Θεοδώρα – Βάσσα ἡ πριγκίπισσα. 16 Απριλίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.
  18. ^ The Nun Theodora of Nizhegorod, in the world Anastasia (Vassa). Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
  19. ^ Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἰωάννης ὁ διὰ Χριστὸν Σαλός. 16 Απριλίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.
  20. ^ The Holy Martyr Michael Burliotes. Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
  21. ^ Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Μιχαὴλ ὁ Νεομάρτυρας ὁ Βουρλιώτης. 16 Απριλίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.
  22. ^ Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Χριστόφορος ὁ Ὁσιομάρτυρας. 16 Απριλίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.
  23. ^ Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Οἱ Ἅγιοι Χριστόδουλος καὶ Ἀναστασία οἱ Νεομάρτυρες. 16 Απριλίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.
  24. ^ Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀμβρόσιος ὁ Ὁμολογητής Πατριάρχης Γεωργίας. 16 Απριλίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.
  25. ^ (in Greek) Όσιος Αμφιλόχιος Μακρής της Ιεράς Νήσου Πάτμου. Ορθόδοξος Συναξαριστής. 16/04/2018]
  26. ^ Elder Amphilochios (Makris) Canonized by Ecumenical Patriarchate. Orthodox Christianity. Constantinople, August 29, 2018. Retrieved: 29 August 2018.
  27. ^ (in Greek) Ανακοινωθέν Αγίας και Ιεράς Συνόδου (29/8/2018). Οικουμενικον Πατριαρχειον - Ειδήσεις. 29ην τ.μ. Αὐγούστου (2018). Retrieved: 29 August 2018.
  28. ^ Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Σύναξις Ὑπεραγίας Θεοτόκου τῆς Γεθσημανῆ ἐν Ρωσίᾳ. 16 Απριλίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.
  29. ^ Icon of the Mother of God Weeping “Ilyin Chernigov”. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
  30. ^ The Tambov Icon of the Mother of God. Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
  31. ^ Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Σύναξις Ὑπεραγίας Θεοτόκου τοῦ Ταμπὼφ ἐν Ρωσίᾳ. 16 Απριλίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.
  32. ^ (in Greek) Σύναξη πάντων των Ευβοέων Αγίων. Ορθόδοξος Συναξαριστής.

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