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April 1 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - April 3

All fixed commemorations below are observed on April 15 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.[note 1]

For April 2nd, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on March 20.

Saints

Pre-Schism Western saints

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

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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. ^ "At Caesarea, in Palestine, during the persecution of Galerius Maximian, the birthday of the martyr St. Amphian, who, because he reproved the governor Urban for sacrificing to idols, was cruelly lacerated and, with his feet wrapped in a cloth saturated with oil, was set on fire. After these painful tortures, he was plunged into the sea. Thus through fire and water, he reached everlasting repose."[6]
  3. ^ "In the same city, the passion of St. Theodosia, a virgin of Tyre, who, in the same persecution, for having publicly saluted the holy confessors as they stood before the tribunal, and begged of them to remember her when they should be with God, was arrested and led to the governor Urban. By his order, her sides and breasts were lacerated to the very vitals, and she was thrown into the sea."[6]
  4. ^ A theologian, he was sent to the Emperor Theodosius the Younger and encouraged the calling of the Council of Chalcedon in 451.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h April 2 / April 15. Orthodox Calendar (Pravoslavie.ru).
  2. ^ Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Οἱ Ἅγιοι Αἰδέσιος καὶ Ἀμφιανὸς οἱ Μάρτυρες. 2 Απριλίου. Μεγασ ΣυναΞαριστησ.
  3. ^ Martyr Amphianus (Apphianus) of Lycia. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
  4. ^ Very Rev. John O'Hanlon. "Article IV.—The Festival of St. Amphianus, and of his Companions." In: Lives of the Irish Saints: With Special Festivals, and the Commemorations of Holy Persons. Vol. IV. Dublin, 1875. p. 16.
  5. ^ Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. Apphian, M. (A.D. 306.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Fourth: April. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. pp. 12-14.
  6. ^ a b c d e 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.
  7. ^ Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ἡ Ἁγία Θεοδώρα ἡ Παρθενομάρτυς. 2 Απριλίου. Μεγασ ΣυναΞαριστησ.
  8. ^ Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. Theodosia, V.M. (A.D. 308.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Fourth: April. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. pp. 14-15.
  9. ^ Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Πολύκαρπος ὁ Μάρτυρας. 2 Απριλίου. Μεγασ ΣυναΞαριστησ.
  10. ^ Martyr Polycarp of Alexandria. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
  11. ^ Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ὅσιος Στέφανος ὁ Θαυματουργός. 2 Απριλίου. Μεγασ ΣυναΞαριστησ.
  12. ^ Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ὅσιος Τίτος ὁ Θαυματουργός. 2 Απριλίου. Μεγασ ΣυναΞαριστησ.
  13. ^ Venerable Titus the Wonderworker. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
  14. ^ Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Γεώργιος Ἐπίσκοπος Ἀζκουρίας. 2 Απριλίου. Μεγασ ΣυναΞαριστησ.
  15. ^ St George Matskevereli of Georgia. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
  16. ^ a b c d e f g h i j April 2. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
  17. ^ Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. Abundius, B. OF Como. (A.D. 468.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Fourth: April. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. p. 24.
  18. ^ Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Νικήτιος Ἐπίσκοπος Λυών. 2 Απριλίου. Μεγασ ΣυναΞαριστησ.
  19. ^ Very Rev. John O'Hanlon. "Article VI.—Reputed Festival of St. Nica—Perhaps St. Nicetius—Bishop of Lyons, France, or St. Nicasius, Bishop and Martyr." In: Lives of the Irish Saints: With Special Festivals, and the Commemorations of Holy Persons. VOL. IV. Dublin, 1875. p. 16.
  20. ^ Very Rev. John O'Hanlon. "Article I.—St. Bronach, Virgin, Patroness of Kilbrony Parish, County of Down." In: Lives of the Irish Saints: With Special Festivals, and the Commemorations of Holy Persons. VOL. IV. Dublin, 1875. pp. 10-13.
  21. ^ Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. Musa, V. (6th cent.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Fourth: April. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. pp. 24-25.
  22. ^ Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ἡ Ἁγία Εὔα ἡ Ὁσιοπαρθενομάρτυρας ἡ Νέα. 2 Απριλίου. Μεγασ ΣυναΞαριστησ.
  23. ^ Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Σάββας Ἀρχιεπίσκοπος Σουρώζ. 2 Απριλίου. Μεγασ ΣυναΞαριστησ.
  24. ^ Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ὅσιος Γρηγόριος ὁ ἐν Νικομηδείᾳ ἀσκήσας. 2 Απριλίου. Μεγασ ΣυναΞαριστησ.

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