April 8 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - April 10

All fixed commemorations below are observed on April 22 by Eastern Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.^{[note 1]}

For April 9th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on March 27.

Saints

• Martyrs Fortunatus, Donatus, twelve virgins, and six laymen, at Sirmium (304)^[1][2]
• Martyr Eupsychius of Caesarea in Cappadocia (362)^{[1][3][4][5][note 2]}
• Hieromartyrs Desan the Bishop, the Priest Mariabus, Martyr Abdiesus and 270 others, martyrs of Persia under Shapur II (362)^[1][7][8]
• Venerable Hieromartyr Bademus (Vadim), Archimandrite, of Persia, and 7 disciples (379)^[1][9][10]
• Venerable Acacius of Amida, Bishop of Amida in Mesopotamia (5th century)^{[1][11][note 3]}

Pre-Schism Western saints

• Martyrs of Pannonia, seven virgin-martyrs in Sirmium in Pannonia.^{[12][13][note 4]}
• Martyrs of North-West Africa, a group of Christians martyred in Masyla.^{[12][note 5]}
• Saint Marcellus, Bishop of Die, celebrated for miracles (474)^{[6][12][note 6]}
• Saint Madrun (Materiana), a saint from Wales or Cornwall to whom some Welsh churches are dedicated (5th century)^[12]
• Saint Dotto, Abbot of a monastery in the Orkney Islands off the coast of Scotland (6th century)^[12][14]
• Saint Waltrude (Woutruide, Waldetrudis, Vaudru), monastic foundress at Bergen (Netherlands), renowned for holiness of life and miracles (688)^{[1][2][6][12][15][16][note 7]}
• Saint Hugh of Rouen (Hugh of Champagne), Bishop of Rouen and then of Paris, and was also Abbot of Fontenelle and Jumièges (730)^[6][12]
• Saint Hedda and Companions, Abbot of Peterborough in England, martyred by the Danes (869)^{[12][17][note 8]}
• Saint Theodore and Companions, Abbot of Crowland in England, martyred by the Danes (869)^{[12][17][note 9]}
• Saint Casilda of Toledo, an anchoress near Briviesca near Burgos (1050)^{[12][note 10]}

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

• Newly Revealed Martyrs Raphael (Archimandrite), Nicholas (Deacon), Irene (child), and Eleni (who was also called Susanna) of Lesbos, and those with them (1463)^{[1][2][18][19][20][21][note 11]}
• Hieromartyr Misael, Archbishop of Ryazan and Murom (1655)^{[1][note 12]}

New martyrs and confessors

• New Martyr Gabriel Fomin (1942)^[2][22]

Other commemorations

• Translation of the holy relics of Saint Monica of Tagaste to Rome.^{[23][note 13]}

Icon gallery

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  St Bademus (Little Pictorial Lives of the Saints, 1878)
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  St Materiana depicted on the church banner at Minster, Cornwall.
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  St. Waltrude and family.
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  Saint Hugh of Rouen.
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  St Casilda of Toledo (Catedral de Burgos)
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  Saints Raphael, Nicholas and Irene of Lesbos.
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  Hieromartyr Misael, Archbishop of Ryazan and Murom.
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  St Monica and Saint Augustine (by Olle Hjortzberg).