April 18 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
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- Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Apr. 19
All fixed commemorations below celebrated on May 1 by Old Calendarists
April 17 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Apr. 16 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Apr. 18All fixed commemorations below celebrated on Apr. 30 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Hieromartyr Simeon of Persia, bishop, and those with him: martyrs Abdechalas and Ananias, presbyters; Usthazancs, Fusicus , Ascitrea, and Azat the Eunuch*Martyr...
- Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Apr. 19
April 19 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Apr. 18 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Apr. 20All fixed commemorations below are celebrated on May 2 by Old Calendarists.-Saints:*Saint John of the Ancient Caves in Palestine*Saint George the Confessor, Bishop of Antioch in Pisidia...
All fixed commemorations below celebrated on May 1 by Old Calendarists
Old calendarists
The term Old Calendarist refers to any Orthodox Christian or any Orthodox Church body which uses the historic Julian calendar , and whose Church body is not in communion with the Orthodox Churches that use the New Calendar...
Saints
- SaintSaintA saint is a holy person. In various religions, saints are people who are believed to have exceptional holiness.In Christian usage, "saint" refers to any believer who is "in Christ", and in whom Christ dwells, whether in heaven or in earth...
John, disciple of Saint Gregory of the Decapolis - Saint Cosmas of Chalcedon, bishopBishopA bishop is an ordained or consecrated member of the Christian clergy who is generally entrusted with a position of authority and oversight. Within the Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox Churches, in the Assyrian Church of the East, in the Independent Catholic Churches, and in the...
, and his fellow ascetic Saint AuxentiusAuxentiusAuxentius might refer to:* Auxentius of Mopsuestia , a Christian martyr and saint.* Auxentius of Milan , an Arian Christian theologian.* Auxentius of Durostorum and Milan , an Arian Christian theologian, adopted son of Ulfilas.... - MartyrMartyrA martyr is somebody who suffers persecution and death for refusing to renounce, or accept, a belief or cause, usually religious.-Meaning:...
s Victor, Zocicus, Zeno, Acindynus, and Severian of NicomediaNicomediaNicomedia was an ancient city in what is now Turkey, founded in 712/11 BC as a Megarian colony and was originally known as Astacus . After being destroyed by Lysimachus, it was rebuilt by Nicomedes I of Bithynia in 264 BC under the name of Nicomedia, and has ever since been one of the most... - Saint Eutymius the Enlightener of KareliaKareliaKarelia , the land of the Karelian peoples, is an area in Northern Europe of historical significance for Finland, Russia, and Sweden...
- Saints Anthony and Felix of Saint Nicholas Monastery in Karelia
- Martyr John the New of EpirusEpirusThe name Epirus, from the Greek "Ήπειρος" meaning continent may refer to:-Geographical:* Epirus - a historical and geographical region of the southwestern Balkans, straddling modern Greece and Albania...
- New martyr John Kulika
- Saint Athanasia of AeginaAthanasia of AeginaSaint Athanasia of Aegina was a saint who lived in the Byzantine Empire and was for a while adviser to the Empress Theodora II.-Life:...
- Monk John and Monk Athanasius of AeginaAeginaAegina is one of the Saronic Islands of Greece in the Saronic Gulf, from Athens. Tradition derives the name from Aegina, the mother of Aeacus, who was born in and ruled the island. During ancient times, Aegina was a rival to Athens, the great sea power of the era.-Municipality:The municipality...