April 28 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
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Apr. 27
April 27 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Apr. 26 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Apr. 28All fixed commemorations below celebrated on May 10 by Old Calendarists-Saints:* Apostle of the Seventy and Hieromartyr Symeon the Kinsman of the Lord * Martyr Anthimus of Nicomedia, Bishop...

 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Apr. 29
April 29 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Apr. 28 – Eastern Orthodox Church calendar – Apr. 30.All fixed commemorations below celebrated on May 12 by Old Calendarists.-Saints:* Apostles Jason and Sosipater of the Seventy, and their companions, at Corfu - :...



All fixed commemorations
Synaxarium
Synaxarion, Synexarion, pl. Synaxaria —Latin: Synaxarium, Synexarium—the name given in the Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox and Eastern Catholic Churches to a compilation of hagiographies corresponding roughly to the martyrology of the Roman Church.There are two kinds of synaxaria:*Simple...

 below celebrated on May 11 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

  • Martyrs Aphrodisius
    Aphrodisius
    Saint Aphrodisius is a saint associated with the diocese of Béziers, in Languedoc, southern France.According to Gregory of Tours, Aphrodisius was an Egyptian who was martyred in Languedoc along with his followers Caralippus , Agapius, and Eusebius.-Legend:A Christian tradition states that he was a...

    , Caralippus, Agapius, and Eusebius (65)
  • Saint Patricius, Bishop of Prusa, in Bithynia, Martyr (1st c.)
  • Saint Mark of Galilee, bishop and martyr (92)
  • Saint Memnon
    Saint Memnon
    Saint Memnon was alive during the second century A.D. and hegumen for a time in an egyptian monasteryIn the egyptian desert did practise religious asceticism.-Internal links:April 28 hegumenwonderworker...

     the Wonderworker of Corfu (2nd c.) - (see also April 29
    April 29 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
    Apr. 28 – Eastern Orthodox Church calendar – Apr. 30.All fixed commemorations below celebrated on May 12 by Old Calendarists.-Saints:* Apostles Jason and Sosipater of the Seventy, and their companions, at Corfu - :...

    )
  • Nine martyrs at Cyzicus
    Cyzicus
    Cyzicus was an ancient town of Mysia in Anatolia in the current Balıkesir Province of Turkey. It was located on the shoreward side of the present Kapıdağ Peninsula , a tombolo which is said to have originally been an island in the Sea of Marmara only to be connected to the mainland in historic...

     (ca.286-299):
  • Theognes, Rufus, Antipater, Theostichus, Arcemas, Magnus, Theodorus, Thaumasius, and Philemon
  • Martyrs Dada, Maximus, and Quintilian at Dorostolum (286)
  • Martyr Tibald of Pannonia (304)
  • Saint Auxibius II, Bishop of Soli, Cyprus (4th c.)
  • Saint Artemius (Arthemius), Bishop of Sens (609)
  • Saint Gerard the Pilgrim (ca.639)
  • Venerable Crónán, abbot of Roscrea, Ireland (640)
  • Saint Pamphilus, Bishop of Sulmona
    Sulmona
    thumb|150px|Celestine V's hermitage and the remains of the Shrine of Hercules Curinus.thumb|150px|Palazzo SS. Annunziata and Museo Civicothumb|150px|Church of SS...

     and Corfinium
    Corfinium
    Corfinium was a city in Ancient Italy, on the eastern side of the Apennines, due east of Rome. It is now near the modern Corfinio, in the province of L'Aquila .-History:...

     (ca.700)
  • Saint Prudentius, Bishop of Tarazona in Aragon (ca.700)
  • Saint Adalbero, Bishop of Augsburg (909)
  • Saint Cyril of Turov, bishop (1183)
  • Venerable Cyriacus, abbot of Kargopol
    Kargopol
    -Culture and recreation:Today, Kargopol is a sleepy historical town adjoining the Kenozyorsky National Park. It is best known in Russia for Kargopol toys , which are small, simple clay figures painted in traditional style....

     (Vologda
    Vologda
    Vologda is a city and the administrative, cultural, and scientific center of Vologda Oblast, Russia, located on the Vologda River. The city is a major transport knot of the Northwest of Russia. Vologda is among the Russian cities possessing an especially valuable historical heritage...

    ) (1462)
  • Saint Basil (Kishkin), hieroschemamonk of Glinsk and Ploshchansk hermitages (1831)
  • Virgin-martyr Anna (1938)

Other commemorations

  • The Miracle at Carthage (ca.610-641)
  • Repose of Hieroschemamonk Dionysius (Ignat) of Kolitsou Skete, Mt. Athos
    Mount Athos
    Mount Athos is a mountain and peninsula in Macedonia, Greece. A World Heritage Site, it is home to 20 Eastern Orthodox monasteries and forms a self-governed monastic state within the sovereignty of the Hellenic Republic. Spiritually, Mount Athos comes under the direct jurisdiction of the...

    (2004)

Sources

  • May 11 / April 28. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
  • April 28/May 11. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
  • April. Self-Ruled Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America.
  • April 28. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
  • April 28. The Roman Martyrology.

Greek Sources
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