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April 28 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Apr. 27 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Apr. 29All fixed commemorations below celebrated on May 11 by Old Calendarists-Saints:* Martyrs Aphrodisius, Caralippus, Agapius, and Eusebius * Saint Patricius, Bishop of Prusa, in Bithynia, Martyr...

 – Eastern Orthodox Church calendar – Apr. 30
April 30 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Apr. 29 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - May 1All fixed commemorations below celebrated on May 13 by Old Calendarists-Saints:* Holy Apostle James , the brother of St...

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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 12 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...

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Saints

  • Apostles Jason
    Jason of Tarsus
    Jason of Tarsus is numbered among the Seventy Disciples. Jason appears in the Bible in Acts 17. His house is used as a refuge by Paul, Silas, and Timothy in Thessalonica. Jason was arrested when the authorities could locate neither Paul nor Silas, and was made to post bail. He was not...

     and Sosipater
    Sosipater of Iconium
    Sosipater of Iconium is numbered among the Seventy Apostles. St. Sosipater's feast days are on April 28 , or 29 with St. Jason; November 10 with Ss. Erastus, Olympas, Herodian, Quartus and Tertius; and January 4 with the Seventy.-Life:Born in Achaea, he was Bishop in Iconium by his relative the...

     of the Seventy
    Seventy Disciples
    The seventy disciples or seventy-two disciples were early followers of Jesus mentioned in the Gospel of Luke . According to Luke, the only gospel in which they appear, Jesus appointed them and sent them out in pairs on a specific mission which is detailed in the text...

    , and their companions, at Corfu - (see also April 28
    April 28 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
    Apr. 27 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Apr. 29All fixed commemorations below celebrated on May 11 by Old Calendarists-Saints:* Martyrs Aphrodisius, Caralippus, Agapius, and Eusebius * Saint Patricius, Bishop of Prusa, in Bithynia, Martyr...

    )
    :
  • Martyrs Saturninus, Jakischolus (Inischolus), Faustianus, Januarius, Marsalius, Euphrasius, Mammius - the holy seven former theives
    Seven Robbers
    The Seven Robbers were martyrs on the island of Corcyra in the 2nd century AD. Their names were Saturninus, Insischolus , Faustianus, Januarius, Marsalius, Euphrasius, and Mammius.-Life:...

    ;
  • Virgin Martyr Cercyra;
  • Martyr Zenon, by fire
  • Martyr Neon, by fire
  • Martyrs Vitalius
    Vitalis of Milan
    Saint Vitalis of Milan, known as San Vitale in Italian and Saint Vital in French, was an early Christian martyr.-Biography:Vitalis was a wealthy citizen of Milan, perhaps a soldier. He was married to Saint Valeria, and they were the parents of the perhaps legendary Saints Gervasius and Protasius...

     and his wife Valeria
    Valeria of Milan
    Saint Valeria of Milan , or Saint Valérie, according to Christian tradition, was the wife of Vitalis of Milan, and the mother of Saint Gervase and Saint Protase, although other traditions make her a virgin martyr rather than a wife and mother.She was martyred for burying Christian martyrs, and then...

     (62)
  • Christodolus the Ethiopian
  • Martyr Torpes
    Torpes of Pisa
    Saint Torpes of Pisa is venerated as an early Christian martyr. He is the namesake of Saint-Tropez. His legend states that he was martyred during the persecutions of Nero....

     (Tropez), under Nero (65)
  • Hieromartyrs Apapius and Secundinus, Bishops in Numidia (259)
  • Martyrs Diodorus and Rhodoplanus, deacons at Aphrodisia in Anatolia
    Anatolia
    Anatolia is a geographic and historical term denoting the westernmost protrusion of Asia, comprising the majority of the Republic of Turkey...

     (285-305)
  • Saint Atticus and Cyntianus (Cyntion), martyrs
  • Saint Severus of Naples
    Severus of Naples
    Saint Severus was a bishop of Naples during the 4th and 5th centuries. He is considered the twelfth bishop of Naples, succeeding Maximus. His episcopate ran from February 363 to April 29, 409, the traditional date of his death...

    , wonderworker (409)
  • St. John Tolaius
    Patriarch John I of Alexandria
    John Talaia was Patriarch of Alexandria from 481 until 482.He was consecreated Patriarch of Alexandria in 481, succeeding Timothy III Salophakiolos....

    , patriarch of Alexandria (482)
  • Saint Dictinus, the first convert of St. Patrick
    Saint Patrick
    Saint Patrick was a Romano-Briton and Christian missionary, who is the most generally recognized patron saint of Ireland or the Apostle of Ireland, although Brigid of Kildare and Colmcille are also formally patron saints....

     in Ulster in Ireland (5th c.)
  • Saint Paulinus of Brescia, Bishop (ca.545)
  • Saint Secundellus the Deacon, in Gaul
    Gaul
    Gaul was a region of Western Europe during the Iron Age and Roman era, encompassing present day France, Luxembourg and Belgium, most of Switzerland, the western part of Northern Italy, as well as the parts of the Netherlands and Germany on the left bank of the Rhine. The Gauls were the speakers of...

     (6th c.)
  • Saint Endelienta
    Saint Endelienta
    Saint Endelienta was a Cornish saint of the 5th and 6th century. She is believed to be a daughter of the Welsh King Brychan, and a native of South Wales who travelled to North Cornwall to join her siblings in converting the locals to Christianity...

    , nun and recluse of Cornwall (6th c.)
  • Saint Senan of North Wales, hermit (7th c.)
  • Saint Fiachan of Lismore (Fiachina, Fianchne, Fianchine), a monk at Lismore
    Lismore, County Waterford
    Lismore is a town in County Waterford, Ireland. It is located where the N72 road crosses the River Blackwater.-History:It was founded by Saint Mochuda, also known as Saint Carthage. In the 7th century, Lismore was the site of the well-known Lismore Abbey. It is also home to Lismore Castle, the...

     and a disciple of St Carthage the Younger
    Mo Chutu of Lismore
    Saint Mo Chutu mac Fínaill , also known as Carthach or Carthach the Younger and in Latin as Carthagus, was abbot of Rahan , Co. Offaly, and subsequently, founder and first abbot of Lismore , Co. Waterford...

     (7th c.)
  • Saint Wilfrid II, Bishop of York (744)
  • Saint Ava of Dinant
    Saint Ava
    Saint Ava is a Roman Catholic saint. Ava was the daughter of King Pepin. She was cured of blindness by St. Rainfredis. She then became a Benedictine nun at Dinant, Hainaut, located today in Belgium, and was elected Abbess c. 845.Her feast day is April 29....

    , a niece of King Pepin
    Pepin II of Aquitaine
    Pepin II, called the Younger , was King of Aquitaine from 838 as the successor upon the death of his father, Pepin I. Pepin II was eldest son of Pepin I and Ingeltrude, daughter of Theodobert, count of Madrie...

    , and Abbess of a convent at Denain
    Dinant
    Dinant is a Walloon city and municipality located on the River Meuse in the Belgian province of Namur, Belgium. The Dinant municipality includes the old communes of Anseremme, Bouvignes-sur-Meuse, Dréhance, Falmagne, Falmignoul, Foy-Notre-Dame, Furfooz, Lisogne, Sorinnes, and Thynes.-Origins to...

     in Hainault (ca.845)
  • Martyr Daniel of Gerona
    Girona
    Girona is a city in the northeast of Catalonia, Spain at the confluence of the rivers Ter, Onyar, Galligants and Güell, with an official population of 96,236 in January 2009. It is the capital of the province of the same name and of the comarca of the Gironès...

    , born in Asia Minor, became a hermit, was martyred in Spain (9th c.)
  • Saint Nicetas, abbot of Synnada
    Synnada
    Synnada was an ancient town of Phrygia Salutaris in Asia Minor. Its site is now occupied by the modern Turkish town of Şuhut, in Afyonkarahisar Province...

     (9th c.)
  • Saint Nicephorus of Sebaze (9th c.)
  • Metropolitan John of Thebes, the new merciful one (12th c.)
  • St. Arsenius, archbishop of Suzdal
    Suzdal
    Suzdal is a town in Vladimir Oblast, Russia, situated northeast of Moscow, from the city of Vladimir, on the Kamenka River. Population: -History:...

     (1627)
  • Saint Basil, the Wonderworker of Ostrog
    Ostrog monastery
    The Monastery of Ostrog is a monastery of the Serbian Orthodox Church placed against an almost vertical background, high up in the large rock of Ostroška Greda, in Montenegro. It is dedicated to Saint Basil of Ostrog . From the monastery, a superb view of the Bjelopavlići plain can be seen...

    , Metropolitan of Zahumlje
    Zachlumia
    Zachlumia or Zahumlje was a medieval principality located in modern-day regions of Herzegovina and southern Dalmatia...

     (1671)
  • Holy Martyrs of Lazeti
    Lazistan
    Lazistan was the Ottoman administrative name for the sanjak comprising the Laz or Lazuri-speaking population on the southeastern shore of the Black Sea. However, its boundaries did not coincide with the Laz-speaking area...

     (Georgia) (17th-18th c.)
  • New Martyr Stanko the Shepherd, of Montenegro (1712)
  • Saint Nektary of Optina (1928)
  • Saint Amphilochius, schema-abbot of Pochaev
    Pochayiv Lavra
    Holy Dormition Pochayiv Lavra has for centuries been the foremost spiritual and ideological centre of various Orthodox denominations in Western Ukraine. The monastery tops a 60-metre hill in the town of Pochayiv, Ternopil Oblast, 18 km southwest of Kremenets and 50 km north of Ternopil...

     (1970)

Other commemorations

  • Synaxis
    Synaxis
    In Eastern Christianity , a Synaxis is an assembly for liturgical purposes, generally through the celebration of Vespers, Matins, Little Hours, and the Divine Liturgy....

     of Monastery of the Most Holy Theotokos
    Theotokos
    Theotokos is the Greek title of Mary, the mother of Jesus used especially in the Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, and Eastern Catholic Churches. Its literal English translations include God-bearer and the one who gives birth to God. Less literal translations include Mother of God...

     "Palaiokastritsa
    Palaiokastritsa
    Paleokastritsa is a former municipality on the island of Corfu, Ionian Islands, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Corfu, of which it is a municipal unit...

    ", Corfu (ca.1228)

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