April 3 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
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- Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Apr. 4
All fixed commemorations below celebrated on Apr. 16 by Old Calendarists
April 2 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Apr. 1 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Apr. 3-Fixed commemorations:All commemorations below are observed on April 15 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Saint Titus the Wonderworker*Martyrs Amphianus and Aedesius of Alexandria...
- Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Apr. 4
April 4 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Apr. 3 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Apr. 5All fixed commemorations below celebrated on Apr. 17 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Saint George of Mount Malcon, monk, in the Peloponnesus*Saint Zosimas of Palestine, monk...
All fixed commemorations below celebrated on Apr. 16 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...
Nicetas the Confessor, abbotAbbotThe word abbot, meaning father, is a title given to the head of a monastery in various traditions, including Christianity. The office may also be given as an honorary title to a clergyman who is not actually the head of a monastery...
of Medikion - MartyrMartyrA martyr is somebody who suffers persecution and death for refusing to renounce, or accept, a belief or cause, usually religious.-Meaning:...
Ulphianus of Tyre - Saint Illyricus of Mount Myrsinon in the Peloponnesus
- Martyrs Elpidephorus, Dius, Bithonius, and Galycus
- Virgin-martyr Theodosia of Tyre, and Martyr Irene
- Saint Nectarius of Bezhetsk, abbot
- New martyr Paul the Russian at ConstantinopleConstantinopleConstantinople was the capital of the Roman, Eastern Roman, Byzantine, Latin, and Ottoman Empires. Throughout most of the Middle Ages, Constantinople was Europe's largest and wealthiest city.-Names:...
- Saint Joseph the HymnographerJoseph the HymnographerJoseph the Hymnographer was a monk of the ninth century. He is one of the greatest liturgical poets and hymnographers of the Eastern Orthodox Church. He is also known for his confession of the Orthodox Faith in opposition to Iconoclasm. He is called "the sweet-voiced nightingale of the Church".He...
Other Commemorations
- IconIconAn icon is a religious work of art, most commonly a painting, from Eastern Christianity and in certain Eastern Catholic churches...
of the Most Holy TheotokosTheotokosTheotokos 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...
"The Unfading Flower"