April 6 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
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Apr. 5
— Eastern Orthodox Church calendar — Apr. 7
All fixed commemorations below celebrated on Apr. 19 by Old Calendarists
April 5 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Apr. 4 – Eastern Orthodox Church calendar – Apr. 6All fixed commemorations below celebrated on Apr. 18 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Martyrs Theodoulos, reader; Agathapodes, deacon; and those with them at Thessalonica*Saint Publius of Egypt, monk...
— Eastern Orthodox Church calendar — Apr. 7
April 7 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Apr. 6 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Apr. 8All fixed commemorations below celebrated on April 20 by Old Calendarists- Saints :* Saint George of Mitylene, bishop* Martyr Calliopus at Pompeiopolis in Cilicia...
All fixed commemorations below celebrated on Apr. 19 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
- Patriarch Eutychius of ConstantinoplePatriarch Eutychius of ConstantinopleEutychius , considered a saint in the Catholic and Orthodox Christian traditions, was the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 552 to 565, and from 577 to 582. His feast is kept by the Byzantine Church on 6 April, and he is mentioned in the Catholic Church's "Corpus Iuris"...
- 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...
Methodius, Equal-to-the-ApostlesEqual-to-apostlesAn equal-to-the-apostles is a special title given to some canonized saints in Eastern Orthodoxy. It is also used by Eastern Rite Catholic Churches that are in communion with Rome...
, enlightener of the Slavs - 120 martyrMartyrA martyr is somebody who suffers persecution and death for refusing to renounce, or accept, a belief or cause, usually religious.-Meaning:...
s of Persia - Saint Platonida (Placonis) of NisibisNisibisNusaybin Nisêbîn) is a city in Mardin Province, Turkey, populated mainly by Kurds. Earlier Arameans, Arabs, and Armenians lived in the city. The population of the city is 83,832 as of 2009.-Ancient Period:...
- Martyr Jeremiah and martyr Archilias the Presbyter
- Saint Gregory of St. Athanasius' Monastery on Mount AthosMount AthosMount 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...
, instructor of Saint Gregory PalamasGregory PalamasGregory Palamas was a monk of Mount Athos in Greece and later the Archbishop of Thessaloniki known as a preeminent theologian of Hesychasm. The teachings embodied in his writings defending Hesychasm against the attack of Barlaam are sometimes referred to as Palamism, his followers as Palamites... - Saint Gregory the Sinaite
Other Commemorations
- Repose of Elder Mardarius of Nizhni-Novgorod Caves Monastery (1859)
- Repose of Optina Elder Sebastian of Karaganda, Schema-archimandriteArchimandriteThe title Archimandrite , primarily used in the Eastern Orthodox and the Eastern Catholic churches, originally referred to a superior abbot whom a bishop appointed to supervise...
(1966)