April 20 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
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All fixed commemorations below are observed on May 3 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.[note 1]
For April 20th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on April 7.
Contents
Saints
- Apostle Zacchaeus of the Seventy, Bishop of Caesarea in Palestine, he who was called down from the Sycamore tree by Jesus, according to the Gospel of Luke (1st century)[1][2][3][4][note 2]
- Martyrs Acindinus, Antoninus, Victor, Zenon, Zoticus, Theonas, Caesareus, Severian and Christophoros (284-305)[3][5][note 3]
- Venerable Theodore Trichinas ("the Hair-Shirt Wearer"), hermit near Constantinople (400)[1][3][7][8][note 4]
- Saint Theotimus, Bishop of Tomis in Moesia (Lesser Scythia) (407)[1][9][10][note 5]
- Blessed Gregory (593)[11] and Anastasius I (599),[11] Patriarchs of Antioch.[1][12][13]
- Hieromartyr Anastasius II, Patriarch of Antioch (609)[1][3][12][note 6]
- Venerable Anastasius Sinaita, Abbot of the Monastery of St. Catherine at Sinai (ca. 700)[1][11][12][15] (see also: April 21)
- Venerable Ioannis the Palaiolavritis ("of the Old Lavra"), at St. Chariton's Monastery, in the Judean Desert.[3][16]
Pre-Schism Western Saints
- Martyrs Sulpicius and Servilian, martyrs in Rome who were beheaded under Trajan (ca. 117)[17][note 7]
- Saints Marcellinus of Embrun, Vincent and Domninus, born in North Africa, they went to France and preached in the Dauphiné (ca. 374)[17][note 8][note 9]
- Saint Marcian of Auxerre, a monk at the Monastery of Saints Cosmas and Damian in Auxerre (ca. 470)[6][17]
- Saint Cædwalla of Wessex (Cadwalla), King of the West Saxons (689)[1][12][17][18][note 10]
- Saint Gundebert (Gumbert), monk-martyr (8th century)[17][note 11]
- Saint Harduin, a monk at Fontenelle Abbey in France (749), then a hermit who copied writings of the Fathers (811)[17]
- Saint Hugh of Anzy-le-Duc, a monk at Saint Savin (ca. 930)[17][note 12]
Post-Schism Orthodox Saints
- Venerable Saints Athanasius (1380)[19] and Ioasaph (1422)[20] of Meteora, Abbots.[1][3]
- Venerable Alexander of Oshevensk, founder of Oshevensk Monastery (Arkhangelsk) (1479)[1][11][12][21][22][note 13]
- Child-Martyr Gabriel of Zabludov (Gabriel of Slutsk) (1690)[1][11][12][23][24][25][26]
New Martyrs and Confessors
Other Commemorations
- Repose of Schemamonk Ignatius of St. Nicephorus Monastery in Olonets (1852)[1]
- Translation of the relics (1991) of St. Nikolai (Velimirovich), Bishop of Ochrid and Zhicha (1956) from America to Serbia.[1][12][27][note 15]
- "Cyprus" (392)[11][note 16] and "Keepiazh" (Kipyazha) Icons of the Mother of God.[12][29]
Icon Gallery
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Child-Martyr Gabriel of Zabludov (Gabriel of Slutsk).
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Saint Nikolaj Velimirović.
Notes
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- April 20 / May 3. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
- May 3 / April 20. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
- April 20. OCA - The Lives of the Saints.
- Dr. Alexander Roman. April. Calendar of Ukrainian Orthodox Saints (Ukrainian Orthodoxy - Українське Православ'я).
- The Autonomous Orthodox Metropolia of Western Europe and the Americas (ROCOR). St. Hilarion Calendar of Saints for the year of our Lord 2004. St. Hilarion Press (Austin, TX). p. 30.
- April 20. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
- The Roman Martyrology. Transl. by the Archbishop of Baltimore. Last Edition, According to the Copy Printed at Rome in 1914. Revised Edition, with the Imprimatur of His Eminence Cardinal Gibbons. Baltimore: John Murphy Company, 1916. pp. 110-111.
- Rev. Richard Stanton. A Menology of England and Wales, or, Brief Memorials of the Ancient British and English Saints Arranged According to the Calendar, Together with the Martyrs of the 16th and 17th Centuries. London: Burns & Oates, 1892. pp. 168-173.
Greek Sources
- Great Synaxaristes: (Greek) 20 ΑΠΡΙΛΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- (Greek) Συναξαριστής. 20 Απριλίου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).
Russian Sources
- (Russian) 3 мая (20 апреля). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).
- (Russian) 20 апреля (ст.ст.) 3 мая 2013 (нов. ст.). Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR).
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- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 April 20 / May 3. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
- ↑ Great Synaxaristes: (Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Ζακχαῖος ὁ Ἀπόστολος. 20 Απριλίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 (Greek) Συναξαριστής. 20 Απριλίου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).
- ↑ Apostle Zacchaeus. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
- ↑ Great Synaxaristes: (Greek) Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ἀκίνδυνος, Ἀντωνίνος, Βίκτωρ, Ζήνωνος, Ζωτικός, Θεωνᾶς, Καισάριος, Σεβηριανὸς καὶ Χριστόφορος οἱ Μάρτυρες. 20 Απριλίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 The Roman Martyrology. Transl. by the Archbishop of Baltimore. Last Edition, According to the Copy Printed at Rome in 1914. Revised Edition, with the Imprimatur of His Eminence Cardinal Gibbons. Baltimore: John Murphy Company, 1916. pp. 110-111.
- ↑ Great Synaxaristes: (Greek) Ὁ Ὅσιος Θεόδωρος ὁ Τριχινᾶς. 20 Απριλίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ↑ Venerable Theodore Trichinas “the Hair-Shirt Wearer” and Hermit Near Constantinople. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
- ↑ Great Synaxaristes: (Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Θεότιμος Ἐπίσκοπος Ρουμανίας. 20 Απριλίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ↑ St Theotimus the Bishop of Lesser Scythia. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 11.5 11.6 (Russian) 20 апреля (ст.ст.) 3 мая 2013 (нов. ст.). Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR).
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 12.4 12.5 12.6 12.7 12.8 May 3 / April 20. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
- ↑ Great Synaxaristes: (Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀναστάσιος ὁ Σιναΐτης Ἐπίσκοπος Ἀντιοχείας. 20 Απριλίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ↑ Sainted Anastasias II, Patriarch of Antioch. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
- ↑ Venerable Anastasius the Abbot of Sinai. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
- ↑ Great Synaxaristes: (Greek) Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἰωάννης ὁ Παλαιολαυρίτης. 20 Απριλίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 17.3 17.4 17.5 17.6 April 20. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
- ↑ Rev. Richard Stanton. A Menology of England and Wales, or, Brief Memorials of the Ancient British and English Saints Arranged According to the Calendar, Together with the Martyrs of the 16th and 17th Centuries. London: Burns & Oates, 1892. pp. 168-169.
- ↑ Great Synaxaristes: (Greek) Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἀθανάσιος ὁ Μετεωρίτης. 20 Απριλίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ↑ Great Synaxaristes: (Greek) Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἰωάσαφ ὁ Μετεωρίτης. 20 Απριλίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ↑ Great Synaxaristes: (Greek) Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἀλέξανδρος ἐκ Ρωσίας. 20 Απριλίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ↑ Venerable Alexander the Abbot of Oshevensk. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
- ↑ April 20 - Child Saint of Poland – Martyr Gabriel of Zabludov. ROCA - Orthodox America.
- ↑ Great Synaxaristes: (Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Γαβριὴλ ὁ Μάρτυρας. 20 Απριλίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ↑ Childmartyr Gabriel of Bialystok. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
- ↑ Dr. Alexander Roman. April. Calendar of Ukrainian Orthodox Saints (Ukrainian Orthodoxy - Українське Православ'я).
- ↑ Great Synaxaristes: (Greek) Μετακομιδὴ Τιμίων Λειψάνων Ἁγίου Νικολάου Ἐπισκόπου Ἀχρίδος καὶ Ζίτσης. 20 Απριλίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ↑ The Cypriot Icon of the Mother of God. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
- ↑ The Autonomous Orthodox Metropolia of Western Europe and the Americas (ROCOR). St. Hilarion Calendar of Saints for the year of our Lord 2004. St. Hilarion Press (Austin, TX). p. 30.
