April 23 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
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All fixed commemorations below are observed on May 6 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.[note 1]
For April 23, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the saints listed on April 10.
Contents
Saints
- Martyrs Donatus and Therinus of Bothrotus, in Epirus (c. 250)[1][2]
- Holy Glorious Great-martyr and Victory-bearer and Wonderworker George (303)[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][note 2][note 3][note 4]
- Martyr Polychronia, mother of Great-martyr Saint George, a Greek native of Lydda (Diospolis) (303)[10]
- Martyrs Anatolius and Protoleon,[11][12] soldiers converted by witnessing the martyrdom of St. George,
- Martyr Valerius, by the sword.[15][16]
- Martyr Alexandra the Empress, wife of Diocletian (303)[2][6][17] (see also: April 21)
Pre-Schism Western saints
- Martyrs Felix, Fortunatus, and Achilleus, at Valence in France (212)[18][note 5] (see also: April 24)
- Saint Marolus, a Syrian by origin, he became Bishop of Milan in Italy in 408 (423)[7][18]
- Saint Ibar of Beggerin (Iberius, Ivor), an enlightener in Ireland, who mainly preached in Leinster and Meath (5th century)[18]
- Saint Pusinna, a holy virgin in Champagne in France who had six sisters, all widely honoured as saints (5th-6th centuries)[18]
- Saint Gerard of Toul, Bishop of Toul in France (994)[7][18][note 6]
- Saint Adalbert of Prague (Voitech), Bishop of Prague (997)[2][18][note 7][note 8]
Post-Schism Orthodox saints
- Blessed George of Shenkursk, Fool-for-Christ (1462)[2][19][20]
- New Martyr George of Cyprus, at Ptolemais (1752)[2][16][21]
- New Martyr Lazarus of Bulgaria, who suffered at Pergamus (1802)[2][16][22]
New martyrs and confessors
- New Hieromartyr Priest Igor (George) of Spas Chekriak village, Russia (1918)[19][23]
- New Hiero-confessor George Kosov, priest of Spas Chekriak village, Orel (1928)[2]
- New Hieromartyr John Anserov, Priest of Alma-Ata (1940)[6][19][23]
- New Hieromartyr Sergius Zacharczuk, priest, of Nabroz (Chełm and Podlasie, Poland) (1943)[2][9][19]
Other commemorations
- Commemoration of Protopresbyter John Labunsky of Prilutsk (1945)[9]
- Repose of Bishop Barnabas (Belyaev) of Nizhni-Novgorod (1963)[2]
Icon gallery
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Saint Ibar of Beggerin
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Tomb of Saint Gerard of Toul in the cathedral of Toul.
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Saint Adalbert of Prague (15th century)
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Notes
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- April 23 / May 6. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
- May 6 / April 23. Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
- April 23. 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. 31.
- April 23. 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. p. 114.
- 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. p. 177.
Greek Sources
- Great Synaxaristes: (Greek) 23 ΑΠΡΙΛΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- (Greek) Συναξαριστής. 23 Απριλίου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).
Russian Sources
- (Russian) 6 мая (23 апреля). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).
- (Russian) 23 апреля (ст.ст.) 6 мая 2013 (нов. ст.). Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR).
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- ↑ Great Synaxaristes: (Greek) Οἱ Ἅγιοι Δονάτος καὶ Θερινὸς οἱ Μάρτυρες. 23 Απριλίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 April 23 / May 6. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
- ↑ Great Synaxaristes: (Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Γεώργιος ὁ Μεγαλομάρτυρας ὁ Τροπαιοφόρος. 23 Απριλίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ↑ Holy Great-Martyr George. Self-Ruled Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America.
- ↑ Greatmartyr, Victory-bearer and Wonderworker George. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 (Russian) 23 апреля (ст.ст.) 6 мая 2013 (нов. ст.). Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR).
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 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. p. 114.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 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. p. 177.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Dr. Alexander Roman. April. Calendar of Ukrainian Orthodox Saints (Ukrainian Orthodoxy - Українське Православ'я).
- ↑ Great Synaxaristes: (Greek) Ἡ Ἁγία Πολυχρονία ἡ Μάρτυς. 23 Απριλίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ↑ Great Synaxaristes: (Greek) Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ἀνατόλιος καὶ Πρωτολέων οἱ στρατηλάτες. 23 Απριλίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ↑ Martyr Anatolius the Soldier converted by witnessing the martyrdom of St George. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
- ↑ Great Synaxaristes: (Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Γλυκέριος ὁ Μάρτυρας ὁ γεωργός. 23 Απριλίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ↑ Great Synaxaristes: (Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀθανάσιος ὁ Μάρτυρας ὁ ἀπὸ μάγων. 23 Απριλίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ↑ Great Synaxaristes: (Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Οὐαλέριος ὁ Μάρτυρας. 23 Απριλίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 (Greek) Συναξαριστής. 23 Απριλίου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).
- ↑ Martyr Alexandra the Empress, wife of Diocletian. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 18.3 18.4 18.5 April 23. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 19.3 May 6 / April 23. Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
- ↑ Great Synaxaristes: (Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Γεώργιος ὁ ἐκ Ρωσίας. 23 Απριλίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ↑ Great Synaxaristes: (Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Γεώργιος ὁ Νεομάρτυρας ὁ Κύπριος. 23 Απριλίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ↑ Great Synaxaristes: (Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Λάζαρος ὁ Νεομάρτυρας. 23 Απριλίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ↑ 23.0 23.1 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. 31.
