April 8 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
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All fixed commemorations below are observed on April 21 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.[note 1]
For April 8th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on March 26.
Contents
Saints
- Martyr Pausilipus of Heraclea in Thrace (ca. 117-138)[1][4][5]
- Monk-martyrs Josiah and Joseph, of Mt. Kharasam, Persia (ca. 341)[1][6]
- Saint Celestine, Pope of Rome (432)[1][7][8][note 2] (see also: April 6 - in the West)
Pre-Schism Western Saints
- Martys Januarius, Maxima and Macaria, in North Africa.[9][10][11]
- Martyr Concessa, a martyr venerated from early times in Carthage in North Africa.[9][11]
- Saint Amantius of Como, successor of St Provinus as Bishop of Como in Italy (440)[9][11][12]
- Saint Perpetuus, Bishop of Tours in France (490)[9][11][13]
- Saint Redemptus, Bishop of Ferentini in Italy (586)[9][11]
Post-Schism Orthodox Saints
- Saint Philaret of Seminara (Filarete of Calabria), Calabria (ca. 1070)[1][6]
- Saint Niphont, Bishop of Novgorod (1156)[1][14][15][16]
- Venerable Rufus the Recluse (Rufus the Obedient), of the Kiev Caves (14th century)[1][16][17] (see also: April 6)
- New Martyr John (Koulikas) (1564)[1][6][18]
- New Martyr John Naukliros ("the Navigator", "the Skipper"), burned alive on Kos (1669)[1][6][18][19]
New Martyrs and Confessors
Other Commemorations
- Spanish Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos (792)[1][6][note 3]
- Repose of Righteous Helen Voronova (1916), disciple of Elder Barsanuphius of Optina Monastery.[1]
Icon Gallery
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Herodion of Patras and Archangel Selaphiel (1840, Russia).
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Hermes of Philippopolis.jpg
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Saint Celestine, Pope of Rome.
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St. Philaret of Seminara (right side), with St. Elias.
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Notes
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- April 8 / April 21. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
- April 21 / April 8. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
- April 8. 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. 27.
- April 8. 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. 99.
- 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. 149.
Greek Sources
- Great Synaxaristes: (Greek) 8 ΑΠΡΙΛΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- (Greek) Συναξαριστής. 8 Απριλίου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).
Russian Sources
- (Russian) 21 апреля (8 апреля). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).
- (Russian) 8 апреля (ст.ст.) 21 апреля 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 April 8 / April 21. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
- ↑ Great Synaxaristes: (Greek) Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ἄγαβος, Ἀσύγκριτος, Ἑρμῆς, Ἡρωδίων Ἐπίσκοπος, Ροῦφος καὶ Φλέγων οἱ Ἀπόστολοι ἐκ τῶν Ἑβδομήντα. 8 Απριλίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ↑ Apostle Herodion of the Seventy, and those with Him. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
- ↑ Great Synaxaristes: (Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Παυσίλυπος ὁ Μάρτυρας. 8 Απριλίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ↑ Martyr Pausilippus of Heraclea in Thrace. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 April 21 / April 8. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
- ↑ Great Synaxaristes: (Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Κελεστίνος πάπας Ρώμης. 8 Απριλίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ↑ St Celestine the Pope of Rome. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5 April 8. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
- ↑ Great Synaxaristes: (Greek) Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ἰανουάριος, Μαξίμη καὶ Μακαρία οἱ Μάρτυρες. 8 Απριλίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 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. 99.
- ↑ Great Synaxaristes: (Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀμάνδος. 8 Απριλίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ↑ Great Synaxaristes: (Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Περπέτουος. 8 Απριλίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ↑ Great Synaxaristes: (Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Νήφων ὁ Θαυματουργός Ἐπίσκοπος Νόβγκοροντ. 8 Απριλίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ↑ St Niphon the Bishop of Novgorod. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 Dr. Alexander Roman. April. Calendar of Ukrainian Orthodox Saints (Ukrainian Orthodoxy - Українське Православ'я).
- ↑ Venerable Rufus the Obedient of the Kiev Far Caves. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 (Greek) Συναξαριστής. 8 Απριλίου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).
- ↑ Great Synaxaristes: (Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἰωάννης ὁ Νεομάρτυρας ὁ ναύκληρος. 8 Απριλίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ↑ (Russian) 8 апреля (ст.ст.) 21 апреля 2013 (нов. ст.). Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR).
- ↑ Icon of the Mother of God “Spanish”. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
