April 6 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

April 5 — Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar — April 7

An Eastern Orthodox cross

All fixed commemorations below are observed on April 19 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.[note 1]

For April 6th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on March 24.

Saints

• Hieromartyr Archilias, Priest, and Martyr Jeremiah, of Rome (3rd century)[1][2][3]
• Venerable Platonis (Platonida) of Nisibis, reposed in peace (c. 300-308)[1][4][5]
• Martyr Platonis (Platonides) and two martyrs buried up to their loins,[3] at Ascalon in Palestine.[6][7]
• Hieromartyr Irenaeus, Bishop of Sirmium in Hungary (304)[8] (See also: March 26 - Church of Romania)
• 120 Martyrs of Persia (c. 344-347)[1][7][9][10]
• Martyrs Timothy and Diogenes, in Macedonia, by Arians (345)[7][11]
• Saint Eutychius, Patriarch of Constantinople (582)[1][12][13]
• Equal-to-the-Apostles Methodius of Moravia, Archbishop of Moravia and Enlightener of the Slavs (885)[1][14] (see also: May 11)

Pre-Schism Western saints

• Saints Florentius, Geminianus and Saturus, martyrs in Sirmium in Pannonia (4th century)[15]
• Saints Rufina, Moderata, Romana, Secundus and Seven Companions, martyred at Sirmium in Pannonia (4th century)[15]
• Saint Marcellinus of Carthage, imperial representative in North Africa, martyred by the Donatists (413)[15][16]
• Saint Celestine, Pope of Rome (432)[7][15][17][18][note 2]
• Saint Brychan, a King in Wales with twenty-four saintly children (5th century)[15]
• Saint Ulched (Ulchad, Ylched), a holy man who gave his name to Llechulched in Anglesey in Wales.[15]
• Saint Winebald (Winewald, Vinebaud), a monk at Saint-Loup-de-Troyes in France where he became abbot (c. 650)[15]
• Saint Derfel (Tervillius) the Prince, son of King Joel II, became a hermit in Llandderfel in Gwynedd in Wales (660)[19] (see also: April 5)
• Saint Gennard, a monk at Fontenelle Abbey in France and eventually Abbot of Flay (Saint-Germer-de-Fly Abbey) (720)[15]
• Saint Berthanc (Berchan), a monk at Iona in Scotland and later Bishop of Kirkwall in the Orkneys (c. 840)[15][20][note 3]
• Saint Prudentius of Troyes (Prudentius Galindo) (861)[15][note 4]
• Saint Notker the Stammerer, nicknamed Balbulus (the Stammerer), monk at St Gall Abbey where he spent his whole life, excelling as a musician (912)[15][21]
• Saint Urban, Abbot of the Monastery of Peñalba near Astorga in Spain (c. 940)[15]
• Saint Ælfstan (Elstan), monk who became Bishop of Ramsbury and succeeded St Ethelwold as Abbot of Abingdon (981)[15][22]

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

• Venerable Gregory (Drimys) of the Great Lavra on Mount Athos (Gregory the Byzantine) (1310), instructor of St. Gregory Palamas.[1][23][24]
• Venerable Gregory of Sinai (Mt. Athos) (Gregory the Sinaite) (1347)[1][25]
• Venerable Rufus the Obedient, of the Kiev Far Caves (14th century)[26] (see also: April 8)
• New Martyr Nicholas the Deacon, of Mytilene (1463)[1][note 5]
• Saint Aphonios, Bishop of Novgorod from 1635-1649 (1652)[27][note 6]
• New Martyr Paul the Russian, at Constantinople (1683)[1] (see also: April 3)
• New Hieromartyr Gennadius of Dionysiou, Mt. Athos, at Constantinople (1818)[1][28]
• New Martyrs Manuel, Theodore, George, Michael, and another George, of Samothrace, at Makri in Thrace (1835)[1][29]
• Saint Martyrius, monk of Glinsk Hermitage (1865)[1]

New martyrs and confessors

• Martyrs Peter Zhukov and Prohor Mikhailov (1918)[30]
• New Hieromartyr John Boikov, Priest (1934)[3][30]
• New Hieromartyr Jacob Boikov, Priest (1943)[3][30]
• New Hiero-confessor Sebastian (Fomin), Schema-Archimandrite of Optina Monastery and Karaganda (1966)[1][3][30][note 7] (see also: April 19)

Other commemorations

• Repose of Hieromonk Arsenius of Valaam Monastery (1853)[1]
• Repose of Elder Mardarius of the Nizhni-Novgorod Caves Monastery (1859)[1]
• Repose of Archimandrite Seraphim (Tyapochkin) of Rakitin (1982)[1][note 8]

Icon gallery

• 
  Patriarch Eutychius of Constantinople.
• 
  Sts. Cyril and Methodius (Icon from 18th or 19th century)
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  Saint Celestine, Pope of Rome.
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  Blessed Notker of Saint Gall.
• 
  Shrine of New Hiero-confessor Sebastian (Fomin).

Notes

1. The notation Old Style or (OS) is sometimes used to indicate a date in the Julian Calendar (which is used by churches on the "Old Calendar").
   The notation New Style or (NS), indicates a date in the Revised Julian calendar (which is used by churches on the "New Calendar").
2. Born in the Campagna in Italy, he succeeded Boniface I as Pope of Rome in 422. He supported St Germanus of Auxerre against Pelagianism and condemned Nestorianism.
3. See also: The Prophecy of Berchán.
4. Born in Spain, in his youth he fled from the Saracens to France, where he changed his baptismal name Galindo to Prudentius. He became Bishop of Troyes.
5. The finding of his relics is celebrated on May 31.
6. See: (in Russian) Аффоний (митрополит Новгородский). Википедии. (Russian Wikipedia).
7. See: (in Russian) Севастиан (Фомин). Википедии. (Russian Wikipedia).
8. See: (in Russian) Серафим (Тяпочкин). Википедии. (Russian Wikipedia).

References

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3. April 19 / April 6. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
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5. St Platonida (Platonis) of Nisibis, Syria. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
6. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ἡ Ἁγία Πλατωνὶς ἡ Μάρτυς καὶ οἱ δύο σὺν αὐτῇ Μάρτυρες. 6 Απριλίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
7. 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. 97-98.
8. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Εἰρηναῖος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας Ἐπίσκοπος Σιρμίου. 6 Απριλίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
9. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Οἱ Ἅγιοι ἑκατὸν εἴκοσι Μάρτυρες ἐν Περσίδι. 6 Απριλίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
10. 120 Martyrs of Persia. OCA - Lives of the Sainrs.
11. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Οἱ Ἅγιοι Τιμόθεος καὶ Διογένης οἱ Μάρτυρες. 6 Απριλίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
12. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Εὐτύχιος Πατριάρχης Κωνσταντινουπόλεως. 6 Απριλίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
13. St Eutychius the Patriarch of Constantinople. OCA - Lives of the Sainrs.
14. St Methodius, Equal of the Apostles and Archbishop of Moravia, Enlightener of the Slavs. OCA - Lives of the Sainrs.
15. April 6. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
16. Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. MARCELLINUS, M. (A.D. 413.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Fourth: April. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. pp. 89-94.
17. Very Rev. John O'Hanlon. "Article III.—St. Celestine I., Pope and Confessor. [Fourth and Fifth Centuries.]." In: Lives of the Irish Saints: With Special Festivals, and the Commemorations of Holy Persons. VOL. IV. Dublin, 1875. pp. 48-53.
18. Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. CELESTINE I., POPE, M. (A.D. 432.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Fourth: April. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. p. 94.
19. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Τερβίλλιος ὁ πρίγκιπας. 6 Απριλίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
20. Very Rev. John O'Hanlon. "Article V.—St. Berchan, or Bercham, said to have been Bishop of the Orkney Islands, Scotland." In: Lives of the Irish Saints: With Special Festivals, and the Commemorations of Holy Persons. VOL. IV. Dublin, 1875. p. 55.
21. Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "B. NOTKER BALBULUS, MK. (A.D. 912.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Fourth: April. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. pp. 95-105.
22. 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. 145-146.
23. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ὅσιος Γρηγόριος ὁ Βυζάντιος. 6 Απριλίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
24. Venerable Gregory the Byzantine. OCA - Lives of the Sainrs.
25. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ὅσιος Γρηγόριος ὁ Σιναΐτης. 6 Απριλίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
26. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ὅσιος Ροῦφος ὁ Ἀσκητὴς. 6 Απριλίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
27. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀφώνιος Ἐπίσκοπος Νόβγκοροντ. 6 Απριλίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
28. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Γεννάδιος ὁ Ὁσιομάρτυρας. 6 Απριλίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
29. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Οἱ Ἅγιοι Μανουήλ, Θεόδωρος, Γεώργιος, Μιχαὴλ καὶ Γεώργιος οἱ Νεομάρτυρες ἐκ Σαμοθράκης. 6 Απριλίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
30. (in Russian) 6 апреля (ст.ст.) 19 апреля 2013 (нов. ст.). Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR).

Sources

• April 6 / April 19. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
• April 19 / April 6. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
• April 6. OCA - The Lives of the Saints.
• 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 6. 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. 97–98.
• 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. 145–146.

Greek Sources

• Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) 6 ΑΠΡΙΛΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
• (in Greek) Συναξαριστής. 6 Απριλίου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).

Russian Sources

• (in Russian) 19 апреля (6 апреля). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).
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