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The Holy Martyrs at Cyzicus; Venerable Memnon the Wonderworker (Fish permitted)

Orthodox Calendar April 29 The Holy Martyrs at Cyzicus The city of Cyzicus is in Asia Minor on the coast of the Dardenelles (Hellespont). Christianity already began to spread there through the preaching of Saint Paul (June 29). During the persecutions by the pagans, some of the Christians fled the city, while others kept their…

Apr 29, 2026basilica.ro

Apostles Jason and Sosipater of the Seventy; Martyrs Maximus, Quinctilian and Dada at Dorostolum

Orthodox Calendar April 28 Apostle Jason He was from Tarsus (Asia Minor). He was the first Christian in the city. The Apostle Sosipater was a native of Patra, Achaia. He is thought to be the same Sosipater mentioned in Acts 20:4. They both became disciples of Saint Paul, who even called them his kinsmen (Rom 16:21).…

Apr 28, 2026basilica.ro

Synaxis of Romanian Women Saints; Sunday of the Holy Myrrhbearing Women; Martyrs Cyrillus, Kindaeas and Dasius of Axiopolis; Hieromartyr Basil the Bishop of Amasea; St. Glaphyra

Orthodox Calendar April 26 Synaxis of Romanian Women Saints On this day, the third Sunday after Pascha, when we celebrate the Feast of the Holy Myrrh-bearing Women—the first witnesses of Christ’s Resurrection—the Romanian Orthodox Church has appointed that all holy women of Romanian descent, as well as those who, though of other nations, struggled in…

Apr 26, 2026basilica.ro

Apostle and Evangelist Mark; †) Venerable Basil of Poiana Mărului

Orthodox Calendar April 25 Apostle and Evangelist Mark The Holy Apostle and Evangelist Mark, also known as John Mark (Acts 12:12), was one of the Seventy Apostles, and was also a nephew of Saint Barnabas (June 11). He was born at Jerusalem. The house of his mother Mary adjoined the Garden of Gethsemane. As Church…

Apr 25, 2026basilica.ro

St. Theodore the Sykeote the Bishop of Anastasiopolis (Fish permitted)

Orthodox Calendar April 22 Saint Theodore the Sykeote was born in the mid-sixth century in the village of Sykeon, not far from the city of Anastasiopolis (in Galatia, Asia Minor), into a pious family. When his mother Maria conceived the saint, she had a vision of a bright star overshadowing her womb. A clairvoyant Elder,…

Apr 22, 2026basilica.ro

Hieromartyr Januarius the Bishop of Benevento; Hieromartyr Theodore of Perge in Pamphylia; Martyr Alexandra the empress

Orthodox Calendar April 21 Hieromartyr Januarius Bishop of Benevento Hieromartyr Januarius Bishop of Benevento, and the deacons Proculus, Sossius and Faustus, Desiderius the Reader, Eutychius and Acution suffered martyrdom for Christ about the year 305 during the persecution ordered by the emperor Diocletian (284-305). They arrested Saint Januarius and led him to trial before Menignus,…

Apr 21, 2026basilica.ro

St Theotimus, Bishop of Tomis; Venerable Theodore Trichinas

Orthodox Calendar April 20 St Theotimus, Bishop of Tomis Saint Theotimus the Scythian was Bishop of Tomis in Scythia. He was a native of Dacia Pontica, and was part Roman. He is believed to have been the teacher of Saint John Cassian (February 29) and Saint Germanus, because he was once living in the same…

Apr 20, 2026basilica.ro

Venerable John of the Ancient Caves in Palestine; Hieromartyr Paphnutius of Jerusalem; 2nd Sunday after Pascha (St. Thomas)

Orthodox Calendar, April 19 Saint John of the Ancient Caves He is called so because he lived during the eighth century in the Lavra of Saint Chariton (September 28). This was called the “Old,” or ancient cave, since it was one the oldest of the Palestinian monasteries. The Lavra was situated not far from Bethlehem,…

Apr 19, 2026basilica.ro

Venerable John the Disciple of the Venerable Gregory of Decapolis

Orthodox Calendar, April 18 Venerable John the Disciple of the Venerable Gregory of Decapolis Saint John was born at the end of the eighth century. At a young age he became a disciple of Saint Gregory of Decapolis (November 20) and accepted monastic tonsure from him at a monastery in Thessalonica. Under the guidance of…

Apr 18, 2026basilica.ro

(†) Holy Pascha (On this day, the Romanian Saints commemorated on April 11 and 12 are also liturgically celebrated: St. Callinicus from Cernica and his mother Saint Philothea of Pasărea, and Martyr Sava of Buzău)

Orthodox Calendar April 13 The Holy Martyr Sava of Buzău This holy father of ours suffered for Christ in the year 372, during the persecution of Athanaric, at the hands of the official Atharid, being put to death by drowning in the Buzău River. On this day, the twelfth of the month, we commemorate the…

Apr 13, 2026basilica.ro

Great and Holy Saturday; Saint Callinicus from Cernica, bishop of Râmnic (His feast day will be celebrated on Monday, the second day of Easter); Hieromartyr Antipas, bishop of Pergamum

Orthodox Calendar, April 11 Great and Holy Saturday On Great and Holy Saturday the Church contemplates the mystery of the Lord’s descent into Hades, the place of the dead. Death, our ultimate enemy, is defeated from within. “He (Christ) gave Himself as a ransom to death in which we were held captive, sold under sin.…

Apr 11, 2026basilica.ro