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April 8 in Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendars is a feast day and a day of commemoration of saints and martyrs. Although some Orthodox churches use the Revised Julian Calendar and others use the traditional Julian calendar, the fixed commemorations for their respective April8 are broadly the same, no matter which calendar is used.

Saints

Holy Apostles of the Seventy:April 8 / April 21. Orthodox Calendar (pravoslavie.ru).Great Synaxaristes: 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.Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "SS. Herodion, Asyncritus, Phlegon, and Hermas, MM. (1st Cent)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Fourth: April. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. p. 121. Herodion, Agabus, Asyncritus of Hyrcania, Rufus, Phlegon, Hermes, and those who suffered with them (1st century) Martyr Pausilipus of Heraclea in Thrace (ca. 117–138)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Παυσίλυπος ὁ Μάρτυρας. 8 Απριλίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.Martyr Pausilippus of Heraclea in Thrace. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Monk-martyrs Josiah and Joseph, of Mt. Kharasam, Persia (c. 341)April 21 / April 8. Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow). Saint Celestine, Pope of Rome (432)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Κελεστίνος πάπας Ρώμης. 8 Απριλίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.St Celestine the Pope of Rome. OCA - Lives of the Saints.Very Rev. John O'Hanlon. "Article IX.—Reputed Festival of 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. p. 83. (see also: April 6 - West)

Pre-Schism Western saints

Martys Januarius, Maxima and Macaria, in North Africa.Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ἰανουάριος, Μαξίμη καὶ Μακαρία οἱ Μάρτυρες. 8 Απριλίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.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.Very Rev. John O'Hanlon. "Article VI.—St. Januarius, Martyr." In: Lives of the Irish Saints: With Special Festivals, and the Commemorations of Holy Persons. Vol. IV. Dublin, 1875. p. 81. Martyr Concessa, a martyr venerated from early times in Carthage in North Africa. Saint Amantius of Como, successor of St Provinus as Bishop of Como in Italy (440)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀμάνδος. 8 Απριλίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ. Saint Perpetuus, Bishop of Tours in France (490)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Περπέτουος. 8 Απριλίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ. Saint Redemptus, Bishop of Ferentini in Italy (586)

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

Saint Philaret of Seminara (Filarete of Calabria), Calabria (ca. 1070) Saint Niphont, Bishop of Novgorod (1156)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Νήφων ὁ Θαυματουργός Ἐπίσκοπος Νόβγκοροντ. 8 Απριλίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.St Niphon the Bishop of Novgorod. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Venerable Rufus the Recluse (Rufus the Obedient), of the Kiev Caves (14th century)Venerable Rufus the Obedient of the Kiev Far Caves. OCA - Lives of the Saints. (see also: April 6) New Martyr John (Koulikas) (1564) Συναξαριστής. 8 Απριλίου. ecclesia.gr. (H Εκκλησια Τησ Ελλαδοσ). (see also: April 18) New Martyr John Naukliros ("the Navigator"), burned alive on Kos (1669)Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America. On Friday, April 8, 2016 we celebrate.Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἰωάννης ὁ Νεομάρτυρας ὁ ναύκληρος. 8 Απριλίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.

New martyrs and confessors

New Hieromartyr Sergius Rodakovsky, Archpriest, of Tal, Belorussia (1933) 8 апреля (ст.ст.) 21 апреля 2013 (нов. ст.) . Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей.

Other commemorations

Spanish Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos (792) Repose of Righteous Helen Voronova (1916), disciple of Elder Barsanuphius of Optina Monastery (ru).

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References

Sources 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. The Autonomous Orthodox Metropolia of Western Europe and the Americas. 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: 8 Απριλίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ. Συναξαριστής. 8 Απριλίου. Eeclesia.gr. (H Εκκλησια Τησ Ελλαδοσ). Russian Sources 21 апреля (8 апреля). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). 8 апреля (ст.ст.) 21 апреля 2013 (нов. ст.) . Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей.