April 21 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

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April 21 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 April21 are broadly the same, no matter which calendar is used.

Saints

Martyrs Theodore of Perge in Pamphylia, his mother Philippa, and Dioscorus, Socrates, and Dionysius (c. 138-161)April 21 / May 4. Orthodox Calendar (pravoslavie.ru).May 4 / April 21. Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).Hieromartyr Theodore of Perge in Pamphylia, with his Mother. OCA - Lives of the Saints. (see also: April 19 - Greek) Martyr Alexandra the Empress, wife of Diocletian, and those with her (303): Συναξαριστής. 21 Απριλίου. ecclesia.gr. (H Εκκλησια Τησ Ελλαδοσ).Great Synaxaristes: Ἡ Ἁγία Ἀλεξάνδρα ἡ βασίλισσα καὶ οἱ θεράποντες αὐτῆς Ἀπολλώ, Ἰσαάκιος καὶ Κοδράτος οἱ Μάρτυρες. 21 Απριλίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ. (see also: April 23) Martyrs Isaacius, Apollo, and Codratus, of Nicomedia.Martyr Isaac of Nicomedia. OCA - Lives of the Saints.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. 111-112. Hieromartyrs Januarius, Bishop of Benevento, and his companions (c. 305)Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ἰανουάριος, Πρόκλος, Σῶσσος, Φαῦστος, Δησιδέριος, Ἀκούτιος καὶ Εὐτύχιος οἱ Μάρτυρες. 21 Απριλίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.Hieromartyr Januarius the Bishop of Benevento, and his companions, at Pozzuoli. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Faustus, Proclus, and Sosius, Deacons; Desiderius, Reader; and Eutychius, and Acutius, laymen, at Pozzuoli. Saint Maximianus, Archbishop of Constantinople (434)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Μαξιμιανὸς Ἐπίσκοπος Κωνσταντινουπόλεως. 21 Απριλίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.St Maximian the Patriarch of Constantinople. OCA - Lives of the Saints. (see also: November 17) Venerable Anastasius Sinaita, Abbot of the Monastery of St. Catherine at Sinai (c. 700)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἀναστάσιος ὁ Ὁμολογητής ὁ Σιναΐτης. 21 Απριλίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ. (see also: April 20 - Slavic) Martyr Karol (Charles) Ο Αγιοε Καρολοε μάρτυρας. Εoρτάζοντες την 21ην του μηνός Απριλίου. Ημερολογιακο Εορτολογιο (pigizois.net).Άγιος Κάρολος ο μάρτυρας. Ορθόδοξος Συναξαριστής.

Pre-Schism Western saints

Saint Cyprian, Bishop of Brescia (582)April 21. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome. Saint Beuno, Abbot, of Clynnog Fawr, Wales (642)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. 173-176. Saint Maelruba of Apur Crossan (Maelrubius, Maolrubha), Ireland (722)Very Rev. John O'Hanlon. "Article I.—St. Maelrubius, or Maolrubha, of Bangor, County of Down, and of Applecross, Scotland. [Seventh and Eighth Centuries.]." In: Lives of the Irish Saints: With Special Festivals, and the Commemorations of Holy Persons. Vol. IV. Dublin, 1875. pp. 255-266. Saint Frodulphus (Frou), a monk at St Martin's in Autun (c. 750)

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

Saint Theodore the Philosopher of Kamske, martyred by Mongols (1323)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Θεόδωρος ὁ Μάρτυρας ὁ Φιλόσοφος. 21 Απριλίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ. Venerable Jacob (Jakov, James), Abbot of Stromynsk Monastery, Radonezh (1392)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἰάκωβος. 21 Απριλίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.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. 30. Saint Alexis, Priest of, Bortsurmany, Nizhny Novgorod (1848) 21 апреля (ст.ст.) 4 мая 2013 (нов. ст.) . Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей.

New martyrs and confessors

New Hieromartyr John Prigorovsky, Priest (1918) Saint Nicholas Pisarevsky, Confessor, Priest (1933) New Hieromartyr Alexis Protopopov, Priest (1938) New Hieromartyr Protopresbyter Basil Martysz of Teratyn, Chelm and Podlasie, Poland (1945) Святого Василия, священника-мученика (Martysz) . православной епархии Люблин-Хелм. Retrieved 08 April, 2014. (see also: May 4)

Other commemorations

Synaxis of The Mozdok Icon of the Mother of God (Mozdokskaya) (1768)Great Synaxaristes: Σύναξις Ὑπεραγίας Θεοτόκου ἐν Μοζντὸκ τῆς Ρωσίας. 21 Απριλίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ. Uncovering of the relics (1999) of St. Theodore, Abbot of Sanaxar Monastery (1791) Repose of Schemamonk Nicetas of Valaam Monastery (1907) Repose of Elder Dometian of Tula (1908) Repose of Hieroschemamonk Antipas II of Valaam Monastery (1912) Repose of Nun Stefanida of Kosovo, Serbia.

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References

Sources April 21 / May 4. Orthodox Calendar (pravoslavie.ru). May 4 / April 21. Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow). April 21. 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. 30. April 21. 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. 111-112. 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. 173-176. Greek Sources Great Synaxaristes: 21 Απριλίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ. Συναξαριστής. 21 Απριλίου. ecclesia.gr. (H Εκκλησια Τησ Ελλαδοσ). Russian Sources 4 мая (21 апреля). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). 21 апреля (ст.ст.) 4 мая 2013 (нов. ст.) . Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей.