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April 22 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 April22 are broadly the same, no matter which calendar is used.

Saints

Holy Apostle Nathaniel of the Twelve (Bartholomew) (1st century)April 22 / May 5. Orthodox Calendar (pravoslavie.ru).Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Ναθαναὴλ ὁ Ἀπόστολος. 22 Απριλίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ. Συναξαριστής. 22 Απριλίου. ecclesia.gr. (H Εκκλησια Τησ Ελλαδοσ). Apostles Apelles, Luke (not the Evangelist), and Clement, of the Seventy (1st century) Martyr Leonides of Alexandria, Bishop (202)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.May 5 / April 22. Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow). Martyr Nearchus, by fire (3rd century)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Νέαρχος ὁ Μάρτυρας. 22 Απριλίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ. Venerable Theodore the Sykeote, Bishop of Anastasiopolis in Galatia (613) 22 апреля (ст.ст.) 5 мая 2013 (нов. ст.) . Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей.Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Θεόδωρος ὁ Συκεώτης. 22 Απριλίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.St Theodore the Sykeote the Bishop of Anastasiopolis. OCA - Lives of the Saints. (see also: June 15 - Translation; June 16 - Uncovering) Saint Vitalis of Gaza, monk of the monastery of Abba Seridus at Gaza (609-620)Venerable Vitalius of Gaza. OCA - Lives of the Saints. (see also: January 11)

Pre-Schism Western saints

Hieromartyr Soter, Pope of Rome (c. 174)April 22. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome. Martyrs Epipodius of Lyons, by beheading (c. 177)St. Patrick of Ireland and Other Western Saints Officially Added to Russian Orthodox Church Calendar. Pravoslavie.ru. Moscow, March 10, 2017. Retrieved: 14 March 2017. ЖУРΝΑΛЫ заседания Священного Синода от 9 марта 2017 года. Русская Православная Церковь - Официальный сайт Московского Патриархата (Patriarchia.ru). 9 марта 2017 г. 20:08. Retrieved: 14 March 2017. Saint Gaius, born in Dalmatia, became Pope of Rome, martyred with members of his family (296)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Γάιος Ἐπίσκοπος Ρώμης. 22 Απριλίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ. (see also: August 11) Saint Agapitus I, Pope of Rome (536) (see also: April 17 - East) Saint Leo of Sens, Bishop of Sens in France for twenty-three years (541) The Two Brothers Arwald, sons of Arwald, the last Jutish King of the Isle of Wight, put to death by soldiers of King Ceadwalla, then a pagan, on the day after their baptism (686) Saint Opportuna of Montreuil, sister of St Chrodegang, Bishop of Séez, Abbess at the convent of Monteuil (c. 770) Saint Senorina, a Galician abbess who served as the abbess of the Benedictine convent of St John of Venaria (Vieyra) (982)

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

Saint Ananias of Malles, first monk, renovator and Abbot of the Holy Monastery of Panagia Exakousti in the village of Malles in Ierapetra, Crete (1907)Saint Ananias of Malles, Crete (+ 1907). Mystagogy. Retrieved: 4 April 2014. Saint Ekaterina (Malkov-Panina), fool-for-Christ, of the Holy Dormition Pukhtitsa Convent in Estonia (1968)Russian Church Canonizes Three New Martyrs and Estonian Monastic Saint. Orthodox Christianity. March 12, 2018.

New martyrs and confessors

New Hieromartyr Eustathius Malahovsky, Priest (1918) New Hieromartyr Platon of Banja Luka (Platon Jovanovic), Bishop of Banja Luka (1941)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Πλάτων ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας. 22 Απριλίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ. (see also: May 5) Martyr Demetrius Vlasenkov (1942) New Confessor Athanasius Andreyevich Saiko of Orel, Fool-for-Christ (1967)New saints: Russian Synod canonizes a New Martyr and a New Confessor. Orthodox Christianity. Moscow, May 15, 2026. Retrieved: May 16, 2026. Священный Синод включил имя Афанасия Сайко в Собор новомучеников и исповедников Церкви Русской. Русская Православная церковь - Официальный сайт Московского Патриархата (Patriarchia.ru). 14 мая 2026 г. 16:32. Retrieved: May 16, 2026.

Other commemorations

Translation of the relics (1834) of St. Vsevolod (in holy baptism Gabriel), Prince and Wonderworker of Pskov (1138)

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References

Sources April 22 / May 5. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU). May 5 / April 22. Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow). April 22. 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 22. 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. 113–114. 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. 176–177. Greek Sources Great Synaxaristes: 22 Απριλίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ. Συναξαριστής. 22 Απριλίου. ecclesia.gr. (H Εκκλησια Τησ Ελλαδοσ). Russian Sources 5 мая (22 апреля). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). 22 апреля (ст.ст.) 5 мая 2013 (нов. ст.) . Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей.