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April 29 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

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Apr. 28 – Eastern Orthodox Church calendar – Apr. 30.

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All fixed commemorations below celebrated on May 12 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.

For April 29th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on April 16.

Saints

  • Apostles Jason and Sosipater of the Seventy, and their companions, at Corfu (see also April 28):
  • Martyrs Saturninus, Jakischolus (Inischolus), Faustianus, Januarius, Marsalius, Euphrasius, Mammius - the holy seven former thieves;
  • Virgin Martyr Cercyra;
  • Martyr Zenon, by fire
  • Martyr Neon, by fire
  • Martyr Vitalius, by fire
  • Christodolus the Ethiopian
  • Martyrs Vitalius and his wife Valeria (62)
  • Martyrs Diodorus and Rhodoplanus, deacons at Aphrodisia in Anatolia (285-305)
  • Saint Atticus and Cyntianus (Cyntion), martyrs
  • St. John Tolaius, patriarch of Alexandria (482)
  • Saint Nicetas, abbot of Synnada (9th century)
  • Saint Nicephorus of Sebaze (9th century)

    • Pre-Schism Western Saints

  • Martyr Torpes (Tropez), under Nero (65)
  • Hieromartyrs Apapius and Secundinus, Bishops in Numidia (259)
  • Saint Severus of Naples, wonderworker (409)
  • Saint Dictinus, the first convert of St. Patrick in Ulster in Ireland (5th century)
  • Saint Paulinus of Brescia, Bishop and confessor (c. 545)
  • Saint Secundellus the Deacon, in Gaul (6th century)
  • Saint Endelienta, nun and recluse of Cornwall (6th century)
  • Saint Senan of North Wales, hermit (7th century)
  • Saint Fiachan of Lismore (Fiachina, Fianchne, Fianchine), a monk at Lismore and a disciple of St Carthage the Younger (7th century)
  • Saint Wilfrid II, Bishop of York (744)
  • Saint Ava of Dinant, a niece of King Pepin, and Abbess of a convent at Denain in Hainault (c. 845)
  • Martyr Daniel of Gerona, born in Asia Minor, became a hermit, was martyred in Spain (9th century)

    • Post-Schism Orthodox Saints

  • Saint John of Thebes (John of Kaloktenos, John the New), Metropolitan of Thebes, the Merciful One (c. 1180)
  • St. Arsenius, archbishop of Suzdal (1627)
  • Saint Basil of Ostrog, Wonderworker of Ostrog, myrhh-streamer, Metropolitan of Zahumlje (1671)
  • Holy Martyrs of Lazeti (Georgia) (17th-18th centuries)
  • New Martyr Stanko the Shepherd, of Montenegro (1712)
  • Saint Nectarius of Optina (1928)
  • Saint Amphilochius, schema-abbot of Pochaev (1970)

    • References

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