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April 9 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

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All fixed commemorations below are observed on April 22 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.

For April 9th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on March 27.

Saints

  • Martyrs Fortunatus, Donatus, twelve virgins, and six laymen, at Sirmium (304)
  • Martyr Eupsychius of Caesarea in Cappadocia (362)
  • Hieromartyrs Desan the Bishop; the Priest Mariabus; and Martyrs Abdiesus and 270 others, in Persia (362)
  • Venerable Hieromartyr Bademus (Vadim), Archimandrite, of Persia, and 7 disciples (379)
  • Venerable Acacius of Amida, Bishop of Amida in Mesopotamia (5th century)

    • Pre-Schism Western Saints

  • Martyrs of Pannonia, seven virgin-martyrs in Sirmium in Pannonia.
  • Martyrs of North-West Africa, a group of Christians martyred in Masyla.
  • Saint Marcellus, Bishop of Die, celebrated for miracles (474)
  • Saint Madrun (Materiana), a saint from Wales or Cornwall to whom some Welsh churches are dedicated (5th century)
  • Saint Dotto, Abbot of a monastery in the Orkney Islands off the coast of Scotland (6th century)
  • Saint Waltrude (Woutruide, Waldetrudis, Vaudru), monastic foundress at Bergen (Netherlands), renowned for holiness of life and miracles (688)
  • Saint Hugh of Rouen (Hugh of Champagne), Bishop of Rouen and then of Paris, and was also Abbot of Fontenelle and Jumièges (730)
  • Saint Hedda and Companions, Abbot of Peterborough in England, martyred by the Danes (869)
  • Saint Theodore and Companions, Abbot of Crowland in England, martyred by the Danes (869)
  • Saint Casilda of Toledo, an anchoress near Briviesca near Burgos (1050)

    • Post-Schism Orthodox Saints

  • Newly Revealed Martyrs Raphael (Archimandrite), Nicholas (Deacon), Irene (child), and Eleni (who was also called Susanna) of Lesbos, and those with them (1463)

    • New Martyrs and Confessors

  • New Martyr Gabriel Fomin (1942)

    • Other Commemorations

  • Translation of the holy relics of Saint Monica of Tagaste to Rome.

    • References

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