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April 27 (Eastern Orthodox Liturgics)
April 26 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - April 28 All fixed commemorations below celebrated on ''May 10'' by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar. For April 27th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on ''April 14''. Saints * ''Saint Symeon the Kinsman of the Lord, Apostle of the Seventy and Hieromartyr'' (107)April 27/May 10 Orthodox Calendar (Pravoslavie.ru). * Martyr Publius (''Poplion''), by the sword.May 10 / April 27 Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow). * Martyr Lollion the Younger (''Lollion the New''). * Saint [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Of Cathares
John of Constantinople (died 839) was an abbot of the Cathares Monastery, in Constantinople. He clashed with Emperor Leo the Armenian, who was instituting a policy of iconoclasm. John survived torture. He is considered a saint by the Catholic Church, Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches, and is celebrated by them respectively on April 18 and April 27 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics), April 27. Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἰωάννης ὁ Ὁμολογητής'' 27 Απριλίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. References 813 deaths 9th-century Christian saints 9th-century Byzantine monks Byzantine Iconoclasm Year of birth unknown {{Byzantine-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Volhynia
Volhynia (also spelled Volynia) ( ; uk, Воли́нь, Volyn' pl, Wołyń, russian: Волы́нь, Volýnʹ, ), is a historic region in Central and Eastern Europe, between south-eastern Poland, south-western Belarus, and western Ukraine. The borders of the region are not clearly defined, but the territory that still carries the name is Volyn Oblast, in western Ukraine. Volhynia has changed hands numerous times throughout history and been divided among competing powers. For centuries it was part of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. After the Russian annexation, all of Volhynia was part of the Pale of Settlement designated by Imperial Russia on its south-western-most border. Important cities include Lutsk, Rivne, Volodymyr, Ostroh, Ustyluh, Iziaslav, Peresopnytsia, and Novohrad-Volynskyi (Zviahel). After the annexation of Volhynia by the Russian Empire as part of the Partitions of Poland, it also included the cities of Zhytomyr, Ovruch, Korosten. The city of Zviahel was r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Volodymyr-Volynskyi
Volodymyr ( uk, Володи́мир, from 1944 to 2021 Volodymyr-Volynskyi ( uk, Володи́мир-Воли́нський)) is a small city located in Volyn Oblast, in north-western Ukraine. It is the administrative centre of the Volodymyr Raion and the center of Volodymyr hromada. The city is the historic centre of the region of Volhynia and the historic capital of the Principality of Volhynia and one of the capital cities of the Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia. It is one of the oldest cities of Ukraine and Kyiv Rus'. Population: The medieval Latin name of the town "Lodomeria" became the namesake of the 19th century Austro-Hungarian Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria, of which the town itself was not a part. south from Volodymyr is Zymne, the oldest Orthodox Monastery in Volynia is located. Name The city was named ''Volodymyr'', after Prince Volodymyr the Great (born in the village of Budiatychi, about 20 km from Volodymyr), and later also abbreviated ''Lodomeria'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kiev Caves
Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra or Kyivo-Pechers’ka Lavra ( uk, Києво-Печерська лавра, translit=Kyievo-Pecherska lavra, russian: Киево-Печерская лавра), also known as the Kyiv Monastery of the Caves, is a historic Eastern Orthodox Christian monastery which gave its name to one of the city districts where it is located in Kyiv. Since its foundation as the cave monastery in 1051, the Lavra has been a preeminent center of Eastern Orthodox Christianity in Eastern Europe. Together with the Saint Sophia Cathedral, it is inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.Kyiv Pechersk Lavra, St. Sophia Cathedral remain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Floribert Of Liège
Floribert of Liège (died 746) was a bishop of Liège, and a saint of the Catholic and Orthodox Churches, celebrated on 27 April. He was the son of the French-born Hubert of Liège Hubertus or Hubert ( 656 – 30 May 727 A.D.) was a Christian saint who became the first bishop of Liège in 708 A.D. He is the patron saint of hunters, mathematicians, opticians and metalworkers. Known as the "Apostle of the Ardennes", he w ..., also a saint, and succeeded on his death in 727. References External links * 8th-century Frankish saints Bishops of Liège 746 deaths Year of birth unknown {{Belgium-RC-bishop-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enoder
Saint Enoder, (also known as Tenenan, Tinidor and Ternoc) was a 5th-century Cornish saint from Brecknockshire in South Wales. He is venerated in the Anglican and Roman Catholic Churches. He is known to history mostly through the medieval lists of the children of King Brychan of Brycheiniog where he was originally called Wenheden and should not be confused with Saint Enodoc. Today, he is remembered in the name of St Enoder a parish and hamlet in Cornwall. His Feast day The calendar of saints is the traditional Christian method of organizing a liturgical year by associating each day with one or more saints and referring to the day as the feast day or feast of said saint. The word "feast" in this context d ... is the last Thursday in April. References Medieval Welsh saints Medieval Cornish saints 5th-century Christian saints Children of Brychan {{Saint-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bishop Of Bologna
The Archdiocese of Bologna is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Northern Italy. The cathedra is in the cathedral church of San Pietro, Bologna. The current archbishop is Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, who was installed in 2015. The Archdiocese of Bologna is a metropolitan archdiocese and has three suffragan dioceses within its ecclesiastical province: the Diocese of Imola, the Diocese of Faenza-Modigliana, and the Archdiocese of Ferrara-Comacchio. History A detailed list of the various governments that have ruled Bologna is provided by Giovanni Battista Guidicini. In 1527, the Holy See became the absolute ruler of Bologna, and was represented by a ''Legatus a latere'' and a Vice-Legate. On 22 February 1530, Pope Clement VII crowned the Emperor Charles V as Holy Roman Emperor in Bologna, the last such event in history. The bishopric of Bologna was founded in the 3rd century. Originally it was a suffragan (under the supervision) of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John O'Hanlon (writer)
John Canon O'Hanlon MRIA (30 April 1821 – 15 May 1905) was an Irish Catholic priest, scholar and writer who also published poetry and illustrations, and involved himself in Irish politics. He is best known as a folklorist and a hagiographer, and in particular for his comprehensive ''Lives of the Irish Saints''. Life O'Hanlon was born in Stradbally, Laois. His parents were Edward and Honor Hanlon. He attended the Preston School in Ballyroan and then entered Carlow College to study for the priesthood. Before he completed his studies, however, he emigrated in 1842 with members of his family, initially to Quebec, but ultimately to Missouri in the United States of America (a migration perhaps occasioned by the death of his father). The family settled in Millwood in northeast Missouri. O'Hanlon was admitted to the diocesan college in St. Louis, completed his studies, and was ordained in 1847. He was then assigned a mission in the diocese of St. Louis, where he ministered until 185 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elphin, County Roscommon
Elphin (; ) is a small town in north County Roscommon, Ireland. It forms the southern tip of a triangle with Boyle and Carrick-on-Shannon to the north west and north east respectively. It is at the junction of the R368 and R369 regional roads. Ireland West Airport Knock is west of Elphin - approximately 40 minutes by road. History Elphin has historically been an important market town and the diocesan centre for the Diocese of Elphin. St Patrick is believed to have visited Elphin, consecrated its first church and ordained its first bishop, Asicus (subsequently the patron saint of Elphin). Information supporting the visitation of St Patrick is to be found in two important memorials of early Irish hagiography, the Vita Tripartita of St Patrick, and the "Patrician Documents" in the Book of Armagh. On his missionary tour through Connacht in 434 or 435, St Patrick came to the territory of Corcoghlan, present day Elphin. The chief of that territory, a noble Druid named Ono, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Assicus
Saint Assicus ''(Asicus, Assic)'' was the first bishop of Elphin, Ireland, and venerated as the patron saint of that place. He was also an artisan metalworker. Tradition Assicus was a friend of St. Patrick, and a skilled metal worker in brass and copper. Converted to Christianity by Saint Patrick, he is also said to have been Patrick's worker in iron. At Elphin, Patrick built a church, called through centuries, "Tempull Phadruig" (Patrick's church). There he established an episcopal monastery, one of the first monasteries founded by him. He appointed Assicus as abbot-bishop, and with him left Bite, son of the brother of Assicus, and Cipia, mother of Bite. Assicus was of the family of Hono, a druid of wealth and influence, from whom Patrick obtained the land. Artisan Under the Brehon Law, craftsmen were well respected in ancient Ireland. The first bishop of Elphin is described in the "Book of Armagh" as the ''cerd'', (the wright or goldsmith) of St. Patrick. Assicus made chal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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