April 10 Events Pre-1600 * 428 – Nestorius becomes the Patriarch of Constantinople. * 837 – Halley's Comet makes its closest approach to Earth at a distance equal to 0.0342 AU (5.1 million kilometres/3.2 million miles). * 140 ...

Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar The Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar describes and dictates the rhythm of the life of the Eastern Orthodox Church. Passages of Holy Scripture, saints and events for commemoration are associated with each date, as are many times special rul ...

April 12 Events Pre-1600 * 240 – Shapur I becomes co-emperor of the Sasanian Empire with his father Ardashir I. * 467 – Anthemius is elevated to Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. * 627 – King Edwin of Northumbria is converted to ...

All fixed commemorations below are observed on ''April 24'' by

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es on the

Old Calendar Old Calendarists (Greek language, Greek: ''palaioimerologitai'' or ''palaioimerologites''), also known as Old Feasters (''palaioeortologitai''), Genuine Orthodox Christians or True Orthodox Christians (GOC; ), are traditionalist groups of Easte ...

. For April 11th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on ''

March 29 Events Pre-1600 * 845 – Paris is sacked by Viking raiders, probably under Ragnar Lodbrok, who collects a huge ransom in exchange for leaving. * 1430 – The Ottoman Empire under Murad II captures Thessalonica from the Republic of ...

''.

Saints

* Martyrs Processus and Martinian of Rome (c. 67)April 11 / April 24
Orthodox Calendar (pravoslavie.ru). * ''Hieromartyr

Antipas of Pergamum According to Eastern Orthodox traditions, according to the Commentary on the Apocalypse of Andreas of Caesarea, it is believed that Saint Antipas was the Antipas referred to in the Book of , as the verse says: "I know thy works, and where thou d ...

, Bishop of

Pergamon Pergamon or Pergamum ( or ; grc-gre, Πέργαμον), also referred to by its modern Greek form Pergamos (), was a rich and powerful ancient Greek city in Mysia. It is located from the modern coastline of the Aegean Sea on a promontory on th ...

, disciple of St.

John the Theologian John of Patmos (also called John the Revelator, John the Divine, John the Theologian) is the name traditionally given to the author of the Book of Revelation. The text of Revelation states that John was on Patmos, a Greek island where, according ...

'' (92) * ''Hieromartyr Domninus (''Domnion''), Bishop of

Salona Salona ( grc, Σάλωνα) was an ancient city and the capital of the Roman province of Dalmatia. Salona is located in the modern town of Solin, next to Split, in Croatia. Salona was founded in the 3rd century BC and was mostly destroyed in ...

in Dalmatia, and eight soldiers with him'' (c. 100)April 24 / April 11
Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow). * Saint Philip of Gortyna, Bishop of

Gortyna Gortyna ( grc, Γόρτυνα; also known as Gortyn (Γορτύν)) was a town of ancient Crete which appears in the Homeric poems under the form of Γορτύν; but afterwards became usually Gortyna (Γόρτυνα). According to Stephanus o ...

on Crete (180) * Venerable Pharmuthius the Recluse, Anchorite of Egypt (4th century) * Venerable-Martyr Bacchus, of the Great Lavra of St. Sabbas the Sanctified (8th century) * Venerable John, disciple of Venerable

Gregory of Decapolis Saint Gregory of Dekapolis or Gregory Dekapolites ( el, Όσιος Γρηγόριος ο Δεκαπολίτης; before 797 – 20 November 842 or earlier) was a 9th-century Byzantine monk, notable for his miracle-working and his travels across th ...

(820) * Venerable Tryfaini and Matrona of

Cyzicus Cyzicus (; grc, Κύζικος ''Kúzikos''; ota, آیدینجق, ''Aydıncıḳ'') was an ancient Greek town in Mysia in Anatolia in the current Balıkesir Province of Turkey. It was located on the shoreward side of the present Kapıdağ Peni ...

Pre-Schism Western saints

Saint Machai Saint Maccai (or Machai, Maccæus, Mahew) was an Irish missionary who founded a monastery on the Isle of Bute, Scotland. His feast day is 11 April. Monks of Ramsgate account The monks of St Augustine's Abbey, Ramsgate wrote in their ''Book of Sa ...

, a disciple of St Patrick who founded a monastery on the

Isle of Bute The Isle of Bute ( sco, Buit; gd, Eilean Bhòid or '), known as Bute (), is an island in the Firth of Clyde in Scotland, United Kingdom. It is divided into highland and lowland areas by the Highland Boundary Fault. Formerly a constituent is ...

in Scotland (5th century) * Saint Isaac of Spoleto (''Isaac of Monteluco''), a Syrian monk who fled the Monophysite persecution and founded a monastery in Monteluco near Spoleto (c. 550) * Saint Maedhog (''Aedhan, Mogue''), an abbot whose main monastery was Clonmore in Ireland (6th century) * Saint

Guthlac of Crowland Saint Guthlac of Crowland ( ang, Gūðlāc; la, Guthlacus; 674 – 3 April 714 CE) was a Christian hermit and saint from Lincolnshire in England. He is particularly venerated in the Fens of eastern England. Life Guthlac was the son of Penwalh ...

, hermit of Crowland, England (714)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. 152-154. ''(see also:

August 30 Events Pre-1600 * 70 – Titus ends the siege of Jerusalem after destroying Herod's Temple. * 1282 – Peter III of Aragon lands at Trapani to intervene in the War of the Sicilian Vespers. * 1363 – The five-week Battle of Lake ...

)'' * Saint Agericus (''Aguy, Airy''), Abbot of St Martin's in Tours (680) * Saint Godebertha, a nun at

Noyon Noyon (; pcd, Noéyon; la, Noviomagus Veromanduorum, Noviomagus of the Veromandui, then ) is a commune in the Oise department, northern France. Geography Noyon lies on the river Oise, about northeast of Paris. The Oise Canal and the Cana ...

and the first abbess of the convent founded there (c. 700)

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

* Saint George, founder of the Monastery of Saint John Chrysostomos, north of

Koutsovendis Koutsovendis or Koutsoventis ( gr, Κουτσοβέντης, tr, Güngör) is a village in the Kyrenia District of Cyprus. It is under the ''de facto'' control of Northern Cyprus. Monastery of St. John Chrysostomos Just north of the village (a ...

, in Cyprus (c. 1070) * Venerable James, Abbot of Zhelezny Borok, Kostroma (1442), and his fellow

ascetic Asceticism (; from the el, ἄσκησις, áskesis, exercise', 'training) is a lifestyle characterized by abstinence from sensual pleasures, often for the purpose of pursuing spiritual goals. Ascetics may withdraw from the world for their p ...

St. James of Bryleevsk (15th century) * Venerable Euthymius (1456) and Chariton (1509), Abbots of Syanzhema,

Vologda Vologda ( rus, Вологда, p=ˈvoləɡdə) is a city and the administrative center of Vologda Oblast, Russia, located on the river Vologda within the watershed of the Northern Dvina. Population: The city serves as a major transport hu ...

. * Saint Barsanuphius, Bishop of Tver (1576) * Venerable Callinicus of

Cernica Cernica is a commune in the southeast part of Ilfov County, Muntenia, Romania, with a population of 9,425 as of 2002. It is composed of five villages: Bălăceanca, Căldăraru, Cernica, Poșta and Tânganu. The commune lent its name to the Ce ...

(''Kallinikos''), Bishop of Rimnic in Romania (1868)

New martyrs and confessors

* New Martyrs Peter Zhukov and Prochorus Mikhailov, of Tver (1918)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. 28. * New Hieromartyr Nicholas Gavarin, Priest (1938)11 апреля (ст.ст.) 24 апреля 2013 (нов. ст.)
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Other commemorations

* Commemoration of the Appearance of the Most Holy Theotokos at Pochaev, and the Leaving of her sacred Footprint there ("the Footprint") (1340)
Appearance of the Icon of the Mother of God “the Footprint” at Pochaev
'' OCA - Lives of the Saints. * Repose of Elder Eulogius of St. George Kellion, Mt. Athos (1948)

Icon gallery

File:Rousanu19.jpg, Martyrdom of St.

. File:Guthlac-Stained-Glass-Crowland-Abbey.jpg, Stained glass panel depicting

, in Crowland Abbey. File:Jakob von Zheleznoborovsk (V-1044).png, Venerable James, Abbot of Zhelezny Borok, Kostroma

Notes

References

Sources

April 11 / April 24
Orthodox Calendar (pravoslavie.ru).
April 24 / April 11
Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
April 11
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. 28.

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. p. 102. * 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. 152–154. ''Greek Sources'' * Great Synaxaristes:
11 Απριλιου
Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ. * Συναξαριστής.
11 Απριλίου
'' ecclesia.gr. (H Εκκλησια Τησ Ελλαδοσ). ''Russian Sources'' *

Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). *
11 апреля (ст.ст.) 24 апреля 2013 (нов. ст.)
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