April 16 Events Pre-1600 * 1457 BC – Battle of Megido - the first battle to have been recorded in what is accepted as relatively reliable detail. * 69 – Defeated by Vitellius' troops at Bedriacum, Otho commits suicide. * 73 – Masad ...

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April 18 Events Pre-1600 * 796 – King Æthelred I of Northumbria is murdered in Coria (Corbridge), Corbridge by a group led by his ealdormen, Ealdred and Wada. The ''patrician'' Osbald of Northumbria, Osbald is crowned, but abdicates within 27 d ...

All fixed commemorations below are observed on ''April 30'' by

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es on the

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. For April 17th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on '' April 4''.

Saints

* Hieromartyr Anicetus, Pope of Rome (166)April 17
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. 108. * Martyr Adrian of Corinth, in Persia (251)April 17 / April 30
Orthodox Calendar (pravoslavie.ru). * ''Hieromartyr Symeon (''Shemon Bar Sabbae''), Bishop in Persia, and those with him'' (341): :* Hieromartyrs Abdechalas and Ananias, priests; :* Martyrs Chusdazat (Usphazanes) and Azat, the

eunuch A eunuch ( ) is a male who has been castrated. Throughout history, castration often served a specific social function. The earliest records for intentional castration to produce eunuchs are from the Sumerian city of Lagash in the 2nd millenni ...

s; :* Fusicus, the dignitary and Ascitrea, his daughter, and 1,150 (''or 1,250 or 1,515'') others. * Saint Acacius II, Bishop of Melitene (435)April 30 / April 17
Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow). (''see also:

'') * Saint Agapitus I, Pope of Rome (536) (''see also:

September 20 Events Pre-1600 *1058 – Agnes of Poitou and Andrew I of Hungary meet to negotiate about the border territory of Burgenland. *1066 – At the Battle of Fulford, Harald Hardrada defeats earls Morcar and Edwin. *1187 – Saladin b ...

;

April 22 Events Pre-1600 * 1500 – Portuguese navigator Pedro Álvares Cabral lands in Brazil. * 1519 – Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés establishes a settlement at Veracruz, Mexico. * 1529 – Treaty of Zaragoza divides the eastern ...

- West'') * Saint Ephraim the Great, Bishop of Atsquri, Georgia (9th century) (''see also:

April 15 Events Pre-1600 * 769 – The Lateran Council ends by condemning the Council of Hieria and anathematizing its iconoclastic rulings. * 1071 – Bari, the last Byzantine possession in southern Italy, is surrendered to Robert Guiscar ...

'')

Pre-Schism Western saints

* Martyrs Mappalicus and Companions, in Carthage under Decius (250) * Martyrs Fortunatus and Marcian. * Saint Innocent of Tortona,

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and Confessor (350) * Saint Pantagathus, a courtier who later became

Bishop of Vienne The Archbishopric of Vienne, named after its episcopal seat in Vienne in the Isère département of southern France, was a metropolitan Roman Catholic archdiocese. It is now part of the Archdiocese of Lyon. History The legend according to whi ...

in France (540) * Saint Villicus, a very virtuous

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in France 543-568 (568) * Monk-martyr

Donnán of Eigg __NOTOC__ Saint Donnán of Eigg (also known as Donan;''The Oxford Dictionary of Saints'', p.135 died 17 April 617) was a Gaelic priest, likely from Ireland, who attempted to introduce Christianity to the Picts of northwestern Scotland during th ...

and those with him, in Scotland (618) * Saint Landericus (''Landry of Metz''),

Bishop of Meaux The Roman Catholic Diocese of Meaux (Latin: ''Dioecesis Meldensis''; French: ''Diocèse de Meaux'') is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in France. The diocese comprises the entire department of Seine-et-Marne. It was suff ...

, then Abbot of Soignies (7th century) * Saint Wando (''Vando''), monk and Abbot of Fontenelle Abbey in France (c. 756) * Martyrs Isidore, Elias and Paul of Cordoba, Spain, by the Moors (856) (''see also:

April 30 Events Pre-1600 *311 – The Diocletianic Persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire ends. *1315 – Enguerrand de Marigny is hanged at the instigation of Charles, Count of Valois. *1492 – Spain gives Christopher Columbus hi ...

'')

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

* ''Venerable

Zosimas of Solovki Zosimas of Solovki (russian: Зосима Соловецкий, died 1478) was one of the founders of the Solovetsky Monastery established on the Solovetsky Islands in the White Sea of northern Russia. The origin of Zosima is not exactly clear. ...

'' (1478) * Saint Macarios (Notaras) of Corinth (1805) * Venerable Saints Apostolos (1846) and Theocharis (1829), brothers, of Arta. * Venerable Paisius, Fool-for-Christ, of the Kiev Caves (1893)

New martyrs and confessors

* New Hieromartyr John Prigorovsky of Krasnoyarsk, Priest (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. 29. * New Hieromartyr Michael Novitsky, Confessor, Archpriest, of Uzda, Belorussia (1935)17 апреля (ст.ст.) 30 апреля 2013 (нов. ст.)
Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. * New Hieromartyr Theodore Nedosekin of Moscow, Priest (1942)

Other commemorations

* Uncovering of the

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s (1641) of St. Alexander of Svir, founder of Svir Monastery (1533)
Uncovering of the relics of the Venerable Alexander the Abbot of Svir
'' OCA - Lives of the Saints. * Repose of Hiero-

schema The word schema comes from the Greek word ('), which means ''shape'', or more generally, ''plan''. The plural is ('). In English, both ''schemas'' and ''schemata'' are used as plural forms. Schema may refer to: Science and technology * SCHEMA ...

-monk Constantine of Ekaterinburg (1960)

Icon gallery

File:Saint Anicetus.jpg, Hieromartyr Anicetus, Pope of Rome. File:Simeon Barsabae.jpg, Hieromartyr Symeon (Shemon Bar Sabbae), Bishop in Persia. File:Papa Agapito I.jpg, Agapitus I, Pope of Rome File:Zosima Solovetsky.jpg, Venerable

. File:Agios Makarios Arxiepiskopos Korinthou Notaras.jpg, St. Macarios (Notaras) of Corinth. File:Icon of St Alexander of Svir.jpg, St. Alexander of Svir.

Notes

References

Sources

April 17 / April 30
Orthodox Calendar (pravoslavie.ru).
April 30 / April 17
Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
April 17
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. 29.

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. 108. Greek Sources * Great Synaxaristes:
17 Απριλίου
Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ. * Συναξαριστής.
17 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). *
17 апреля (ст.ст.) 30 апреля 2013 (нов. ст.)
Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. {{DEFAULTSORT:April 17 (Eastern Orthodox Liturgics) April in the Eastern Orthodox calendar