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April 29 Events Pre-1600 * 1091 – Battle of Levounion: The Pechenegs are defeated by Byzantine Emperor Alexios I Komnenos. * 1386 – Battle of the Vikhra River: The Principality of Smolensk is defeated by the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and b ...

All fixed commemorations below celebrated on ''May 11'' 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 28th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on ''

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 ...

''.

Saints

* Apostles

Jason Jason ( ; ) was an ancient Greek mythological hero and leader of the Argonauts, whose quest for the Golden Fleece featured in Greek literature. He was the son of Aeson, the rightful king of Iolcos. He was married to the sorceress Medea. He w ...

and

Sosipater Sosipater ( el, Σωσίπατρος) is a person mentioned in the New Testament, in Romans 16:21. He is probably the same person as Sopater mentioned in Acts 20:4. In church tradition, he is known as Sosipater of Iconium, and is numbered among t ...

, of the

Seventy 70 (seventy) is the natural number following 69 and preceding 71. In mathematics 70 is: * a sphenic number because it factors as 3 distinct primes. * a Pell number. * the seventh pentagonal number. * the fourth tridecagonal number. * the fif ...

, and their companions, at Corfu (1st century):April 29/May 12
Orthodox Calendar (Pravoslavie.ru). (''see also

- Greek'') :* Martyrs Saturninus, Jakischolus (Inischolus), Faustianus, Januarius, Marsalius, Euphrasius, Mammius - the holy seven former thieves; :* The virgin Cercyra, and Christodoulos the Ethiopian. * Martyrs Zeno, Eusebius, Neon, and Vitalis, who were converted by Apostles Jason and Sosipater (c. 63) (''see also

- Greek'') * ''Nine martyrs at

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 ...

'' (c. 286-299): Συναξαριστής.
28 Απριλίου
'' Ecclesia.gr. (H Εκκλησία της Ελλάδος). (''see also

- Slavic'') **''Theognes, Rufus, Antipater, Theostichus, Artemas, Magnus, Theodoulos, Thaumasius, and Philemon'' * Martyrs Dada, Maximus, and Quintilian at Dorostolum (286)May 11 / April 28
Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow). (''see also: April 13, August 2'') * Martyr Tibald of

Pannonia Pannonia (, ) was a province of the Roman Empire bounded on the north and east by the Danube, coterminous westward with Noricum and upper Italy, and southward with Dalmatia and upper Moesia. Pannonia was located in the territory that is now wes ...

(304) * ''Saint Auxibius II, Bishop of

Soli, Cyprus Soli or Soloi ( el, Σόλοι) is an ancient Greek city on the island of Cyprus, located next to the town of Karavostasi, southwest of Morphou (Guzelyurt), and on the coast in the gulf of Morphou. Since 1974 the site has been within the terri ...

'' (4th century) * Venerable

Memnon In Greek mythology, Memnon (; Ancient Greek: Μέμνων means 'resolute') was a king of Aethiopia and son of Tithonus and Eos. As a warrior he was considered to be almost Achilles' equal in skill. During the Trojan War, he brought an army t ...

the

Wonderworker Thaumaturgy is the purported capability of a magician to work magic or other paranormal events or a saint to perform miracles. It is sometimes translated into English as wonderworking. A practitioner of thaumaturgy is a "thaumaturge", "thauma ...

(6th century) (''see also

- Slavic'')

Pre-Schism Western saints

* Martyrs

Aphrodisius Aphrodisius (french: Saint Aphrodise, Afrodise, Aphrodyse, Aphrodite) is a saint associated with the diocese of Béziers, in Languedoc, Southern France. According to Gregory of Tours, Aphrodisius was an Egyptian who was martyred in Languedoc ...

, Caralippus, Agapius, and Eusebius (65)April 28
Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome. (''see also May 30 - Greek'') * Saint Mark of Galilee, bishop and martyr (92) * Saint Artemius (''Arthemius''), Bishop of Sens (609) * Saint Gerard the Pilgrim (c. 639)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. 184-185. * Venerable Crónán, abbot of Roscrea, Ireland (640) * Saint Pamphilus, Bishop of

Sulmona Sulmona ( nap, label= Abruzzese, Sulmóne; la, Sulmo; grc, Σουλμῶν, Soulmôn) is a city and ''comune'' of the province of L'Aquila in Abruzzo, Italy. It is located in the Valle Peligna, a plain once occupied by a lake that disappeared in ...

and

Corfinium Corfinium (Greek: ) was a city in ancient Italy, on the eastern side of the Apennines, due east of Rome, near modern Corfinio, in the province of L'Aquila (Abruzzo region). History Corfinium was the chief city of the Paeligni, situated in the ...

(c. 700) * Saint Prudentius,

Bishop of Tarazona The Diocese of Tarazona (Latin, ''Turiasonensis'') is a Roman Catholic bishopric located in north-eastern Spain, in the provinces of Zaragoza, Soria, Navarre and La Rioja, forming part of the autonomous communities of Aragón, Castile-Leon, Nav ...

in Aragon (c. 700) * Saint Adalbero, Bishop of Augsburg (909)

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

* Saint Cyril of Turov, Bishop (1183) * Saint Cyril, founder of Syrinsk Monastery, Karelia (1402) * Venerable Cyriacus, abbot of

Kargopol Kargopol (russian: Ка́ргополь) is a town and the administrative center of Kargopolsky District in Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia, located on both sides of the Onega River, several miles north of Lake Lacha, in the southwestern corner o ...

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 ...

(1462)

New martyrs and confessors

* Virgin-martyr Anna Shashkina, new martyr of Yaroslavl-Rostov (1940)The Autonomous Orthodox Metropolia of Western Europe and the Americas (ROCOR). ''St. Hilarion Calendar of Saints for the year of our Lord 2004.'' St. Hilarion Press (Austin, TX). p.32.

Other commemorations

* The Miracle at Carthage (c. 610-641)The Miracle at Carthage
Full of Grace and Truth (blog). Wednesday, April 28, 2010. * Repose of Archimandrite Hilarion (Argatu) of Cernica (1999) * Repose of Hieroschemamonk Dionysius (Ignat) of Kolitsou Skete, Mt. Athos (2004)

Icon gallery

File:THE NINE MARTYRS OF KYZIKOS (Russia, 19 c.).jpg, The Nine martyrs of Cyzicus. File:Saint Aphrodisius.JPG, St.

. File:Pfarrkirche Liesing - Adalbero.jpg, St. Adalbero, Bishop of Augsburg. File:Kyrill Turovsky.jpg, St. Cyril of Turov. File:Orden-Sv. Kirilla-Turovskogo.jpg, The Order of St. Cyril of Turov, 2nd degree.

Notes

References

Sources

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

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. pp. 119–120. * 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. 184–185. Greek Sources * Great Synaxaristes:
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Μέγας Συναξαριστής. * Συναξαριστής.
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'' Ecclesia.gr. (H Εκκλησία της Ελλάδος). Russian Sources *

Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). *
28 апреля (ст.ст.) 11 мая 2013 (нов. ст.)
. Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR). {{DEFAULTSORT:April 28 (Eastern Orthodox Liturgics) April in the Eastern Orthodox calendar