April 17 Events Pre-1600 *1080 – Harald III of Denmark dies and is succeeded by Canute IV, who would later be the first Dane to be canonized. *1349 – The rule of the Bavand dynasty in Mazandaran is brought to an end by the murder of Hasan ...

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 19 Events Pre-1600 * AD 65 – The freedman Milichus betrays Piso's plot to kill the Emperor Nero and all the conspirators are arrested. * 531 – Battle of Callinicum: A Byzantine army under Belisarius is defeated by the Persi ...

All fixed commemorations below are observed on ''May 1'' by Orthodox Churches 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 18th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on '' April 5''.

Saints

* Martyrs Victor, Zoticus, Zeno, Acindynus, and Severian, of Nicomedia (c. 303)April 18 / May 1
Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).May 1 / April 18
HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow). (''see also:

April 20 Events Pre-1600 * 1303 – The Sapienza University of Rome is instituted by a bull of Pope Boniface VIII. 1601–1900 * 1653 – Oliver Cromwell dissolves England's Rump Parliament. * 1657 – English Admiral Robert Blake destroy ...

- Greek'') * Martyr

Sabbas the Goth Sabbas the Goth ( ro, Sava Gotul, gr, Σάββας ο Γότθος; died 12 April 372) is a Christian martyr and saint. Life and persecution Sabbas (also Saba) was born in 334 in a village in the Buzău river valley and lived in what is now ...

(''Sabbas Stratelates''), at Buzau in Wallachia (372) Συναξαριστής.
18 Απριλίου
'' ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ). (''see also:

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 ...

and

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 ...

'') * Saint Acacius II, Bishop of Melitene (445) (''see also:

'') * Saint Cosmas,

Bishop of Chalcedon A bishop is an ordained clergy member who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is ca ...

, and his fellow-ascetic St. Auxentius (815-820) * Venerable John the Righteous (John the Hesychast), disciple of St.
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 ...
(c. 820-850) * Venerable Naucratius, Abbot of the

Studion The Monastery of Stoudios, more fully Monastery of Saint John the Forerunner "at Stoudios" ( grc-gre, Μονή του Αγίου Ιωάννη του Προδρόμου εν τοις Στουδίου, Monē tou Hagiou Iōannē tou Prodromou en to ...

(848) * Venerable Athanasia the Wonderworker, Abbess, of
Aegina Aegina (; el, Αίγινα, ''Aígina'' ; grc, Αἴγῑνα) is one of the Saronic Islands of Greece in the Saronic Gulf, from Athens. Tradition derives the name from Aegina (mythology), Aegina, the mother of the hero Aeacus, who was born ...
(850) (''see also:

- Slavic'') * Venerable Matthew (''Matthias''), acquaintance of St. Athanasia the Wonderworker (c. 850) * Venerable Euthymius the Wonderworker.

Pre-Schism Western saints

* Saint Eleutherius, Bishop of Illyria, his mother Anthia, and eleven others, martyred in Illyria under

Hadrian Hadrian (; la, Caesar Trâiānus Hadriānus ; 24 January 76 – 10 July 138) was Roman emperor from 117 to 138. He was born in Italica (close to modern Santiponce in Spain), a Roman ''municipium'' founded by Italic settlers in Hispania B ...

(c. 117-138)April 18
Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome. (''see also:

December 15 Events Pre-1600 * 533 – Vandalic War: Byzantine general Belisarius defeats the Vandals, commanded by King Gelimer, at the Battle of Tricamarum. * 687 – Pope Sergius I is elected as a compromise between antipopes Paschal and Theodor ...

- East'') * Martyr Corebus, a prefect of Messina in Sicily, converted to Christ by St Eleutherius and martyred under the Emperor Hadrian (c. 117-138) * Martyr

Calocerus Saint Calocerus ( it, Caio, Calocero, Calogero) was a 2nd-century Christian martyr. He was probably an officer in the Roman army under the Roman emperor Hadrian and was stationed in Brescia in Lombardy, Italy. His life and legend are associated w ...

, an officer of the Emperor Hadrian martyred in

Brescia Brescia (, locally ; lmo, link=no, label= Lombard, Brèsa ; lat, Brixia; vec, Bressa) is a city and ''comune'' in the region of Lombardy, Northern Italy. It is situated at the foot of the Alps, a few kilometers from the lakes Garda and Iseo ...

in Italy (c. 117-138) * Saint

Apollonius the Apologist Saint Apollonius the Apologist or Saint Apollonius of Rome (died 21 April 185) was a 2nd-century Christian martyr and apologist (not to be confused with Apollinaris Claudius, another contemporary apologist) who was martyred in 185 under the Empe ...

, a Roman senator, denounced as a Christian by one of his own slaves and condemned to be beheaded (c. 190) * Saints Bitheus and Genocus, two monks from Britain who accompanied St Finian of Clonard to Ireland (6th century)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. p. 164. * Saint Laserian (''Molaisse''), founder of the monastery and bishopric of Leighlin in Ireland (639) * Saint Deicola (''Dicul''), born in Ireland, he preached Christ in England in Norfolk and in Sussex (late 7th century) * Saint Agia (''Aia, Aya, Austregildis, Aye''), wife of St Hidulf of Hainault in Belgium, monastic at the convent of Mons (c. 714) * Saint Wicterp (''Wiho, Wicho''), Abbot of

Ellwangen Abbey Ellwangen Abbey (german: Kloster Ellwangen) was the earliest Benedictine monastery established in the Duchy of Swabia, at the present-day town of Ellwangen an der Jagst, Baden-Württemberg, about 100 km (60 mi) north-east of Stuttgart. ...

in Germany, later became the tenth Bishop of Augsburg (749) * Saint

Cogitosus Cogitosus (fl. c. 650) was an Irish monk, who wrote the ''Vita Sanctae Brigidae''. Life Cogitosus was a monk of Kildare, an important monastery in Ireland, who wrote the oldest extant vita of Saint Brigid, '' Vita Sanctae Brigidae'', around 6 ...

, a monk at Kildare in Ireland who probably wrote the Life of St Brigid (8th century) * Saint Perfectus, a priest in Cordoba in Spain, martyred by Muslims on

Easter Sunday Easter,Traditional names for the feast in English are "Easter Day", as in the ''Book of Common Prayer''; "Easter Sunday", used by James Ussher''The Whole Works of the Most Rev. James Ussher, Volume 4'') and Samuel Pepys''The Diary of Samuel P ...

(851)

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

* Venerable Basil (Ratishvili) the Georgian, Wonderworker, of
Iveron Monastery The Monastery of Iviron ( ka, ქართველთა მონასტერი, tr; el, Μονή Ιβήρων, Monḗ Ivirōn) is an Eastern Orthodox monastery in the monastic community of Mount Athos in northern Greece. History The mona ...
, Mt. Athos (13th century) * Venerable Euthymius the Enlightener of Karelia (1435), and righteous laymen Anthony and Felix of Karelia. * New Martyr John the Tailor, of Ioannina, at Constantinople (1526) * Venerable new martyr John (Koulikas) (1564) (''see also:

April 8 Events Pre-1600 * 217 – Roman emperor Caracalla is assassinated and is succeeded by his Praetorian Guard prefect, Marcus Opellius Macrinus. * 876 – The Battle of Dayr al-'Aqul saves Baghdad from the Saffarids. *1139 – Ro ...

'') * Martyr Tunom, Arab

Emir Emir (; ar, أمير ' ), sometimes transliterated amir, amier, or ameer, is a word of Arabic origin that can refer to a male monarch, aristocrat, holder of high-ranking military or political office, or other person possessing actual or cerem ...

who confessed Christ on seeing the

Holy Fire In Orthodox Christian belief, the Holy Fire ( el, Ἃγιον Φῶς, "Holy Light") is a proposed miracle that occurs every year at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem on Great Saturday, the day before Orthodox Easter. However, the ...

in Jerusalem (1579) * Hieromartyr Cyril VI of Constantinople,
Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople The ecumenical patriarch ( el, Οἰκουμενικός Πατριάρχης, translit=Oikoumenikós Patriárchēs) is the archbishop of Constantinople (Istanbul), New Rome and '' primus inter pares'' (first among equals) among the heads of th ...
(1821)

New martyrs and confessors

* New Hieromartyr Bessarion Selinin, Priest (1918)18 апреля (ст.ст.) 1 мая 2013 (нов. ст.)
Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR). * New Hieromartyr Alexis Krontenkov, Priest, of Ekaterinburg (1930) * New Hieromartyrs Nicholas (1937) and Basil Derzhavin (1930), Priests, and martyred lay people of the city of Gorodets, Nizhni-Novgorod. * New Martyr Tamara (Satsi), Abbess, of Cheboksara (''Chuvashia'') (1942)

Other commemorations

* Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos " Glykophilousa" ("Sweet-kissing").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. 29. (''see also:

March 27 Events Pre-1600 *1309 – Pope Clement V imposes excommunication and interdiction on Venice, and a general prohibition of all commercial intercourse with Venice, which had seized on Ferrara, a papal fiefdom. * 1329 – Pope John XXII ...

'') * Icon of the Mother of God of St Maximus (''Maximovsk Icon'') (1299)
Icon of the Mother of God of St Maximus
'' OCA - Lives of the Saints.

Icon gallery

File:Apollonius-Callot.jpg, Saint Apollonius of Rome, drawn by Jacques Callot, ca. 1630. File:Ο Άγιος ο ιερομάρτυς Κύριλλος ΣΤ'.JPG, St. Cyril VI,

Patriarch of Constantinople The ecumenical patriarch ( el, Οἰκουμενικός Πατριάρχης, translit=Oikoumenikós Patriárchēs) is the archbishop of Constantinople (Istanbul), New Rome and '' primus inter pares'' (first among equals) among the heads of th ...

. File:Cyril VI.jpg, St. Cyril VI,

. File:Virgin Glykophilousa by Angelos Akotantos (Byzantine museum).jpg, An icon of the Most Holy Theotokos " Glykophilousa"
("Sweet-kissing").

Notes

References

Sources

April 18 / May 1
Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
May 1 / April 18
HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
April 18
OCA - The Lives of the Saints. * 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. 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. pp. 108–109. * 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. p. 164. Greek Sources * Great Synaxaristes:
18 ΑΠΡΙΛΙΟΥ
ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. * Συναξαριστής.
18 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). *
18 апреля (ст.ст.) 1 мая 2013 (нов. ст.)
Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR). {{DEFAULTSORT:April 18 (Eastern Orthodox Liturgics) April in the Eastern Orthodox calendar