April 13 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - April 15
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All fixed commemorations below are observed on April 27 by Eastern Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.[note 1]
For April 14th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on April 1.
- Apostles Aristarchus of Apamea, Pudens, and Trophimus of the Seventy Apostles (c. 67)[1][2][3] (see also: April 15 - Slavic)
- Martyr Ardalion the Actor, who suffered under Maximian (c. 305-311)[1][3][4][5][6]
- Martyr Azat the Eunuch and 1,000 Martyrs of Persia under Shapur II (341)[1][7][8][note 2]
- Martyr Thomais of Alexandria (476)[3][9] (see also April 13 - Slavic)
- Saint St Martin the Confessor, Pope of Rome (655)[1][8][10] (see also April 13 - Greek, and West)
- Venerable martyr Christopher the Sabbaite, of St. Sabbas’ Monastery (797)[1][11] (see also April 13 - Greek)
- Virgin-martyr Domnina of Terni and Companions, martyred in Terni in Italy at the same time as Bishop Valentine (c. 269)[12]
- Martyrs Tiburtius, Valerian and Maximus, in Rome (3rd century)[12]
- Saint Tassach, one of St Patrick's earliest disciples and first Bishop of Raholp, Ireland (c. 495)[1][12][13]
- Saint Abundius the Sacristan, a sacrist at St Peter's in Rome (c. 564)[12]
- Saint Lambert of Lyons, Abbot of Fontenelle and Bishop of Lyons (688)[12][note 3]
- Saint Vsevolod III Yuryevich the Big Nest, (Demetrius in holy baptism), Great Prince of Vladimir (1212)[14]
- Martyrs Anthony, John, and Eustathios, of Vilnius, Lithuania (1347)[1][8][15][16]
- New Martyr Demetrius of the Peloponnese, at Tripolis (1803)[1][3][17]
New martyrs and confessors
- St. Aristarchus of Thessalonica (Aristarchus of Apamea).
- St. Pudens.
- Saint Martin the Confessor (Menologion of Basil II)
- Martyrs of Vilnius, Sts. Anthony, John, and Eustathios.
- The notation Old Style or (OS) is sometimes used to indicate a date in the Julian Calendar (which is used by churches on the "Old Calendar").
The notation New Style or (NS), indicates a date in the Revised Julian calendar (which is used by churches on the "New Calendar"). - Azad, a eunuch and companion in martyrdom of Saint Simeon Barsabae (April 17).
- Born in the north of France, he became a monk at Fontenelle with St Wandrille whom he succeeded as abbot in 666. In 678 he became Bishop of Lyons.
- See: (in Russian) Орлов, Александр Васильевич (1878-1941). Википедии. (Russian Wikipedia).
- The Vilnius icon is also commemorated on February 15.
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