April 27 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

April 26 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - April 28

An Eastern Orthodox cross

All fixed commemorations below celebrated on May 10 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.^{[note 1]}

For April 27th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on April 14.

Saints

• Saint Symeon the Kinsman of the Lord, Apostle of the Seventy and Hieromartyr (107)^[1][2]
• Martyr Publius (Poplion), by the sword.^[3][4]
• Martyr Lollion the Younger (Lollion the New).^[4][5]
• Saint Pollion the Reader (Pollio), of Cibalis in Pannonia, burnt alive under Diocletian (306)^[1][4][6]
• Saint Eulogius the Hospitable of Constantinople (6th century)^[1][4][7][8]
• Saint Nicon, abbot of the Monastery of St. Gerasimus (6th century)^[1][4]
• Saint Simeon Stylites the Younger of Cilicia (597), and his brother George.^[9]
• Saint John of Cathares, Abbot of Cathares Monastery at Constantinople (839)^{[1][10][note 2]}

Pre-Schism Western saints

• Saint Liberalis of Treviso, priest from the area near Ancona in Italy who worked for the conversion of the Arians and suffered much at their hands (400)^[12]
• Saint Theophilus, Bishop of Brescia (427)^[11][12][13]
• Saint Maughold, Bishop of the Isle of Man (c. 488)^[4] (see also: April 25)
• Saint Assicus (Ascicus, Tassach), first bishop of Elphin, Ireland, converted to Christianity by Saint Patrick (490)^[12][14]
• Saint Tertullian, eighth Bishop of Bologna in Italy (490)^{[12][note 3]}
• Saint Enoder (Cynidr, Kenedr, Quidic) (6th century)^[12]
• Saint Winewald, Abbot of Beverley in England (c. 731)^{[12][note 4]}
• Saint Floribert of Liège (746)^[1][4][12]

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

• Saint Stephen, abbot of the Kiev Caves and Bishop of Vladimir in Volhynia (1094)^[1][16][17]
• New Hieromartyr Seraphim, Bishop of Phanarion and Neokhorion (1601)^[4]
• New Martyr Elias (Ardunis) of Mount Athos (1686)^[4]
• Saint Basil (Kishkin), Hieroschemamonk of Glinsk and Ploshchansk hermitages (1831)^[1]

New martyrs and confessors

• New Hieromartyrs Paul Svetozarov, Protopresbyter, and John Rozhdestvensky, Priest, and those with them: (1922)^[1][4][18]

• Martyrs Peter Yazykov, Nicholas Malkov, Auxentius Kalashnikov, Sergius Mefodiev and Virgin-martyr Anastasia of Shui and Palekh, at Ivanova.^[1][4][18]

• Virgin-martyr Mary Nosova (1938)^[4][19]
• New Hieromartyr John Spassky, priest of Tver (1941)^[4][18]

Other commemorations

• Incineration of the relics of Saint Sabbas, first Archbishop of Serbia, by Sinan Pasha (1595)^[1][20]
• Apparition of Our Lady of Kazan in Aleksandrovka, Saint Petersburg Governorate (1826)^[21][22]
• Glorification (1999) of New Hieromartyr Hilarion (Troitsky), Archbishop of Verey (1929)^[1]

Icon gallery

• 
  St. Symeon the Kinsman of the Lord.
• 
  Martyrdom of St. Simeon (Menologion of Basil II, 10th century).
• 
  St. Anthimus of Nicomedia, (Menologion of Basil II, 10th century).
• 
  St. Simeon Stylites the Younger.
• 
  St. Simeon Stylites.

Notes

1. 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".
2. "At Constantinople, the abbot St. John, who combated vigorously for the worship of holy images, under Leo the Isaurian."^[11]
3. "At Bologna, St. Tertullian, bishop and confessor."^[11]
4. "WINEWALD succeeded St. Bercthun in the government of Beverley Abbey in the year 733, and. was greatly venerated for the sanctity of his life, having in some records the title of Saint prefixed to his name. He was called to his heavenly reward in the year 751, but the day of his deposition is not known."^[15]