April 22 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Apr. 21 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Apr. 23
All fixed commemorations below are observed on May 5 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.[note 1]
For April 22nd, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on April 9.
Contents
Saints
- Holy Apostle Nathaniel of the Twelve (Bartholomew) (1st century)[1][2][3]
- Apostles Apelles, Luke (not the Evangelist),[note 2] and Clement,[note 3] of the Seventy (1st century)[1]
- Martyr Leonides of Alexandria, Bishop (202)[1][4][5][6]
- Martyr Nearchus, by fire (3rd century)[3][5][6][7]
- Venerable Theodore the Sykeote, Bishop of Anastasiopolis in Galatia (613)[1][3][8][9][10][note 4]
- Saint Vitalis of Gaza, monk of the monastery of Abba Seridus at Gaza (609-620)[1][5][8][11] (see also: January 11)
Pre-Schism Western Saints
- Hieromartyr Soter, Pope of Rome (ca. 174)[4][12][note 5]
- Martyrs Epipodius of Lyons, by beheading (ca. 177)[1][5][6][12][note 6]
- Saint Gaius, born in Dalmatia, became Pope of Rome, martyred with members of his family (296)[4][12][13]
- Saint Agapitus I, Pope of Rome (536)[12] (see also: April 17 in the East)
- Saint Leo of Sens, Bishop of Sens in France for twenty-three years (541)[4][12]
- The Two Brothers Arwald, sons of Arwald, the last Jutish King of the Isle of Wight, put to death by soldiers of King Ceadwalla, then a pagan, on the day after their baptism (686)[12][note 7]
- Saint Opportuna of Montreuil, sister of St Chrodegang, Bishop of Séez, Abbess at the convent of Monteuil (ca. 770)[12][note 8]
- Saint Senorina, a Galician abbess who served as the abbess of the Benedictine convent of St John of Venaria (Vieyra) (982)[12]
Post-Schism Orthodox Saints
- Newly Revealed Martyrs Raphael (Archimandrite), Nicholas (Deacon), and Irene (child), of Lesbos, and those with them (1463)[15][note 9] (see also: April 9)
- Saint Ananias of Malles, first monk, renovator and Abbot of the Holy Monastery of Panagia Exakousti in the village of Malles in Ierapetra, Crete. (1907)[1][16]
New Martyrs and Confessors
- New Hieromartyr Eustathius Malahovsky, Priest (1918)[6][8]
- New Hieromartyr Platon of Banja Luka (Platon Jovanovic), Bishop of Banja Luka (1941)[1][5][6][8][17] (see also: May 5)
- Martyr Demetrius Vlasenkov (1942)[6][8]
Other Commemorations
- Commemoration of the miracle of Saint Menas in Heraklion, Crete, at the Cathedral of Agios Minas (1826)[18]
- Translation of the relics (1834) of St. Vsevolod (in holy baptism Gabriel), Prince and Wonderworker of Pskov (1138)[1][5][6][8][19]
- Repose of Blessed fool-for-Christ Athanasius Andreyevich Saiko of Orel (1967)[1]
- Repose of Blessed fool-for- Christ Ekaterina of Piukhtitsa Convent (Estonia) (1968)[1]
Icon Gallery
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Hieromartyr Soter, Pope of Rome.
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Pope Saint Gaius.
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Papa Agapito I.jpg
Agapitus I, Pope of Rome.
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Platon Banjalucki.jpg
St. Platon of Banja Luka.
Notes
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Sources
- April 22 / May 5. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
- May 5 / April 22. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
- April 22. OCA - The Lives of the Saints.
- Dr. Alexander Roman. April. Calendar of Ukrainian Orthodox Saints (Ukrainian Orthodoxy - Українське Православ'я).
- 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. 30.
- April 22. 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. 113-114.
- 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. 176-177.
Greek Sources
- Great Synaxaristes: (Greek) 22 ΑΠΡΙΛΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- (Greek) Συναξαριστής. 22 Απριλίου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).
Russian Sources
- (Russian) 5 мая (22 апреля). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).
- (Russian) 22 апреля (ст.ст.) 5 мая 2013 (нов. ст.). Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR).
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- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 April 22 / May 5. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
- ↑ Great Synaxaristes: (Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Ναθαναὴλ ὁ Ἀπόστολος. 22 Απριλίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 (Greek) Συναξαριστής. 22 Απριλίου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 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. 113-114.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 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. 30.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 May 5 / April 22. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
- ↑ Great Synaxaristes: (Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Νέαρχος ὁ Μάρτυρας. 22 Απριλίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 (Russian) 22 апреля (ст.ст.) 5 мая 2013 (нов. ст.). Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR).
- ↑ Great Synaxaristes: (Greek) Ὁ Ὅσιος Θεόδωρος ὁ Συκεώτης. 22 Απριλίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ↑ St Theodore the Sykeote the Bishop of Anastasiopolis. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
- ↑ Venerable Vitalius of Gaza. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 12.4 12.5 12.6 12.7 April 22. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
- ↑ Great Synaxaristes: (Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Γάιος Ἐπίσκοπος Ρώμης. 22 Απριλίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ↑ 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. 176-177.
- ↑ Great Synaxaristes: (Greek) Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ραφαὴλ, Νικόλαος καὶ Εἰρήνη οἱ Μάρτυρες. 22 Απριλίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ↑ Saint Ananias of Malles, Crete (+ 1907). Mystagogy. Retrieved: 4 April, 2014.
- ↑ Great Synaxaristes: (Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Πλάτων ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας. 22 Απριλίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ↑ Great Synaxaristes: (Greek) Μνήμη Θαύματος Ἁγίου Μηνᾶ στὸ Ἡράκλειο Κρήτης. 22 Απριλίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ↑ Dr. Alexander Roman. April. Calendar of Ukrainian Orthodox Saints (Ukrainian Orthodoxy - Українське Православ'я).