April 6 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
An Eastern Orthodox cross April 5 — Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar — April 7
All fixed commemorations below are observed on April 19 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar .[ note 1]
For April 6th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on March 24
Saints
Hieromartyr Archilias, Priest, and Martyr Jeremiah, of Rome (3rd century)[ 1] [ 2] [ 3]
Venerable Platonis (Platonida ) of Nisibis , reposed in peace (c. 300-308)[ 1] [ 4] [ 5]
Martyr Platonis (Platonides ) and two martyrs buried up to their loins,[ 3] Ascalon in Palestine.[ 6] [ 7]
Hieromartyr Irenaeus , Bishop of Sirmium in Hungary (304)[ 8] (See also: March 26 - Church of Romania )
120 Martyrs of Persia under Shapur II (c. 344-347)[ 1] [ 7] [ 9] [ 10]
Martyrs Timothy and Diogenes, in Macedonia , by Arians (345)[ 7] [ 11]
Saint Eutychius, Patriarch of Constantinople (582)[ 1] [ 12] [ 13] Equal-to-the-Apostles Methodius of Moravia , Archbishop of Moravia and Enlightener of the Slavs [ 1] [ 14] (see also: May 11 )
Pre-Schism Western saints
Saints Florentius, Geminianus and Saturus, martyrs in Sirmium in Pannonia (4th century)[ 15]
Saints Rufina, Moderata, Romana, Secundus and Seven Companions, martyred at Sirmium in Pannonia (4th century)[ 15]
Saint Marcellinus of Carthage , imperial representative in North Africa, martyred by the Donatists (413)[ 15] [ 16]
Saint Celestine , Pope of Rome (432)[ 7] [ 15] [ 17] [ 18] [ note 2]
Saint Brychan , a King in Wales with twenty-four saintly children (5th century)[ 15]
Saint Ulched (Ulchad, Ylched ), a holy man who gave his name to Llechulched in Anglesey in Wales.[ 15]
Saint Winebald (Winewald, Vinebaud ), a monk at Saint-Loup-de-Troyes in France where he became abbot (c. 650)[ 15]
Saint Derfel (Tervillius ) the Prince, son of King Joel II, became a hermit in Llandderfel in Gwynedd in Wales (660)[ 19] (see also: April 5 ) Saint Gennard, a monk at Fontenelle Abbey in France and eventually Abbot of Flay (Saint-Germer-de-Fly Abbey ) (720)[ 15]
Saint Berthanc (Berchan ), a monk at Iona in Scotland and later Bishop of Kirkwall in Orkney (c. 840)[ 15] [ 20] [ note 3]
Saint Prudentius of Troyes (Prudentius Galindo ) (861)[ 15] [ note 4]
Saint Notker the Stammerer , nicknamed Balbulus (the Stammerer), monk at St Gall Abbey where he spent his whole life, excelling as a musician (912)[ 15] [ 21]
Saint Urban, Abbot of the Monastery of Peñalba near Astorga in Spain (c. 940)[ 15]
Saint Ælfstan (Elstan ), monk who became Bishop of Ramsbury and succeeded St Ethelwold as Abbot of Abingdon (981)[ 15] [ 22]
Post-Schism Orthodox saints
Venerable Gregory (Drimys) of the Great Lavra on Mount Athos (Gregory the Byzantine ) (1310), instructor of St. Gregory Palamas .[ 1] [ 23] [ 24]
Venerable Gregory of Sinai (Mt. Athos) ( Gregory the Sinaite) (1347)[ 1] [ 25] Venerable Rufus the Obedient, of the Kiev Far Caves (14th century)[ 26] (see also: April 8 )
New Martyr Nicholas the Deacon, of Mytilene (1463)[ 1] [ note 5]
Saint Aphonios, Bishop of Novgorod from 1635-1649 (1652)[ 27] [ note 6]
New Martyr Paul the Russian, at Constantinople (1683)[ 1] (see also: April 3 )
New Hieromartyr Gennadius of Dionysiou, Mt. Athos, at Constantinople (1818)[ 1] [ 28]
New Martyrs Manuel, Theodore, George, Michael, and another George, of Samothrace , at Makri in Thrace (1835)[ 1] [ 29]
Saint Martyrius, monk of Glinsk Hermitage (1865)[ 1]
New martyrs and confessors
Other commemorations
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Notes
^ The notation Old Style OS ) is sometimes used to indicate a date in the Julian Calendar "Old Calendar" ).New Style NS ), indicates a date in the Revised Julian calendar "New Calendar" ).
^ Born in the Campagna in Italy, he succeeded Boniface I as Pope of Rome in 422. He supported St Germanus of Auxerre against Pelagianism and condemned Nestorianism.
^ See also: The Prophecy of Berchán .
^ Born in Spain, in his youth he fled from the Saracens to France, where he changed his baptismal name Galindo to Prudentius. He became Bishop of Troyes.
^ The finding of his relics is celebrated on May 31 .
^ See: (in Russian) Аффоний (митрополит Новгородский) . Википедии. (Russian Wikipedia).
^ See: (in Russian) Севастиан (Фомин) . Википедии. (Russian Wikipedia).
^ See: (in Russian) Серафим (Тяпочкин) . Википедии. (Russian Wikipedia ).
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^ St Platonida (Platonis) of Nisibis, Syria .^ Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ἡ Ἁγία Πλατωνὶς ἡ Μάρτυς καὶ οἱ δύο σὺν αὐτῇ Μάρτυρες .
^ a b c d The Roman Martyrology .^ Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Εἰρηναῖος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας Ἐπίσκοπος Σιρμίου . 6 Απριλίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
^ Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Οἱ Ἅγιοι ἑκατὸν εἴκοσι Μάρτυρες ἐν Περσίδι .
^ 120 Martyrs of Persia .^ Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Οἱ Ἅγιοι Τιμόθεος καὶ Διογένης οἱ Μάρτυρες .
^ Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Εὐτύχιος Πατριάρχης Κωνσταντινουπόλεως .
^ St Eutychius the Patriarch of Constantinople .^ St Methodius, Equal of the Apostles and Archbishop of Moravia, Enlightener of the Slavs .^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m April 6 . Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.^ Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. MARCELLINUS, M. (A.D. 413.)." In: The Lives of the Saints .
^ Very Rev. John O'Hanlon . "Article III.—St. Celestine I., Pope and Confessor. [Fourth and Fifth Centuries.]." In: Lives of the Irish Saints: With Special Festivals, and the Commemorations of Holy Persons .
^ Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. CELESTINE I., POPE, M. (A.D. 432.)." In: The Lives of the Saints .
^ Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Τερβίλλιος ὁ πρίγκιπας .
^ Very Rev. John O'Hanlon . "Article V.—St. Berchan, or Bercham, said to have been Bishop of the Orkney Islands, Scotland." In: Lives of the Irish Saints: With Special Festivals, and the Commemorations of Holy Persons .
^ Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "B. NOTKER BALBULUS, MK. (A.D. 912.)." In: The Lives of the Saints .
^ 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 .
^ Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ὅσιος Γρηγόριος ὁ Βυζάντιος .
^ Venerable Gregory the Byzantine .^ Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ὅσιος Γρηγόριος ὁ Σιναΐτης .
^ Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ὅσιος Ροῦφος ὁ Ἀσκητὴς .
^ Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀφώνιος Ἐπίσκοπος Νόβγκοροντ .
^ Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Γεννάδιος ὁ Ὁσιομάρτυρας .
^ Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Οἱ Ἅγιοι Μανουήλ, Θεόδωρος, Γεώργιος, Μιχαὴλ καὶ Γεώργιος οἱ Νεομάρτυρες ἐκ Σαμοθράκης .
^ a b c d (in Russian) 6 апреля (ст.ст.) 19 апреля 2013 (нов. ст.) Archived 2014-02-22 at the Wayback Machine . Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR).
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