April 6 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

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April 6 in Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendars is a feast day and a day of commemoration of saints and martyrs. Although some Orthodox churches use the Revised Julian Calendar and others use the traditional Julian calendar, the fixed commemorations for their respective April6 are broadly the same, no matter which calendar is used.

Saints

Hieromartyr Archilias, Priest, and Martyr Jeremiah, of Rome (3rd century)April 6 / April 19. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).Martyr Jeremiah. OCA - Lives of the Sainrs.April 19 / April 6. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow). Venerable Platonis (Platonida) of Nisibis, reposed in peace (c. 300-308)Great Synaxaristes: Ἡ Ὁσία Πλατωνὶς ἡ ἐν Νισίβει. 6 Απριλίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.St Platonida (Platonis) of Nisibis, Syria. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Martyr Platonis (Platonides) and two martyrs buried up to their loins, at Ascalon in Palestine.Great Synaxaristes: Ἡ Ἁγία Πλατωνὶς ἡ Μάρτυς καὶ οἱ δύο σὺν αὐτῇ Μάρτυρες. 6 Απριλίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.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. 97-98. Hieromartyr Irenaeus, Bishop of Sirmium in Hungary (304)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Εἰρηναῖος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας Ἐπίσκοπος Σιρμίου. 6 Απριλίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. (See also: March 26 - Church of Romania) 120 Martyrs of Persia under Shapur II (c. 344-347)Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ἅγιοι ἑκατὸν εἴκοσι Μάρτυρες ἐν Περσίδι. 6 Απριλίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.120 Martyrs of Persia. OCA - Lives of the Sainrs. Martyrs Timothy and Diogenes, in Macedonia, by Arians (345)Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ἅγιοι Τιμόθεος καὶ Διογένης οἱ Μάρτυρες. 6 Απριλίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Saint Eutychius, Patriarch of Constantinople (582)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Εὐτύχιος Πατριάρχης Κωνσταντινουπόλεως. 6 Απριλίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.St Eutychius the Patriarch of Constantinople. OCA - Lives of the Sainrs. Equal-to-the-Apostles Methodius of Moravia, Archbishop of Moravia and Enlightener of the Slavs (885)St Methodius, Equal of the Apostles and Archbishop of Moravia, Enlightener of the Slavs. OCA - Lives of the Sainrs. (see also: May 11)

Pre-Schism Western saints

Saints Florentius, Geminianus and Saturus, martyrs in Sirmium in Pannonia (4th century)April 6. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome. Saints Rufina, Moderata, Romana, Secundus and Seven Companions, martyred at Sirmium in Pannonia (4th century) Saint Marcellinus of Carthage, imperial representative in North Africa, martyred by the Donatists (413)Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. MARCELLINUS, M. (A.D. 413.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Fourth: April. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. pp. 89-94. Saint Celestine, Pope of Rome (432)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. VOL. IV. Dublin, 1875. pp. 48-53.Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. CELESTINE I., POPE, M. (A.D. 432.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Fourth: April. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. p. 94. Saint Brychan, a King in Wales with twenty-four saintly children (5th century) Saint Ulched (Ulchad, Ylched), a holy man who gave his name to Llechulched in Anglesey in Wales. Saint Winebald (Winewald, Vinebaud), a monk at Saint-Loup-de-Troyes in France where he became abbot (c. 650) Saint Derfel (Tervillius) the Prince, son of King Joel II, became a hermit in Llandderfel in Gwynedd in Wales (660)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Τερβίλλιος ὁ πρίγκιπας. 6 Απριλίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. (see also: April 5) Saint Gennard, a monk at Fontenelle Abbey in France and eventually Abbot of Flay (Saint-Germer-de-Fly Abbey) (720) Saint Berthanc (Berchan), a monk at Iona in Scotland and later Bishop of Kirkwall in Orkney (c. 840)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. VOL. IV. Dublin, 1875. p. 55. Saint Prudentius of Troyes (Prudentius Galindo) (861) Saint Notker the Stammerer, nicknamed Balbulus (the Stammerer), monk at St Gall Abbey where he spent his whole life, excelling as a musician (912)Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "B. NOTKER BALBULUS, MK. (A.D. 912.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Fourth: April. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. pp. 95-105. Saint Urban, Abbot of the Monastery of Peñalba near Astorga in Spain (c. 940) Saint Ælfstan (Elstan), monk who became Bishop of Ramsbury and succeeded St Ethelwold as Abbot of Abingdon (981)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. 145-146.

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

Venerable Gregory (Drimys) of the Great Lavra on Mount Athos (Gregory the Byzantine) (1310), instructor of St. Gregory Palamas.Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Γρηγόριος ὁ Βυζάντιος. 6 Απριλίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Venerable Gregory the Byzantine. OCA - Lives of the Sainrs. Venerable Gregory of Sinai (Mt. Athos) (Gregory the Sinaite) (1347)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Γρηγόριος ὁ Σιναΐτης. 6 Απριλίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Venerable Rufus the Obedient, of the Kiev Far Caves (14th century)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Ροῦφος ὁ Ἀσκητὴς. 6 Απριλίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. (see also: April 8) New Martyr Nicholas the Deacon, of Mytilene (1463) Saint Aphonios, Bishop of Novgorod from 1635-1649 (1652)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀφώνιος Ἐπίσκοπος Νόβγκοροντ. 6 Απριλίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. New Martyr Paul the Russian, at Constantinople (1683) (see also: April 3) New Hieromartyr Gennadius of Dionysiou, Mt. Athos, at Constantinople (1818)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Γεννάδιος ὁ Ὁσιομάρτυρας. 6 Απριλίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. New Martyrs Manuel, Theodore, George, Michael, and another George, of Samothrace, at Makri in Thrace (1835)Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ἅγιοι Μανουήλ, Θεόδωρος, Γεώργιος, Μιχαὴλ καὶ Γεώργιος οἱ Νεομάρτυρες ἐκ Σαμοθράκης. 6 Απριλίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Saint Martyrius, monk of Glinsk Hermitage (1865)

New martyrs and confessors

Martyrs Peter Zhukov and Prohor Mikhailov (1918) 6 апреля (ст.ст.) 19 апреля 2013 (нов. ст.) . Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR). New Hieromartyr John Boikov, Priest (1934) New Hieromartyr Jacob Boikov, Priest (1943) New Hiero-confessor Sebastian (Fomin), Schema-Archimandrite of Optina Monastery and Karaganda (1966) (see also: April 19)

Other commemorations

Repose of Hieromonk Arsenius of Valaam Monastery (1853) Repose of Elder Mardarius of the Nizhni-Novgorod Caves Monastery (1859) Repose of Archimandrite Seraphim (Tyapochkin) of Rakitin (1982)

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References

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