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April 14 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 April14 are broadly the same, no matter which calendar is used.

Saints

Apostles Aristarchus of Apamea, Pudens, and Trophimus of the Seventy Apostles (c. 67)April 14 / April 27. Orthodox Calendar (pravoslavie.ru).Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ἀρίσταρχος, Πούδης καὶ Τρόφιμος οἱ Ἀπόστολοι ἐκ τοὺς ἑβδομήκοντα. 14 Απριλίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ. Συναξαριστής. 14 Απριλίου. ecclesia.gr. (H Εκκλησια Τησ Ελλαδοσ). (see also: April 15 - Slavic) Martyr Ardalion the Actor, who suffered under Maximian (c. 305-311)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀρδαλίων ὁ Μάρτυρας ὁ μῖμος. 14 Απριλίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.Martyr Ardalion the Actor. OCA - Lives of the Saints.Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. Ardalio, M. (about A.D. 300.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Fourth: April. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. p. 189. Martyr Azat the Eunuch and 1,000 Martyrs of Persia under Shapur II (341)Martyr Azades (Azat) the Eunuch of Persia. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Русская Православная Церковь Православный Церковный календарь на 2023 год. Martyr Thomais of Alexandria (476)Great Synaxaristes: Ἡ Ἁγία Θωμαΐς ἡ Μάρτυς. 14 Απριλίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ. (see also April 13 - Slavic) Saint St Martin the Confessor, Pope of Rome (655)St Martin the Confessor the Pope of Rome. OCA - Lives of the Saints. (see also April 13 - Greek, and West)

Venerable martyr Christopher the Sabbaite, of St. Sabbas’ Monastery (797)April 27 / April 14. Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow). (see also April 13 - Greek)

Pre-Schism Western saints Virgin-martyr Domnina of Terni and Companions, martyred in Terni in Italy at the same time as Bishop Valentine (c. 269)April 14. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome. Martyrs Tiburtius, Valerian and Maximus, in Rome (3rd century) Saint Tassach, one of St Patrick's earliest disciples and first Bishop of Raholp, Ireland (c. 495)Very Rev. John O'Hanlon. "Article I.—St. Tassach, Bishop of Raholp, County of Down. [Fifth Century]." In: Lives of the Irish Saints: With Special Festivals, and the Commemorations of Holy Persons. Vol. IV. Dublin, 1875. pp. 139-142. Saint Abundius the Sacristan, a sacrist at St Peter's in Rome (c. 564) Saint Lambert of Lyon, Abbot of Fontenelle and Bishop of Lyon (688)

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

Saint Vsevolod III Yuryevich the Big Nest, (Demetrius in holy baptism), Great Prince of Vladimir (1212) Martyrs Anthony, John, and Eustathios, of Vilnius, Lithuania (1347)Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ἀντώνιος, Ἰωάννης καὶ Εὐστάθιος οἱ Μάρτυρες. 14 Απριλίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.Martyr Anthony of Vilnius, Lithuania. OCA - Lives of the Saints. New Martyr Demetrius of the Peloponnese, at Tripolis (1803)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Δημήτριος ὁ Νεομάρτυρας. 14 Απριλίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.

New martyrs and confessors

New Martyr Sergius (Trofimov) of Nizhni-Novgorod and companion (1918) New Hieromartyr Alexander Orlov, Confessor, Priest (1941)

Other commemorations

Synaxis of the Icon of the Mother of God of Vilnius (1465)Great Synaxaristes: Σύναξις Ὑπεραγίας Θεοτόκου ἐν Βιλὲνσκ Ρωσίας. 14 Απριλίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.Icon of the Mother of God of Vilnius. OCA - Lives of the Saints.

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References

Sources April 14 / April 27. Orthodox Calendar (pravoslavie.ru). April 27 / April 14. Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow). April 14. OCA - The Lives of the Saints. The Autonomous Orthodox Metropolia of Western Europe and the Americas. St. Hilarion Calendar of Saints for the year of our Lord 2004. St. Hilarion Press (Austin, TX). p. 28. April 14. 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. p. 105. Greek Sources Great Synaxaristes: 14 Απριλιου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ. Συναξαριστής. 14 Απριλίου. ecclesia.gr. (H Εκκλησια Τησ Ελλαδοσ). Russian Sources 27 апреля (14 апреля). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). Русская Православная Церковь Православный Церковный календарь на 2023 год.