April 23 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

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April 23 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 April23 are broadly the same, no matter which calendar is used.

Saints

Martyrs Donatus and Therinus of Bothrotus, in Epirus (c. 250)Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ἅγιοι Δονάτος καὶ Θερινὸς οἱ Μάρτυρες. 23 Απριλίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.April 23 / May 6. Orthodox Calendar (pravoslavie.ru). Holy Glorious Great-martyr and Victory-bearer and Wonderworker George (303)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Γεώργιος ὁ Μεγαλομάρτυρας ὁ Τροπαιοφόρος. 23 Απριλίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.Holy Great-Martyr George. Self-Ruled Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America.Greatmartyr, Victory-bearer and Wonderworker George. OCA - Lives of the Saints. 23 апреля (ст.ст.) 6 мая 2013 (нов. ст.) . Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей.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. 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. p. 177.Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. George, M. (A.D. 285.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Fourth: April. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. pp. 301-310. Martyr Polychronia, mother of Great-martyr Saint George, a Greek native of Lydda (Diospolis) (303)Great Synaxaristes: Ἡ Ἁγία Πολυχρονία ἡ Μάρτυς. 23 Απριλίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ. Martyrs Anatolius and Protoleon,Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ἀνατόλιος καὶ Πρωτολέων οἱ στρατηλάτες. 23 Απριλίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.Martyr Anatolius the Soldier converted by witnessing the martyrdom of St George. OCA - Lives of the Saints. soldiers converted by witnessing the martyrdom of St. George; and martyrs GlyceriusGreat Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Γλυκέριος ὁ Μάρτυρας ὁ γεωργός. 23 Απριλίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ. and Athanasius the Magician,Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀθανάσιος ὁ Μάρτυρας ὁ ἀπὸ μάγων. 23 Απριλίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ. at Nicomedia (303) Martyr Valerius, by the sword.Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Οὐαλέριος ὁ Μάρτυρας. 23 Απριλίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ. Συναξαριστής. 23 Απριλίου. ecclesia.gr. (H Εκκλησια Τησ Ελλαδοσ). Martyr Alexandra the Empress, wife of Diocletian (303)Martyr Alexandra the Empress, wife of Diocletian. OCA - Lives of the Saints. (see also: April 21)

Pre-Schism Western saints

Martyrs Felix, Fortunatus, and Achilleus, at Valence in France (212)April 23. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "SS. Felix, Fortunatus, and Achilles, MM. (A.D. 212.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Fourth: April. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. p. 300. (see also: April 24) Saint Marolus, a Syrian by origin, he became Bishop of Milan in Italy in 408 (423) Saint Ibar of Beggerin (Iberius, Ivor), an enlightener in Ireland, who mainly preached in Leinster and Meath (5th century)Very Rev. John O'Hanlon. "Article II.—St. Ibar, or Ivor, Bishop of Beg Erin, County of Wexford. [Supposed to have lived in the Fifth and Sixth Centuries.]." In: Lives of the Irish Saints: With Special Festivals, and the Commemorations of Holy Persons. Vol. IV. Dublin, 1875. pp. 456-465.Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. Ibar, B. of Begery. (A.D. 500.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Fourth: April. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. p. 310. Saint Pusinna, a holy virgin in Champagne in France who had six sisters, all widely honoured as saints (5th-6th centuries) Saint Gerard of Toul, Bishop of Toul in France (994) Saint Adalbert of Prague (Voitech), Bishop of Prague (997)Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. Adalbert, B. of Prag, M. (A.D. 997.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Fourth: April. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. pp. 311-312.

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

Blessed George of Shenkursk, Fool-for-Christ (1462)May 6 / April 23. Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Γεώργιος ὁ ἐκ Ρωσίας. 23 Απριλίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ. New Martyr George of Cyprus, at Ptolemais (1752)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Γεώργιος ὁ Νεομάρτυρας ὁ Κύπριος. 23 Απριλίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ. King Solomon I of Imeretia, Georgia (1784) New Martyr Lazarus of Bulgaria, who suffered at Pergamus (1802)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Λάζαρος ὁ Νεομάρτυρας. 23 Απριλίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ. Blessed Sophia of Kleisoura (Myrtidiotissa in Schema), the ascetic of Kleisoura, Fool-for-Christ (1974) (see also: May 6 - ns)

New martyrs and confessors

New Hieromartyr Priest Igor (George) of Spas Chekriak village, Russia (1918)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. 31. New Hieromartyr John Anserov, Priest of Alma-Ata (1940) New Hieromartyr Sergius Zacharczuk, priest, of Nabroz, Chełm and Podlasie, Poland (1943)

Other commemorations

Repose of Protopresbyter John Labunsky of Nizhyn (1945) Подвижник землі Прилуцької (За матеріалами офіційного сайта Ніжинської єпархії). Церковна православна газета - Офіційне видання Української Православної Церкви. 2011/04/12. Retrieved: May 6, 2026.Dr. Alexander Roman. April. Calendar of Ukrainian Orthodox Saints (Ukrainian Orthodoxy - Українське Православ'я). Repose of Bishop Barnabas (Belyaev) of Nizhny Novgorod (1963)

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References

Sources April 23 / May 6. Orthodox Calendar (pravoslavie.ru). May 6 / April 23. Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow). April 23. 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. 31. April 23. 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. 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. p. 177. Greek Sources Great Synaxaristes: 23 Απριλίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ. Συναξαριστής. 23 Απριλίου. ecclesia.gr. (H Εκκλησια Τησ Ελλαδοσ). Russian Sources 6 мая (23 апреля). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). 23 апреля (ст.ст.) 6 мая 2013 (нов. ст.) . Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей.