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April 26 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 April26 are broadly the same, no matter which calendar is used.

Saints

Martyrs Cyril, Chindeu, and Tasie of Axiopolis (c. 304)April 26 / May 9. Orthodox Calendar (Pravoslavie.ru). Righteous Virgin-martyr Glaphyra of Nicomedia (322)Great Synaxaristes: Ἡ Ἁγία Γλαφυρή. 26 Απριλίου. Μέγας Συναξαριστής. Συναξαριστής. 26 Απριλίου. Ecclesia.gr. (H Εκκλησία της Ελλάδος).Righteous Virginmartyr Glaphyra. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Hieromartyr Basil of Amasea, Bishop of Amasea (c. 323)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Βασιλέας ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας Ἐπίσκοπος Ἀμασείας. 26 Απριλίου. Μέγας Συναξαριστής.Hieromartyr Basil the Bishop of Amasea. OCA - Lives of the Saints.Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. Basil of Amasea, B.M. (About A.D. 322.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Fourth: April. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. p. 350. Saints Andrew and Anatolius,Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἀνατόλιος ὁ Σιναΐτης. 26 Απριλίου. Μέγας Συναξαριστής. disciples of St. Euthymius the Great (5th century)May 9 / April 26. Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow). Saint Justa, nun.Great Synaxaristes: Ἡ Ὁσία Ἰούστα. 26 Απριλίου. Μέγας Συναξαριστής. Venerable Nestor.Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Νέστωρ. 26 Απριλίου. Μέγας Συναξαριστής. Saint Leo of Samos (Leontos), Bishop of Samos, Wonderworker (9th century)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Λέων Ἐπίσκοπος Σάμου. 26 Απριλίου. Μέγας Συναξαριστής.

Pre-Schism Western saints

Peter of Braga (Peter of Rates), first Bishop and martyr of Braga in Portugal (c. 60).April 26. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome. Saint Marcellinus, a Pope of Rome, who may have been martyred in repentance for his previous errors (304)Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. Marcellinus, Pope, M. (A.D. 304.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Fourth: April. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. pp. 345-349. (see also: June 7 - East) Saint Exuperantia, a saint whose relics are venerated in Troyes in France (c. 380). Saint Lucidius of Verona, Bishop of Verona in Italy. Saint Clarentius (Clarent), successor of St Etherius as Bishop of Vienne in France (c. 620) Saint Trudpert, a hermit, possibly from Ireland, who lived in Münstethal in Germany (c. 644)Very Rev. John O'Hanlon. "Article I.—St. Trudpert, of Brisgau, in Germany, Hermit and Martyr. [Sixth and Seventh Centuries.]." In: Lives of the Irish Saints: With Special Festivals, and the Commemorations of Holy Persons. VOL. IV. Dublin, 1875. pp. 496-502.Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. Trudpert, H.M. (A.D. 643.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Fourth: April. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. p. 351. Saint Richarius (Riquier), Abbot, Confessor, in Picardy (645)Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. Richarius, Ab. of Centule. (7th cent.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Fourth: April. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. p. 352.

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

Venerable George of Cyprus, first Igumen of the Monastery of St. John Chrysostomos, near Koutsovendis, in the Kyrenia District of Cyprus (1091)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Γεώργιος κτίτορας τῆς μονῆς Χρυσοστόμου Κύπρου. 26 Απριλίου. Μέγας Συναξαριστής. Venerable Calantius of Tamassos (Kalandios), one of the "300 Allemagne Saints" in Cyprus (12th century)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Καλανδίων. 26 Απριλίου. Μέγας Συναξαριστής. Saint Stephen of Perm, Bishop of Perm (1396)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Στέφανος Ἐπίσκοπος Πέρμ. 26 Απριλίου. Μέγας Συναξαριστής.St Stephen the Bishop of Perm. OCA - Lives of the Saints. New Martyrs of Novo Selo ("Holy Trinity" Novoselska convent), Bulgaria (1876)

New martyrs and confessors

New martyrs John Pankov, priest, and his children Nicholas Pankov, and Peter Pankov, new martyrs of Orlov (1918) 26 апреля (ст.ст.) 9 мая 2013 (нов. ст.) . Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR).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. 31. Venerable Elder Ieronymos of Simonopetra (1957) Άγιος Ιερώνυμος Σιμωνοπετρίτης: Η πρώτη τιμή του ως Αγίου στη Μονή του. Ορθοδοξία News Agency (Orthodoxia). 29 Νοεμβρίου, 2019 - 22:35. Retrieved: 22 May, 2020. (see also: May 9 - NS)

Other commemorations

Translation of the sacred relics of Saint Joanikije of Devič, Serbia (1430)Great Synaxaristes: Ἀνακομιδὴ Τιμίων Λειψάνων Ὁσίου Ἰωαννικίου τοῦ Ἀναχωρητοῦ τοῦ ἐκ Σερβίας. 26 Απριλίου. Μέγας Συναξαριστής. Repose of Schema-nun Agnia (Chizhikov) of Akulovo (1984) Repose of Schema-Archimandrite Aimilianos (Vafeidis) of Simonopetra (2019)

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References

Sources April 26 / May 9. Orthodox Calendar (Pravoslavie.ru). May 9 / April 26. Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow). April 26. OCA - The Lives of the Saints. 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. 31. April 26. 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. 117. 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. 182–183. Greek Sources Great Synaxaristes: 26 Απριλίου. Μέγας Συναξαριστής. Συναξαριστής. 26 Απριλίου. Ecclesia.gr. (H Εκκλησία της Ελλάδος). Russian Sources 9 мая (26 апреля). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). 26 апреля (ст.ст.) 9 мая 2013 (нов. ст.) . Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR).