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April 27 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 April27 are broadly the same, no matter which calendar is used.

Saints

Saint Symeon the Kinsman of the Lord, Apostle of the Seventy and Hieromartyr (107)April 27/May 10. Orthodox Calendar (Pravoslavie.ru).Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Συμεὼν ὁ Ἀδελφόθεος Ἐπίσκοπος Ἱεροσολύμων. Μέγας Συναξαριστής. Martyr Publius (Poplion), by the sword.Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Ποπλίων ὁ Μάρτυρας. Μέγας Συναξαριστής.May 10 / April 27. Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow). Martyr Lollion the Younger (Lollion the New).Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Λολλίων ὁ Μάρτυρας ὁ Νέος. Μέγας Συναξαριστής. Saint Pollion the Reader (Pollio), of Cibalis in Pannonia, burnt alive under Diocletian (306)Pollio Apr 28. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome. Saint Eulogius the Hospitable of Constantinople (6th century)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Εὐλόγιος ὁ λατόμος. Μέγας Συναξαριστής.St Eulogius the Hospitable of Constantinople. OCA - Feasts and Saints. Saint Nicon, abbot of the Monastery of St. Gerasimus (6th century) Saint Simeon Stylites the Younger of Cilicia (597), and his brother George.Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ὅσιοι Συμεὼν καὶ Γεώργιος. Μέγας Συναξαριστής. Saint John of Cathares, Abbot of Cathares Monastery at Constantinople (839)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἰωάννης ὁ Ὁμολογητής. Μέγας Συναξαριστής.

Pre-Schism Western saints

Saint Liberalis of Treviso, priest from the area near Ancona in Italy who worked for the conversion of the Arians and suffered much at their hands (400)April 27. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome. Saint Theophilus, Bishop of Brescia (427)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Θεόφιλος Ἐπίσκοπος Βρεσκίας. Μέγας Συναξαριστής. Saint Maughold, Bishop of the Isle of Man (c. 488) (see also: April 25) Saint Assicus (Ascicus, Tassach), first bishop of Elphin, Ireland, converted to Christianity by Saint Patrick (490)Very Rev. John O'Hanlon. "Article I.—St. Ascicus, Bishop and Patron of Elphin, County of Roscommon. [Fifth Century.]." In: Lives of the Irish Saints: With Special Festivals, and the Commemorations of Holy Persons. VOL. IV. Dublin, 1875. pp. 506-512. Saint Tertullian, eighth Bishop of Bologna in Italy (490) Saint Enoder (Cynidr, Kenedr, Quidic) (6th century) Saint Winewald, Abbot of Beverley in England (c. 731) Saint Floribert of Liège (746)

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

Saint Stephen, abbot of the Kiev Caves and Bishop of Vladimir in Volhynia (1094)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Στέφανος Ἐπίσκοπος Βλαντιμίρ. Μέγας Συναξαριστής.Venerable Stephen the Abbot of the Kiev Far Caves, and Bishop of Vladimir, in Volhynia. OCA - Feasts and Saints. New Hieromartyr Seraphim, Bishop of Phanarion and Neokhorion (1601) New Martyr Elias (Ardunis) of Mount Athos (1686) Saint Basil (Kishkin), Hieroschemamonk of Glinsk and Ploshchansk hermitages (1831)

New martyrs and confessors

New Hieromartyrs Paul Svetozarov, Protopresbyter, and John Rozhdestvensky, Priest, and those with them: (1922)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.32. Martyrs Peter Yazykov, Nicholas Malkov, Auxentius Kalashnikov, Sergius Mefodiev and Virgin-martyr Anastasia of Shui and Palekh, at Ivanova. Virgin-martyr Mary Nosova (1938) 27 апреля (ст.ст.) 10 мая 2013 (нов. ст.) . Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR). New Hieromartyr John Spassky, priest of Tver (1941)

Other commemorations

Incineration of the relics of Saint Sabbas, first Archbishop of Serbia, by Sinan Pasha (1595)April. Self-Ruled Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America. Retrieved: 18 June 2020. Apparition of Our Lady of Kazan in Aleksandrovka, Saint Petersburg Governorate (1826) Glorification (1999) of New Hieromartyr Hilarion (Troitsky), Archbishop of Verey (1929)

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References

Sources April 27/May 10. Orthodox Calendar (Pravoslavie.ru). May 10 / April 27. Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow). April. Self-Ruled Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America. April 27. OCA - The Lives of the Saints. April 27. 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. 118. 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. 184. Greek Sources Great Synaxaristes: 27 Απριλίου. Μέγας Συναξαριστής. Συναξαριστής. 27 Απριλίου. Ecclesia.gr. (H Εκκλησία της Ελλάδος). Russian Sources 10 мая (27 апреля). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). 27 апреля (ст.ст.) 10 мая 2013 (нов. ст.) . Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR).