April 28 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

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April 28 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 April28 are broadly the same, no matter which calendar is used.

Saints

Apostles Jason and Sosipater, of the Seventy, and their companions, at Corfu (1st century):April 29/May 12. Orthodox Calendar (Pravoslavie.ru). (see also April 29 - Greek) Martyrs Saturninus, Jakischolus (Inischolus), Faustianus, Januarius, Marsalius, Euphrasius, Mammius - the holy seven former thieves; The virgin Cercyra, and Christodoulos the Ethiopian. Martyrs Zeno, Eusebius, Neon, and Vitalis, who were converted by Apostles Jason and Sosipater (c. 63) (see also April 29 - Greek) Nine martyrs at Cyzicus (c. 286-299): Συναξαριστής. 28 Απριλίου. Ecclesia.gr. (H Εκκλησία της Ελλάδος).Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ἅγιοι ἐννέα Μάρτυρες ἐν Κυζίκῳ. Μέγας Συναξαριστής. (see also April 29 - Slavic) Theognes, Rufus, Antipater, Theostichus, Artemas, Magnus, Theodoulos, Thaumasius, and Philemon Martyrs Dada, Maximus, and Quintilian at Dorostolum (286)May 11 / April 28. Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow). (see also: April 13, August 2) Martyr Tibald of Pannonia (304)Bishop Nikolai Velimirovch. The Prologue from Ohrid. April 28. Saint Auxibius II, Bishop of Soli, Cyprus (4th century)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Αὐξίβιος Β’ Ἐπίσκοπος Σόλων τῆς Κύπρου. Μέγας Συναξαριστής. Venerable Memnon the Wonderworker (6th century)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Μέμνων ὁ Θαυματουργός. Μέγας Συναξαριστής. (see also April 29 - Slavic)

Pre-Schism Western saints

Martyrs Aphrodisius, Caralippus, Agapius, and Eusebius (65)April 28. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "SS. Aphrodisius and Companions, MM. (Date Uncertain.)" In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Fourth: April. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. p. 358-359. (see also May 30 - Greek) Saint Mark of Galilee, bishop and martyr (92) Saint Artemius (Arthemius), Bishop of Sens (609) Saint Gerard the Pilgrim (c. 639)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. 184-185. Venerable Crónán, abbot of Roscrea, Ireland (640)Very Rev. John O'Hanlon. "Article I.—St. Cronan, Abbot and Patron of Roscrea, County of Tipperary. [Sixth and Seventh Centuries.]." In: Lives of the Irish Saints: With Special Festivals, and the Commemorations of Holy Persons. VOL. IV. Dublin, 1875. pp. 516-530.Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. Cronan of Roscrea, AB. (About A.D. 615.)" In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Fourth: April. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. p. 361-362. Saint Pamphilus, Bishop of Sulmona and Corfinium (c. 700) Saint Prudentius, Bishop of Tarazona in Aragon (c. 700)Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. Prudentius. B. of Tarazona. (Date Uncertain.)" In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Fourth: April. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. p. 362-363. Saint Adalbero, Bishop of Augsburg (909)

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

Saint Cyril of Turov, Bishop (1183)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Κύριλλος Ἐπίσκοπος Τούρωφ. Μέγας Συναξαριστής. Saint Cyril, in the world Cyriacus, founder and abbot of Syrinsk Monastery, Kargopol (1st half of XVI) Venerable Isaiah of Onogošt, ascetic monk who lived in a cave which would later become Ostrog Monastery (end of XVI - beginning of XVII)

New martyrs and confessors

Virgin-martyr Anna Shashkina, new martyr of Yaroslavl-Rostov (1940)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.

Other commemorations

The Miracle at Carthage (c. 610-641)Great Synaxaristes: Διήγηση γενομένου θαύματος ἐν Καρθαγένῃ Βορείου Ἀφρικῆς. Μέγας Συναξαριστής.The Miracle at Carthage. Full of Grace and Truth (blog). Wednesday, April 28, 2010. Repose of Archimandrite Hilarion (Argatu) of Cernica (1999) Repose of Hieroschemamonk Dionysius (Ignat) of Kolitsou Skete, Mt. Athos (2004)

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References

Sources April 28/May 11. Orthodox Calendar (Pravoslavie.ru). May 11 / April 28. Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow). April 28. 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. pp. 119–120. 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. 184–185. Greek Sources Great Synaxaristes: 28 Απριλίου. Μέγας Συναξαριστής. Συναξαριστής. 28 Απριλίου. Ecclesia.gr. (H Εκκλησία της Ελλάδος). Russian Sources 11 мая (28 апреля). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). 28 апреля (ст.ст.) 11 мая 2013 (нов. ст.) . Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR).