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April 19 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 April19 are broadly the same, no matter which calendar is used.

Saints

Martyrs Theodore of Perge in Pamphylia, his mother Philippa, and Dioscorus, Socrates, and Dionysius (c. 138-161)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Θεόδωρος ὁ Μάρτυρας καὶ οἱ σὺν αὐτῷ μαρτυρήσαντες. 19 Απριλίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ. Συναξαριστής. 19 Απριλίου. ecclesia.gr. (H Εκκλησια Τησ Ελλαδοσ). Hieromartyr Paphnutius of Jerusalem and 546 companions martyred with him (284-305)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Παφνούτιος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας ὁ Ἱεροσολυμήτης καὶ οἱ σὺν αὐτῷ πεντακόσιοι τεσσαράκοντα ἕξι Μάρτυρες. 19 Απριλίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.Hieromartyr Paphnutius of Jerusalem. OCA - Lives of the Saints. (see also: September 25) Martyrs Hermogenes,Very Rev. John O'Hanlon. "Article V.—Feast of St. Hermogenes." In: Lives of the Irish Saints: With Special Festivals, and the Commemorations of Holy Persons. VOL. IV. Dublin, 1875. pp. 243-244. Caius, Expeditus, Aristonicus, Rufus and Galatas, at Melitine, in Armenia.Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ἑρμογένης, Γάϊος, Ἐξπέδιτος, Ἀριστόνικος, Ροῦφος καὶ Γαλατὰς οἱ Μάρτυρες. 19 Απριλίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ. Martyrs Christopher, Theonas, and Antoninus, at Nicomedia (303)Martyr Christopher at Nicomedia. OCA - Lives of the Saints. 19 апреля (ст.ст.) 2 мая 2013 (нов. ст.) . Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (see also: April 20) Saint George the Confessor, Bishop of Antioch in Pisidia, Confessor of the Faith (c. 741-775)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Γεώργιος ὁ Ὁμολογητής Ἐπίσκοπος Πισιδίας. 19 Απριλίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.St George the Confessor and Bishop of Antioch, in Pisidia. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Venerable John of the Ancient Caves (John Paleolavrite) in Palestine (8th century)Venerable John of the Ancient Caves in Palestine. OCA - Lives of the Saints. (see also: April 20) Saint Tryphon of Constantinople, Patriarch of Constantinople (931)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Τρύφωνας Πατριάρχης Κωνσταντινουπόλεως. 19 Απριλίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.St Tryphon the Patriarch of Constantinople. OCA - Lives of the Saints. St. Nicephorus, Abbot of Katabad.Venerable Nicephorus the Abbot of Catabad. OCA - Lives of the Saints.

Pre-Schism Western saints

Saint Vincent of Collioure, a martyr in Collioure in Languedoc in the south of France, under Diocletian (c. 304)April 19. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. Vincent of Calahorra, M. (A.D. 303.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Fourth: April. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. pp. 227-228. Saint Crescentius, confessor, a subdeacon in Florence in Italy and a disciple of St Zenobius and St Ambrose (c. 396) Saint Ursmar, missionary bishop, founder of Aulne Abbey and Wallers Abbey (713) Saint Gerold, hermit at a village near Mitternach (978)Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. Gerold, H. (10th Cent.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Fourth: April. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. p. 228. Hieromartyr Alphege of Canterbury, Archbishop of Canterbury (1012)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀλπέγιος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας Ἀρχιεπίσκοπος Καντουαρίας. 19 Απριλίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.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. 164-168.Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. Alphege, Archb. M. (A.D. 1012.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Fourth: April. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. pp. 229-232.

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

Venerable Symeon the Barefoot, of Philotheou Monastery, Mount Athos (1594)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Συμεὼν ἡγούμενος τῆς μονῆς Φιλοθέου Ἁγίου Ὄρους. 19 Απριλίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.http://oca.org/saints/lives/2014/04/19/101155-venerable-simeon-of-philotheou. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Venerable Joasaph (Bolotov) of Kodiak, Enlightener of Alaska and the American land (1799)May 2 / April 19. Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).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. 30. New Monk-martyr Agathangelus of Esphigmenou Monastery, Mt. Athos, at Smyrna (1819)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀγαθάγγελος ὁ Ὁσιομάρτυρας ὁ Νέος. 19 Απριλίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.Monkmartyr Agathangelus of Esphigmenou of Mt Athos. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Saint Matrona the Blind, of Moscow (1952) Venerable Sebastian the Confessor of Optina and Karaganda (Elder Sebastian of Optina), Wonderworker and Clairvoyant, last of the great Optina Elders (1966)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Σεβαστιανὸς τοῦ Καραγκάντα. 19 Απριλίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ. (see also: April 6)

New martyrs and confessors

New Hiero-confessor Victor (Ostrovidov), Bishop of Glazov (1934)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Βίκτωρ ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας Ἐπίσκοπος Γκλαζὼφ. 19 Απριλίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ. New Hieromartyr Demetrius Vlasenkov, Priest of Alma-Ata (1942)

Other commemorations

Icon of the Most Holy Mother of God "Chrysafitissis" in Monemvasia. Translation of the relics of Saint Moses the Wonderworker, Archbishop of Novgorod (1362)Great Synaxaristes: Ἀνακομιδὴ Τιμίων Λειψάνων Ἁγίου Μωυσῆ τοῦ Θαυματουργοῦ. 19 Απριλίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ. Uncovering of the relics (1621) of St. Joachim, founder of Opochka Monastery in Pskov (c. 1550) Repose of Fool-for-Christ Asenetha (Klementyeva) of Goritsy (1892)Great Synaxaristes: Ἡ Ἁγία Ἀσυνὲθ ἡ διὰ Χριστὸν Σαλή. 19 Απριλίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ. АСЕНЕФА // «Православная Энциклопедия». Vol. 3, P. 588-589. Repose of Hieroschemamonk and Schema-Metropolitan Alexis of Valaam (1900)

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References

Sources April 19 / May 2. Orthodox Calendar (pravoslavie.ru). May 2 / April 19. Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow). April 19. 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. 30. April 19. 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. 110. 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. 164–168. Greek Sources Great Synaxaristes: 19 Απριλίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ. Συναξαριστής. 19 Απριλίου. ecclesia.gr. (H Εκκλησια Τησ Ελλαδοσ). Russian Sources 2 мая (19 апреля). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). 19 апреля (ст.ст.) 2 мая 2013 (нов. ст.) . Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей.