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April 20 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 April20 are broadly the same, no matter which calendar is used.

Saints

Apostle Zacchaeus of the Seventy, Bishop of Caesarea in Palestine, he who was called down from the Sycamore tree by Jesus, according to the Gospel of Luke (1st century)April 20 / May 3. Orthodox Calendar (pravoslavie.ru).Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Ζακχαῖος ὁ Ἀπόστολος. 20 Απριλίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ. Συναξαριστής. 20 Απριλίου. ecclesia.gr. (H Εκκλησια Τησ Ελλαδοσ).Apostle Zacchaeus. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Martyrs Acindinus, Antoninus, Victor, Zenon, Zoticus, Theonas, Caesareus, Severian and Christophoros (284-305)Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ἀκίνδυνος, Ἀντωνίνος, Βίκτωρ, Ζήνωνος, Ζωτικός, Θεωνᾶς, Καισάριος, Σεβηριανὸς καὶ Χριστόφορος οἱ Μάρτυρες. 20 Απριλίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "SS. Victor, Zoticus and Companions, MM. (A.D. 303.) (A.D. 303.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Fourth: April. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. p. 250. (see also: April 18 - Slavic) Venerable Theodore Trichinas ("the Hair-Shirt Wearer"), hermit near Constantinople (400)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Θεόδωρος ὁ Τριχινᾶς. 20 Απριλίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.Venerable Theodore Trichinas “the Hair-Shirt Wearer” and Hermit Near Constantinople. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Saint Theotimus, Bishop of Tomis in Moesia (Lesser Scythia) (407)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Θεότιμος Ἐπίσκοπος Ρουμανίας. 20 Απριλίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.St Theotimus the Bishop of Lesser Scythia. OCA - Lives of the Saints.Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. Theotimus, B. of Tomi. (Beginning of 5th Cent.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Fourth: April. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. p. 251. Blessed Gregory (593) 20 апреля (ст.ст.) 3 мая 2013 (нов. ст.). Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. and Anastasius I (599),Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀναστάσιος ὁ Σιναΐτης Ἐπίσκοπος Ἀντιοχείας. 20 Απριλίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ. Patriarchs of Antioch.May 3 / April 20. Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow). Hieromartyr Anastasius II, Patriarch of Antioch (609) Venerable Anastasius Sinaita, Abbot of the Monastery of St. Catherine at Sinai (c. 700)Venerable Anastasius the Abbot of Sinai. OCA - Lives of the Saints. (see also: April 21) Venerable Ioannis the Palaiolavritis ("of the Old Lavra"), at St. Chariton's Monastery, in the Judean Desert.Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἰωάννης ὁ Παλαιολαυρίτης. 20 Απριλίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ. (see also: April 19)

Pre-Schism Western saints

Martyrs Sulpicius and Servilian, martyrs in Rome who were beheaded under Trajan (c. 117)April 20. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome. Saints Marcellinus of Embrun,Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. Marcellinus, B. of Embrun. (4th Cent.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Fourth: April. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. p. 251. Vincent and Domninus, born in North Africa, they went to France and preached in the Dauphiné (c. 374) Saint Marcian of Auxerre, a monk at the Monastery of Saints Cosmas and Damian in Auxerre (c. 470) Saint Cædwalla of Wessex (Cadwalla), King of the West Saxons (689)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. 168-169. Saint Gundebert (Gumbert), monk-martyr (8th century) Saint Harduin, a monk at Fontenelle Abbey in France (749), then a hermit who copied writings of the Fathers (811) Saint Hugh of Anzy-le-Duc, a monk at Saint Savin (c. 930)

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

Venerable Saints Athanasius (1380)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἀθανάσιος ὁ Μετεωρίτης. 20 Απριλίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ. and Ioasaph (1422)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἰωάσαφ ὁ Μετεωρίτης. 20 Απριλίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ. of Meteora, Abbots. Venerable Alexander of Oshevensk, founder of Oshevensk Monastery, Arkhangelsk (1479)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἀλέξανδρος ἐκ Ρωσίας. 20 Απριλίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.Venerable Alexander the Abbot of Oshevensk. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Child-Martyr Gabriel of Zabludov (Gabriel of Slutsk) (1690)April 20 - Child Saint of Poland – Martyr Gabriel of Zabludov . ROCA - Orthodox America.Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Γαβριὴλ ὁ Μάρτυρας. 20 Απριλίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.Childmartyr Gabriel of Bialystok. OCA - Lives of the Saints.

New martyrs and confessors

New Hiero-Confessor Theodosius (Ganitsky), Bishop of Kolomna (1937)

Other commemorations

"Cyprus" (392) and "Keepiazh" (Kipyazha) Icons of the Mother of God.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. Translation of the relics (1991) of St. Nikolai (Velimirovich), Bishop of Ochrid and Zhicha (1956) from America to Serbia.Great Synaxaristes: Μετακομιδὴ Τιμίων Λειψάνων Ἁγίου Νικολάου Ἐπισκόπου Ἀχρίδος καὶ Ζίτσης. 20 Απριλίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ. Repose of Schemamonk Ignatius of St. Nicephorus Monastery in Olonets (1852) Glorification (2014) of New Confessor Smaragda (Onishchenko), Abbess of Nezhinsk (uk), Ukraine (1945) СМАРАГДА (ОНИЩЕНКО). Открытая православная энциклопедия "Древо" (Open Orthodox Encyclopedia "The Tree"). Retrieved: September 20, 2026. (see also December 28 - feast day)

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References

Sources April 20 / May 3. Orthodox Calendar (pravoslavie.ru). May 3 / April 20. Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow). April 20. 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 20. 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. 110–111. 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. 168–173. Greek Sources Great Synaxaristes: 20 Απριλίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ. Συναξαριστής. 20 Απριλίου. ecclesia.gr. (H Εκκλησια Τησ Ελλαδοσ). Russian Sources 3 мая (20 апреля). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). 20 апреля (ст.ст.) 3 мая 2013 (нов. ст.). Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей.