April 7 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

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April 7 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 April7 are broadly the same, no matter which calendar is used.

Saints

Saint Hegesippus the Chronicler, of Palestine (c. 180)April 7 / April 20. Orthodox Calendar (pravoslavie.ru).Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. Hegesippus (about A.D. 180.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Fourth: April. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. p. 110. Hieromartyr Rufinus the Deacon, the Martyr Aquilina, and 200 soldiers with them, at Sinope (c. 249-251)Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ρουφίνος καὶ Ἀκυλίνη οἱ Μάρτυρες καὶ οἱ σὺν αὐτοὶς διακόσιοι Μάρτυρες. 7 Απριλίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.Martyr Rufinus the Deacon at Sinope. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Martyr Calliopios, at Pompeiopolis in Cilicia (304)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Καλλιόπιος ὁ Μάρτυρας. 7 Απριλίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.Martyr Calliopius at Pompeiopolis in Cilicia. OCA - Lives of the Saints.Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. Calliopus, M. (A.D. 304.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Fourth: April. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. pp. 110-112. Saint Serapion the Sindonite, monk, of Egypt (5th century)April 20 / April 7. Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).Venerable Serapion of Egypt. OCA - Lives of the Saints. 7 апреля (ст.ст.) 20 апреля 2013 (нов. ст.) . Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (see also: March 21 and May 14) Saint George, Patriarch of Jerusalem (807) Saint George the Confessor (George the Standard-Bearer), Bishop of Mytilene, exiled to Kherson (820)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Γεώργιος ὁ Σημειοφόρος Ἐπίσκοπος Μυτιλήνης. 7 Απριλίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.St George the Confessor the Bishop of Mitylene. OCA - Lives of the Saints.

Pre-Schism Western saints

Saint Saturninus, Bishop of Verona and Confessor (4th century) Hieromartyr Epiphanius, Bishop in North Africa, with Rufinus the Deacon, Donatus, and Companions – thirteen martyrs.Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ἐπιφάνιος, Ρουφίνος καὶ Δονάτος οἱ Μάρτυρες καὶ οἱ σὺν αὐτοῖς μαρτυρήσαντες. 7 Απριλίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ. Venerable Brynach of Wales (Brenach, Bemach, Bemacus) (6th century)Very Rev. John O'Hanlon. "Article VI.—St. Brynach, or Brenach, of Carn Engvli, Wales. [Fifth Century.]." In: Lives of the Irish Saints: With Special Festivals, and the Commemorations of Holy Persons. Vol. IV. Dublin, 1875. pp. 75-76. Saint Finan (Finnian) (6th century)Very Rev. John O'Hanlon. "Article I.—St. Finan, Patron and Abbot of Kinnetty, King's County. [Sixth and Seventh Centuries]." In: Lives of the Irish Saints: With Special Festivals, and the Commemorations of Holy Persons. Vol. IV. Dublin, 1875. pp. 57-72. Saint Goran (Guron, Goronus, Woranus), who lived at Bodmin before St Petroc (6th century) Saints Llewellyn (LLywelyn) and Gwrnerth, monks from Wales who lived in Welshpool and later on Bardsey (6th century) Saint Gibardus, Abbot of Luxeuil in France during the invasion of the Huns (ca. 888)

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

Venerable Leucius, Abbot of Volokolamsk (1492)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Λεύκιος ἐκ Ρωσίας. 7 Απριλίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ. Venerable Nilus of Sora, founder of Sora Skete, Belozersk (1508) (see also: May 7) Venerable Daniel of Pereyaslavl, founder of St. Daniel Monastery (1540)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Δανιὴλ τοῦ Περεγιασλάβλ. 7 Απριλίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.Venerable Daniel the Abbot of Pereyaslavl-Zalesski. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Saint Peter Kononovich-Sahaydachny (1622) Venerable Gerasimus the Byzantine, Hieromonk, of Patmos (1770)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Γεράσιμος ὁ Βυζάντιος. 7 Απριλίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ. Saint Gabriel, Archbishop of Ryazan and Zaraisk (1862) Venerable Schemamonk Agapitus the Blind, of Valaam Monastery (1905)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἀγαπητὸς ὁ Τυφλός. 7 Απριλίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ. Venerable Savvas the New of Kalymnos (1947)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Σάββας ὁ Νέος ὁ ἐν Καλύμνῳ. 7 Απριλίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ. (see also: March 25 - os; also the Fifth Sunday of Great Lent) Saint Justin (Popovic), Archimandrite of Ćelije Monastery in Serbia and Confessor of Traditional Orthodoxy (1979) (Due to OS Annunciation moved to: June 1)

New martyrs and confessors

New Hieromartyr Arcadius Dobronravov, Archpriest, of Tsivilsk, Chuvashia (1933) Martyr Eudocia Pavlovoy (1939)

Other commemorations

Icon of the Mother of God "of Byzantium" (The Byzantine Icon) (732)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. 27. Uncovering of the relics (1517) of St. Serapion, Archbishop of Novgorod (1516) Repose of Schemamonk Theodore of Svir (1822) Repose of Schemamonk Agapitus the Blind, of Valaam (1905)

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References

Sources April 7 / April 20. Orthodox Calendar (pravoslavie.ru). April 20 / April 7. Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow). April 7. 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. 27. April 7. 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. 98. 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. 146–149. Greek Sources Great Synaxaristes: 7 Απριλίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ. Συναξαριστής. 7 Απριλίου. ecclesia.gr. (H Εκκλησια Τησ Ελλαδοσ). Russian Sources 20 апреля (7 апреля). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). 7 апреля (ст.ст.) 20 апреля 2013 (нов. ст.) . Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей.