April 8 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

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April 7 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - April 9

All fixed commemorations below are observed on April 21 by Eastern Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.[note 1]

For April 8th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on March 26.

Saints

• Holy Apostles of the Seventy:[1][2][3][4]

• Herodion, Agabus, Asyncritus of Hyrcania, Rufus, Phlegon, Hermes, and those who suffered with them (1st century)

• Martyr Pausilipus of Heraclea in Thrace (ca. 117-138)[1][5][6]
• Monk-martyrs Josiah and Joseph, of Mt. Kharasam, Persia (c. 341)[1][7]
• Saint Celestine, Pope of Rome (432)[1][8][9][10][note 2] (see also: April 6 - West)

Pre-Schism Western saints

• Martys Januarius, Maxima and Macaria, in North Africa.[11][12][13][14]
• Martyr Concessa, a martyr venerated from early times in Carthage in North Africa.[11][13]
• Saint Amantius of Como, successor of St Provinus as Bishop of Como in Italy (440)[11][13][15]
• Saint Perpetuus, Bishop of Tours in France (490)[11][13][16]
• Saint Redemptus, Bishop of Ferentini in Italy (586)[11][13]

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

• Saint Philaret of Seminara (Filarete of Calabria), Calabria (ca. 1070)[1][7]
• Saint Niphont, Bishop of Novgorod (1156)[1][17][18]
• Venerable Rufus the Recluse (Rufus the Obedient), of the Kiev Caves (14th century)[1][19] (see also: April 6)
• New Martyr John (Koulikas) (1564)[1][7][20]
• New Martyr John Naukliros ("the Navigator"), burned alive on Kos (1669)[1][7][20][21][22]

New martyrs and confessors

• New Hieromartyr Sergius Rodakovsky, Archpriest, of Tal, Belorussia (1933)[1][7][23]

Other commemorations

• Spanish Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos (792)[1][7][note 3]
• Repose of Righteous Helen Voronova (1916), disciple of Elder Barsanuphius of Optina Monastery.[1]

Icon gallery

• 
  Herodion of Patras and Archangel Selaphiel (1840, Russia).
• 
  Asyncritus of Hyrcania.
• 
  Rufus of Thebes.
• 
  Hermes of Philippopolis.
• 
  Saint Celestine, Pope of Rome.
• 
  St. Philaret of Seminara (right side), with St. Elias.

Notes

1. The notation Old Style or (OS) is sometimes used to indicate a date in the Julian Calendar (which is used by churches on the "Old Calendar").
   The notation New Style or (NS), indicates a date in the Revised Julian calendar (which is used by churches on the "New Calendar").
2. Born in the Campagna in Italy, he succeeded Boniface I as Pope of Rome in 422. He supported St Germanus of Auxerre against Pelagianism and condemned Nestorianism.[11]
3. The Spanish Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos, which is one of the Panachranta type, depicts the Mother of God seated upon a throne.[24]

References

1. April 8 / April 21. Orthodox Calendar (pravoslavie.ru).
2. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ἄγαβος, Ἀσύγκριτος, Ἑρμῆς, Ἡρωδίων Ἐπίσκοπος, Ροῦφος καὶ Φλέγων οἱ Ἀπόστολοι ἐκ τῶν Ἑβδομήντα. 8 Απριλίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.
3. Apostle Herodion of the Seventy, and those with Him. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
4. Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "SS. Herodion, Asyncritus, Phlegon, and Hermas, MM. (1st Cent)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Fourth: April. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. p. 121.
5. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Παυσίλυπος ὁ Μάρτυρας. 8 Απριλίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.
6. Martyr Pausilippus of Heraclea in Thrace. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
7. April 21 / April 8. Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
8. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Κελεστίνος πάπας Ρώμης. 8 Απριλίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.
9. St Celestine the Pope of Rome. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
10. Very Rev. John O'Hanlon. "Article IX.—Reputed Festival of St. Celestine I., Pope and Confessor. [Fourth and Fifth Centuries.]." In: Lives of the Irish Saints: With Special Festivals, and the Commemorations of Holy Persons. Vol. IV. Dublin, 1875. p. 83.
11. April 8. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
12. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ἰανουάριος, Μαξίμη καὶ Μακαρία οἱ Μάρτυρες. 8 Απριλίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.
13. 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. 99.
14. Very Rev. John O'Hanlon. "Article VI.—St. Januarius, Martyr." In: Lives of the Irish Saints: With Special Festivals, and the Commemorations of Holy Persons. Vol. IV. Dublin, 1875. p. 81.
15. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀμάνδος. 8 Απριλίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.
16. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Περπέτουος. 8 Απριλίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.
17. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Νήφων ὁ Θαυματουργός Ἐπίσκοπος Νόβγκοροντ. 8 Απριλίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.
18. St Niphon the Bishop of Novgorod. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
19. Venerable Rufus the Obedient of the Kiev Far Caves. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
20. (in Greek) Συναξαριστής. 8 Απριλίου. ecclesia.gr. (H Εκκλησια Τησ Ελλαδοσ).
21. Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America. On Friday, April 8, 2016 we celebrate.
22. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἰωάννης ὁ Νεομάρτυρας ὁ ναύκληρος. 8 Απριλίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.
23. (in Russian) 8 апреля (ст.ст.) 21 апреля 2013 (нов. ст.) Archived 2014-02-22 at the Wayback Machine. Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей.
24. Icon of the Mother of God “Spanish”. OCA - Lives of the Saints.

Sources

• April 8 / April 21. Orthodox Calendar (pravoslavie.ru).
• April 21 / April 8. Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
• April 8. 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 8. 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. 99.
• 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. 149.

Greek Sources

• Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) 8 Απριλίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.
• (in Greek) Συναξαριστής. 8 Απριλίου. Eeclesia.gr. (H Εκκλησια Τησ Ελλαδοσ).

Russian Sources

• (in Russian) 21 апреля (8 апреля). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).
• (in Russian) 8 апреля (ст.ст.) 21 апреля 2013 (нов. ст.) Archived 2014-02-22 at the Wayback Machine. Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей.