April 16 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

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Apr. 15 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Apr. 17

All fixed commemorations below celebrated on Apr. 29 by Old Calendarists

[edit] Saints

  • Virgin-martyrs Agape, Irene, and Chionia in Illyria
  • Martyrs Leonidas, Chariessa, Nice, Galina, Callista (Calisa), Nunechia, Basilissa, Theodora, and Irene of Corinth
  • Saint Fructuosis of Braga in Iberia
  • Saint Theodora-Bassa, princess of Novgorod
  • Martyr Michael of Smyrna

[edit] Other Commemorations

  • The Weeping Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos "Ilyin Chernigov"