April 17 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
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Apr. 16 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Apr. 18
All fixed commemorations below celebrated on Apr. 30 by Old Calendarists
[edit] Saints
- Hieromartyr Simeon of Persia, bishop, and those with him: martyrs Abdechalas and Ananias, presbyters; Usthazancs, Fusicus (Pusicius), Ascitrea, and Azat the Eunuch
- Martyr Adrian of Corinth
- Saint Acacius of Melitene, bishop
- Saints Sabbarius and Zosimas of Solovki
- Pope Agapetus I of Rome
- Saint Macarios of Corinth
[edit] Other Commemorations
- Uncovering of the relics of Saint Alexander of Svir, abbot
- Repose of Blessed Paisius of the Kiev Caves, Fool-for-Christ (1893)