April 6 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
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Apr. 5 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Apr. 7
All fixed commemorations below celebrated on Apr. 19 by Old Calendarists
[edit] Saints
- Patriarch Eutychius of Constantinople
- Saint Methodius, Equal-to-the-Apostles, enlightener of the Slavs
- 120 martyrs of Persia
- Saint Platonida (Placonis) of Nisibis
- Martyr Jeremiah and martyr Archilias the Presbyter
- Saint Gregory of St. Athanasius' Monastery on Mount Athos, instructor of Saint Gregory Palamas
- Saint Gregory the Sinaite
[edit] Other Commemorations
- Repose of Elder Mardarius of Nizhni-Novgorod Caves Monastery (1859)
- Repose of Optina Elder Sebastian of Karaganda, Schema-archimandrite (1966)
