April 17 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Apr. 16 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Apr. 18

All fixed commemorations below celebrated on Apr. 30 by Old Calendarists

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

Other Commemorations

• Uncovering of the relics of Saint Alexander of Svir, abbot
• Repose of Blessed Paisius of the Kiev Caves, Fool-for-Christ (1893)