April 28 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Apr. 27 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Apr. 29
All fixed commemorations below celebrated on May 11 by Old Calendarists
Saints
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- Theognes, Rufus, Antipater, Theostichus, Arcemas, Magnus, Theodorus, Thaumasius, and Philemon
- Martyrs Dada, Maximus, and Quintilian at Dorostolum (286)[9]
- Martyr Tibald of Pannonia (304)[9][10]
- Saint Auxibius II, Bishop of Soli, Cyprus (4th c.)[11][note 2]
- Saint Artemius (Arthemius), Bishop of Sens (609)[2]
- Saint Gerard the Pilgrim (ca.639)[2][note 3]
- Venerable Crónán, abbot of Roscrea, Ireland (640)[2][9]
- Saint Pamphilus, Bishop of Sulmona and Corfinium (ca.700)[2]
- Saint Prudentius, Bishop of Tarazona in Aragon (ca.700)[2]
- Saint Adalbero, Bishop of Augsburg (909)[2]
- Saint Cyril of Turov, bishop (1183)[14]
- Venerable Cyriacus, abbot of Kargopol (Vologda) (1462)[9]
- Saint Basil (Kishkin), hieroschemamonk of Glinsk and Ploshchansk hermitages (1831)[15]
- Virgin-martyr Anna (1938)[9]
Other commemorations
- The Miracle at Carthage (ca.610-641)[16][17]
- Repose of Hieroschemamonk Dionysius (Ignat) of Kolitsou Skete, Mt. Athos (2004)[15]
Notes
- ^ The "Great Synaxaristes" lists the following Saints and Martyrs for April 28th; however they are listed for April 29th in the Slavonic menaion:
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- Theognes, Rufus, Antipater, Theostichus, Arcemas, Magnus, Theodorus, Thaumasius, and Philemon
Similarly, the "Great Synaxaristes" lists the following Saints and Martyrs for April 29th; however they are listed for April 28th in the Slavonic menaion:
- Apostles Jason and Sosipater of the Seventy, and:
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- Virgin Martyr Cercyra
- Martyrs Saturninus, Jakischolus (Inischolus), Faustianus, Januarius, Marsalius, Euphrasius, Mammius - the holy seven former theives;
- Martyrs Vitalius and his wife Valeria
- Martyr Zenon
- Martyr Neon
- ^ There is another Saint Auxibius (+102), whose feast day is on February 17.[12][13]
- ^ By tradition he was one of four pilgrims from England - the other three were Ardwine, Bernard and Hugh - they all reposed in Gallinaro in the south of Italy. Many scholars doubt their historicity.
References
Sources
- May 11 / April 28. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
- April 28/May 11. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
- April. Self-Ruled Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America.
- April 28. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
- April 28. The Roman Martyrology.
Greek Sources