April 27 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Apr. 26 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Apr. 28

All fixed commemorations below celebrated on May 10 by Old Calendarists

Saints

• Apostle of the Seventy and Hieromartyr Symeon the Kinsman of the Lord (107)^[1]
• Martyr Anthimus of Nicomedia, Bishop (303)^[2][3]
• Martyr Poplionus (Poplion, Popllon)^[4][5]
• Martyr Lollionus the New (Longinus the New)^[5][6]
• Saint Pollion the Reader (Pollio), of Cibalis in Pannonia, burnt alive under Diocletian (306)^[5][7][8]
• Saint Liberalis of Treviso, priest from the area near Ancona in Italy who worked for the conversion of the Arians and suffered much at their hands (400)^[9]
• Saint Theophilus, Bishop of Brescia (427)^[2][9][10]
• Saint Maughold, Bishop of the Isle of Man (ca.488)^[5]
• Saint Assicus (Ascicus, Tassach), first bishop of Elphin, Ireland, converted to Christianity by Saint Patrick (490)^[9]
• Saint Tertullian, eighth Bishop of Bologna in Italy (490)^[2][9]
• Saint Enoder (Cynidr, Kenedr, Quidic) (6th c.)^[9]
• Saint Eulogius the Hospitable of Constantinople (6th c.)^{[5][7][11][12]}
• Saint Nicon, abbot of the Monastery of St. Gerasimus (6th c.)^[5][7]
• Saint Simeon Stylites the Younger of Cilicia (597), and his brother George^[13]
• Saint Winewald, Abbot of Beverley in England (ca.731)^[9]
• Saint Floribert of Liège (746)^[5][9]
• Saint John of Cathares, abbot of Cathares Monastery at Constantinople (839)^[2][14]
• Saint Stephen, abbot of the Kiev Caves and Bishop of Vladimir in Volhynia (1094)^[15][16]
• New Hieromartyr Seraphim, Bishop of Phanarion and Neokhorion (1601)^[5]
• New Martyr Elias (Ardunis) of Mount Athos (1686)^[5]
• New Hieromartyrs Paul and John, priests, and martyrs Peter, Nicholas, Auksentius, Sergius and Virgin-martyr Anastasia (1922)^[5]
• Virgin-martyr Mary (1938)^[5]
• New Hieromartyr John, priest (1941)^[5]

Other Commemorations

• Incineration of the relics of Saint Sabbas, first archbishop of Serbia, by Sinan Pasha (1595)^[17]
• Glorification (1999) of New Hieromartyr Hilarion (Troitsky), archbishop of Verey (1929)^[7]

References

Sources

• April 27/May 10. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
• May 10 / April 27. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
• April. Self-Ruled Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America.
• April 27. OCA - The Lives of the Saints.
• April 27. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
• April 27. The Roman Martyrology.

Greek Sources

• 27 ΑΠΡΙΛΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.