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[[April 20 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)|Apr. 20]] - [[Eastern Orthodox Church calendar]] - [[April 22 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)|Apr. 22]]
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All fixed commemorations below are observed on '''May 4''' by [[Eastern Orthodox Church|Orthodox Churches]] on the [[Gregorian calendar|Old Calendar]].{{#tag:ref|The notation ''' ''[[Old Style]]'' or (''OS'')''' is sometimes used to indicate a date in the '''Julian Calendar''' (which is used by churches on the '''"New Calendar"''').<br>The notation ''' ''[[New Style]]'' or (''NS'')''', indicates a date in the '''Gregorian Calendar''' (which is used by churches on the '''"Old Calendar"''').|group=note}}
All fixed commemorations below celebrated on May 4 by [[Old Calendarists]]

For April 21st, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on '''[[April 8 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)|April 8]]'''.


==Saints==
==Saints==
* Martyrs [[Theodore, Philippa, and Companions|Theodore of Perge in Pamphylia, his mother Philippa, and Dioscorus, Socrates, and Dionysius]] (ca. 138-161)<ref name=PRAVOSLAVIE>[http://days.pravoslavie.ru/en/Days/20140421.htm April 21 / May 4]. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).</ref><ref name=MOSPAT>[http://www.holytrinityorthodox.com/calendar/index.php?year=2013&today=4&month=5&trp=0&tzo=-4 May 4 / April 21]. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).</ref><ref>''[http://oca.org/saints/lives/2014/04/21/101169-hieromartyr-theodore-of-perge-in-pamphylia-with-his-mother Hieromartyr Theodore of Perge in Pamphylia, with his Mother].'' OCA - Lives of the Saints.</ref> <small>(''see also: [[April 19 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)|April 19]]'')</small>
*[[Hieromartyr]] [[Januarius|Januarius of Benevento]], [[bishop]], and his companions Festus, Proculus, and Sosius, [[deacons]]; Desiderius, [[Reader (liturgy)|reader]]; and Eutychius and Acutius, [[laymen]]; at [[Pozzuoli]]. See [[Saint Proculus of Pozzuoli]].
* '''Martyr [[Alexandra of Rome|Alexandra the Empress]], wife of Diocletian, and those with her (303)''':<ref name=PRAVOSLAVIE/><ref name=MOSPAT/><ref name=ECCLESIA>{{gr icon}} Συναξαριστής. ''[http://www.ecclesia.gr/greek/synaxaire/synaxari.asp?minas=4&id=232 21 Απριλίου].'' ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).</ref><ref name=SYNAX4>Great Synaxaristes: {{gr icon}} ''[http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/2732/sxsaintinfo.aspx Ἡ Ἁγία Ἀλεξάνδρα ἡ βασίλισσα καὶ οἱ θεράποντες αὐτῆς Ἀπολλώ, Ἰσαάκιος καὶ Κοδράτος οἱ Μάρτυρες].'' 21 Απριλίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.</ref>{{#tag:ref|[[Name day]]s celebrated today include:
*[[Hieromartyr]] [[Theodore, Philippa, and Companions|Theodore of Perge]] in [[Pamphylia]], his mother [[Theodore, Philippa, and Companions|Philippa]], and [[martyr]]s [[Theodore, Philippa, and Companions|Dioscorus]], [[Theodore, Philippa, and Companions|Socrates]], and [[Theodore, Philippa, and Companions|Dionysius]]
*Martyr [[Alexandra the Empress]] (same as [[April 23 (Orthodox Liturgics)|April 23]])
* Alexandra (Ἀλεξάνδρα).|group=note}} <small>(''see also: [[April 23 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)|April 23]]'')</small>
:* Martyrs Isaacius, Apollo, and Codratus, of [[Nicomedia]] (303)<ref name=PRAVOSLAVIE/><ref name=MOSPAT/><ref name=SYNAX4/><ref>''[http://oca.org/saints/lives/2014/04/21/101174-martyr-isaac-of-nicomedia Martyr Isaac of Nicomedia].'' OCA - Lives of the Saints.</ref><ref name=ROMAN>''[[:iarchive:romanmartyrology00cathuoft|The Roman Martyrology]].'' Transl. by the Archbishop of Baltimore. Last Edition, According to the Copy Printed at Rome in 1914. Revised Edition, with the Imprimatur of His Eminence Cardinal Gibbons. Baltimore: John Murphy Company, 1916. pp.&nbsp;111-112.</ref>
*Martyrs [[Saint Isaacius|Isaacius]], [[Saint Apollo|Apollo]], and [[Saint Codratus|Codratus]] of [[Nicomedia]]
* '''Hieromartyrs [[Januarius]], [[Bishop of Benevento]], and his companions (305)''':<ref name=PRAVOSLAVIE/><ref name=ECCLESIA/><ref>Great Synaxaristes: {{gr icon}} ''[http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/2731/sxsaintinfo.aspx Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ἰανουάριος, Πρόκλος, Σῶσσος, Φαῦστος, Δησιδέριος, Ἀκούτιος καὶ Εὐτύχιος οἱ Μάρτυρες].'' 21 Απριλίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.</ref><ref>''[http://oca.org/saints/lives/2014/04/21/101162-hieromartyr-januarius-the-bishop-of-benevento-and-his-companions Hieromartyr Januarius the Bishop of Benevento, and his companions, at Pozzuoli].'' OCA - Lives of the Saints.</ref>
*[[Archbishop Maximianus of Constantinople]]
:* Faustus, [[Proculus of Pozzuoli|Proclus]], and [[Sosius]], Deacons;
*[[Saint]] [[Niphont of Novgorod]], bishop from the [[Kiev Caves]]
:* Martyrs Desiderius, [[Reader (liturgy)|Reader]]; and
:* Gantiol, Eutychius, and Acutius, [[laymen]], at [[Pozzuoli]].
* Saint [[Archbishop Maximianus of Constantinople|Maximianus]], Archbishop of Constantinople (434)<ref name=PRAVOSLAVIE/><ref name=ECCLESIA/><ref>Great Synaxaristes: {{gr icon}} ''[http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/2733/sxsaintinfo.aspx Ὁ Ἅγιος Μαξιμιανὸς Ἐπίσκοπος Κωνσταντινουπόλεως].'' 21 Απριλίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.</ref><ref>''[http://oca.org/saints/lives/2014/04/21/101177-st-maximian-the-patriarch-of-constantinople St Maximian the Patriarch of Constantinople].'' OCA - Lives of the Saints.</ref>
* '''Venerable [[Anastasius Sinaita]], Abbot of the Monastery of St. Catherine at Sinai''' (ca. 700)<ref name=MOSPAT/><ref name=ECCLESIA/><ref name=ROMAN/><ref>Great Synaxaristes: {{gr icon}} ''[http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/2734/sxsaintinfo.aspx Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἀναστάσιος ὁ Ὁμολογητής ὁ Σιναΐτης].'' 21 Απριλίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.</ref> <small>(''see also: [[April 20 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)|April 20]]'')</small>


===Pre-Schism Western Saints===
==Other Commemorations==
* Saint Cyprian, [[Bishop of Brescia]] (582)<ref name=LATIN>[http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/stdapr.htm April 21]. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.</ref>{{#tag:ref|His relics are enshrined in the church of San Pietro in Oliveto in Brescia.|group=note}}
*Repose of Schemamonk [[Nicetas of Valaam]] ([[1907]])
* Saint [[Beuno]], Abbot, of [[Clynnog Fawr]], Wales (642)<ref name=PRAVOSLAVIE/><ref name=MOSPAT/><ref name=LATIN/><ref name=STANTON>Rev. Richard Stanton. ''[http://archive.org/details/menologyofenglan00stanrich A Menology of England and Wales, or, Brief Memorials of the Ancient British and English Saints Arranged According to the Calendar, Together with the Martyrs of the 16th and 17th Centuries].'' London: Burns & Oates, 1892. pp.&nbsp;173-176.</ref>{{#tag:ref|Born in Wales, he founded monasteries at Llanfeuno in Herefordshire and Llanymynech. His name is chiefly connected with [[Clynnog Fawr]] in Gwynedd.|group=note}}
* Saint [[Máel Ruba|Maelruba]] of [[Applecross|Apur Crossan]] (''Maelrubius, Maolrubha''), Ireland (722)<ref name=PRAVOSLAVIE/><ref name=MOSPAT/><ref name=LATIN/>{{#tag:ref|A monk at St [[Comgall]]'s monastery at Bangor, who went to [[Iona Abbey|Iona]]. He afterwards founded a church at [[Applecross]] on the north-west coast of Scotland.|group=note}}
* Saint Frodulphus (Frou), a monk at St Martin's in [[Autun]] (ca. 750)<ref name=LATIN/>{{#tag:ref|A disciple of St Medericus ([[Saint-Merri|Merry]]), he became a monk at St Martin's in Autun in France, from where he was driven by the Saracens and he settled in Barjon.|group=note}}

===Post-Schism Orthodox Saints===
* Saint Theodore the Philosopher of [[Kamsko-Ustyinsky District|Kamske]], martyred by Mongols (1323)<ref>Great Synaxaristes: {{gr icon}} ''[http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/2735/sxsaintinfo.aspx Ὁ Ἅγιος Θεόδωρος ὁ Μάρτυρας ὁ Φιλόσοφος].'' 21 Απριλίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.</ref>
* Venerable Jacob (''Jakov, James'') of Stromynsk (1392)<ref name=MOSPAT/><ref>Great Synaxaristes: {{gr icon}} ''[http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/2736/sxsaintinfo.aspx Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἰάκωβος].'' 21 Απριλίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.</ref><ref name=ROCOR>The Autonomous Orthodox Metropolia of Western Europe and the Americas (ROCOR). ''St. Hilarion Calendar of Saints for the year of our Lord 2004.'' St. Hilarion Press (Austin, TX). p.&nbsp;30.</ref>{{#tag:ref|"The Monk Jakov (James) of Stromynsk was a disciple of the Monk Sergei of Radonezh (Comm. 25 September). He was hegumen of the Stromynsk monastery in the Name of the Life-originating Trinity. The Monk Sergei himself founded this monastery in 1380 at the request of Great Prince Dimitrii Donskoi (1363-1389) in memory the victory of Kulikovo Pole (Field). At this monastery there was as hegumen also the Monk Savva of Svenigorod (1381-1392, Comm. 3 December). The Monk Jakov was buried in the monastery church."<ref>''[http://www.holytrinityorthodox.com/calendar/los/April/21-05.htm The Monk Jakov (James) of Stromynsk].'' HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).</ref>|group=note}}
* Saint Alexis, Priest of, Bortsumany, Nizhni- Novgorod (1848)<ref name=PRAVOSLAVIE/><ref name=MOSPAT/><ref name=DECR>{{ru icon}} [http://mospat.ru/calendar/2013/05/04 21 апреля (ст.ст.) 4 мая 2013 (нов. ст.)]. Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR).</ref>

====New Martyrs and Confessors====
* New Hieromartyr John Prigorovsky, Priest (1918)<ref name=MOSPAT/><ref name=DECR/>
* Saint Nicholas Pisarevsky, Confessor, Priest (1933)<ref name=MOSPAT/><ref name=DECR/>
* New Hieromartyr Alexis Protopopov, Priest (1938)<ref name=MOSPAT/><ref name=DECR/>
* New Hieromartyr Protopresbyter [[orthodoxwiki:Vasily Martysz|Basil Martysz]] of Teratyn (Chelm and Podlasie, Poland) (1945)<ref name=PRAVOSLAVIE/><ref name=MOSPAT/><ref name=UKR>Dr. Alexander Roman. ''[http://www.ukrainian-orthodoxy.org/calendar/april/default.html April].'' Calendar of Ukrainian Orthodox Saints (Ukrainian Orthodoxy - Українське Православ'я).</ref><ref>{{ru icon}} ''[http://andhis.ru/page.php?id=177 Святого Василия, священника-мученика (Martysz)].'' православной епархии Люблин-Хелм. Retrieved 08 April, 2014.</ref>

===Other Commemorations===
* Synaxis of the The Mozdok Icon of the Mother of God (Mozdoskaya) (1768)<ref name=MOSPAT/><ref name=ROCOR/><ref>Great Synaxaristes: {{gr icon}} ''[http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/2737/sxsaintinfo.aspx Σύναξις Ὑπεραγίας Θεοτόκου ἐν Μοζντὸκ τῆς Ρωσίας].'' 21 Απριλίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.</ref>{{#tag:ref|''Commemorated on April 21, August 15 and on the Prepolovenie – Mid-Pentecost.'' "The Mozdok Icon of the Mother of God, a copy of the Iversk icon, was sent in the XIII Century by the holy empress Tamara as a gift to the newly-enlightened Christians of the Ossetian aul (village) of Mar'yam-Kadu. In 1768 this icon appeared remarkably on the banks of the Terek, not far from Mozdok. Bishop Gaii built a chapel for the icon. In 1796-1797 there was built at the place of the chapel a church in honour of the Uspenie (Dormition or Repose) of the Most Holy Mother of God, along which was soon founded a women's monastery (abolished together with the Mozdok diocese in 1799). At the end of the XIX Century the inhabitants of Mozdok built a splendid church in honour of the Mozdok-Iversk icon of the Mother of God. The Mother of God has repeatedly rendered speedy aid to the believing through Her holy icon."<ref>''[http://www.holytrinityorthodox.com/calendar/los/April/21-06.htm The Mozdok Icon of the Mother of God].'' HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).</ref>|group=note}}
* Uncovering of the relics (1999) of St. Theodore, Abbot of Sanaxar Monastery (1791)<ref name=PRAVOSLAVIE/><ref name=MOSPAT/><ref name=DECR/>
* Repose of Schemamonk Nicetas of [[Valaam Monastery]] (1907)<ref name=PRAVOSLAVIE/>
* Repose of Elder Dometian of Tula (1908)<ref name=PRAVOSLAVIE/>
* Repose of Hieroschemamonk Antipas II of [[Valaam Monastery]] (1912)<ref name=PRAVOSLAVIE/>
* Repose of Nun Stefanida of Kosovo (Serbia)<ref name=PRAVOSLAVIE/>

==Icon Gallery==
<center>
<gallery>

File:Menologion of Basil 067.jpeg|Martyrs [[Theodore, Philippa, and Companions|Theodore of Perge in Pamphylia, his mother Philippa, and Dioscorus, Socrates, and Dionysius]].
File:Icon of saint Alexandra (Russia).jpg|St. [[Alexandra of Rome|Alexandra the Empress]].
File:Menologion of Basil 066.jpg|Hieromartyrs [[Januarius]], [[Bishop of Benevento]], and his companions.

</gallery>
</center>

==Notes==
{{reflist|group=note}}

==References==
{{reflist|2}}

==Sources==
* [http://days.pravoslavie.ru/en/Days/20140421.htm April 21 / May 4]. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
* [http://www.holytrinityorthodox.com/calendar/index.php?year=2013&today=4&month=5&trp=0&tzo=-4 May 4 / April 21]. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
* [http://oca.org/saints/lives/2014/04/21 April 21]. OCA - The Lives of the Saints.
* Dr. Alexander Roman. ''[http://www.ukrainian-orthodoxy.org/calendar/april/default.html April].'' Calendar of Ukrainian Orthodox Saints (Ukrainian Orthodoxy - Українське Православ'я).
* The Autonomous Orthodox Metropolia of Western Europe and the Americas (ROCOR). ''St. Hilarion Calendar of Saints for the year of our Lord 2004.'' St. Hilarion Press (Austin, TX). p.&nbsp;30.
* [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/stdapr.htm April 21]. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
* ''[[:iarchive:romanmartyrology00cathuoft|The Roman Martyrology]].'' Transl. by the Archbishop of Baltimore. Last Edition, According to the Copy Printed at Rome in 1914. Revised Edition, with the Imprimatur of His Eminence Cardinal Gibbons. Baltimore: John Murphy Company, 1916. pp.&nbsp;111-112.
* Rev. Richard Stanton. ''[http://archive.org/details/menologyofenglan00stanrich A Menology of England and Wales, or, Brief Memorials of the Ancient British and English Saints Arranged According to the Calendar, Together with the Martyrs of the 16th and 17th Centuries].'' London: Burns & Oates, 1892. pp.&nbsp;173-176.
'''Greek Sources'''
* Great [[Synaxarium|Synaxaristes]]: {{gr icon}} [http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/m/4/d/21/sxsaintlist.aspx 21 ΑΠΡΙΛΙΟΥ]. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
* {{gr icon}} Συναξαριστής. ''[http://www.ecclesia.gr/greek/synaxaire/synaxari.asp?minas=4&id=232 21 Απριλίου].'' ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).
'''Russian Sources'''
* {{ru icon}} [http://mospat.ru/calendar/2013/05/04 21 апреля (ст.ст.) 4 мая 2013 (нов. ст.)]. Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR).


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Apr. 20 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Apr. 22

All fixed commemorations below are observed on May 4 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.[note 1]

For April 21st, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on April 8.

Saints

Pre-Schism Western Saints

Post-Schism Orthodox Saints

  • Saint Theodore the Philosopher of Kamske, martyred by Mongols (1323)[15]
  • Venerable Jacob (Jakov, James) of Stromynsk (1392)[2][16][17][note 7]
  • Saint Alexis, Priest of, Bortsumany, Nizhni- Novgorod (1848)[1][2][19]

New Martyrs and Confessors

  • New Hieromartyr John Prigorovsky, Priest (1918)[2][19]
  • Saint Nicholas Pisarevsky, Confessor, Priest (1933)[2][19]
  • New Hieromartyr Alexis Protopopov, Priest (1938)[2][19]
  • New Hieromartyr Protopresbyter Basil Martysz of Teratyn (Chelm and Podlasie, Poland) (1945)[1][2][20][21]

Other Commemorations

  • Synaxis of the The Mozdok Icon of the Mother of God (Mozdoskaya) (1768)[2][17][22][note 8]
  • Uncovering of the relics (1999) of St. Theodore, Abbot of Sanaxar Monastery (1791)[1][2][19]
  • Repose of Schemamonk Nicetas of Valaam Monastery (1907)[1]
  • Repose of Elder Dometian of Tula (1908)[1]
  • Repose of Hieroschemamonk Antipas II of Valaam Monastery (1912)[1]
  • Repose of Nun Stefanida of Kosovo (Serbia)[1]

Notes

  1. ^ The notation Old Style or (OS) is sometimes used to indicate a date in the Julian Calendar (which is used by churches on the "New Calendar").
    The notation New Style or (NS), indicates a date in the Gregorian Calendar (which is used by churches on the "Old Calendar").
  2. ^ Name days celebrated today include:
    • Alexandra (Ἀλεξάνδρα).
  3. ^ His relics are enshrined in the church of San Pietro in Oliveto in Brescia.
  4. ^ Born in Wales, he founded monasteries at Llanfeuno in Herefordshire and Llanymynech. His name is chiefly connected with Clynnog Fawr in Gwynedd.
  5. ^ A monk at St Comgall's monastery at Bangor, who went to Iona. He afterwards founded a church at Applecross on the north-west coast of Scotland.
  6. ^ A disciple of St Medericus (Merry), he became a monk at St Martin's in Autun in France, from where he was driven by the Saracens and he settled in Barjon.
  7. ^ "The Monk Jakov (James) of Stromynsk was a disciple of the Monk Sergei of Radonezh (Comm. 25 September). He was hegumen of the Stromynsk monastery in the Name of the Life-originating Trinity. The Monk Sergei himself founded this monastery in 1380 at the request of Great Prince Dimitrii Donskoi (1363-1389) in memory the victory of Kulikovo Pole (Field). At this monastery there was as hegumen also the Monk Savva of Svenigorod (1381-1392, Comm. 3 December). The Monk Jakov was buried in the monastery church."[18]
  8. ^ Commemorated on April 21, August 15 and on the Prepolovenie – Mid-Pentecost. "The Mozdok Icon of the Mother of God, a copy of the Iversk icon, was sent in the XIII Century by the holy empress Tamara as a gift to the newly-enlightened Christians of the Ossetian aul (village) of Mar'yam-Kadu. In 1768 this icon appeared remarkably on the banks of the Terek, not far from Mozdok. Bishop Gaii built a chapel for the icon. In 1796-1797 there was built at the place of the chapel a church in honour of the Uspenie (Dormition or Repose) of the Most Holy Mother of God, along which was soon founded a women's monastery (abolished together with the Mozdok diocese in 1799). At the end of the XIX Century the inhabitants of Mozdok built a splendid church in honour of the Mozdok-Iversk icon of the Mother of God. The Mother of God has repeatedly rendered speedy aid to the believing through Her holy icon."[23]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n April 21 / May 4. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n May 4 / April 21. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
  3. ^ Hieromartyr Theodore of Perge in Pamphylia, with his Mother. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
  4. ^ a b c d Template:Gr icon Συναξαριστής. 21 Απριλίου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).
  5. ^ a b Great Synaxaristes: Template:Gr icon Ἡ Ἁγία Ἀλεξάνδρα ἡ βασίλισσα καὶ οἱ θεράποντες αὐτῆς Ἀπολλώ, Ἰσαάκιος καὶ Κοδράτος οἱ Μάρτυρες. 21 Απριλίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  6. ^ Martyr Isaac of Nicomedia. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
  7. ^ a b The Roman Martyrology. Transl. by the Archbishop of Baltimore. Last Edition, According to the Copy Printed at Rome in 1914. Revised Edition, with the Imprimatur of His Eminence Cardinal Gibbons. Baltimore: John Murphy Company, 1916. pp. 111-112.
  8. ^ Great Synaxaristes: Template:Gr icon Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ἰανουάριος, Πρόκλος, Σῶσσος, Φαῦστος, Δησιδέριος, Ἀκούτιος καὶ Εὐτύχιος οἱ Μάρτυρες. 21 Απριλίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  9. ^ Hieromartyr Januarius the Bishop of Benevento, and his companions, at Pozzuoli. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
  10. ^ Great Synaxaristes: Template:Gr icon Ὁ Ἅγιος Μαξιμιανὸς Ἐπίσκοπος Κωνσταντινουπόλεως. 21 Απριλίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  11. ^ St Maximian the Patriarch of Constantinople. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
  12. ^ Great Synaxaristes: Template:Gr icon Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἀναστάσιος ὁ Ὁμολογητής ὁ Σιναΐτης. 21 Απριλίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  13. ^ a b c d April 21. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
  14. ^ Rev. Richard Stanton. A Menology of England and Wales, or, Brief Memorials of the Ancient British and English Saints Arranged According to the Calendar, Together with the Martyrs of the 16th and 17th Centuries. London: Burns & Oates, 1892. pp. 173-176.
  15. ^ Great Synaxaristes: Template:Gr icon Ὁ Ἅγιος Θεόδωρος ὁ Μάρτυρας ὁ Φιλόσοφος. 21 Απριλίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  16. ^ Great Synaxaristes: Template:Gr icon Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἰάκωβος. 21 Απριλίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  17. ^ a b The Autonomous Orthodox Metropolia of Western Europe and the Americas (ROCOR). St. Hilarion Calendar of Saints for the year of our Lord 2004. St. Hilarion Press (Austin, TX). p. 30.
  18. ^ The Monk Jakov (James) of Stromynsk. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
  19. ^ a b c d e Template:Ru icon 21 апреля (ст.ст.) 4 мая 2013 (нов. ст.). Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR).
  20. ^ Dr. Alexander Roman. April. Calendar of Ukrainian Orthodox Saints (Ukrainian Orthodoxy - Українське Православ'я).
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