And there was evening...
Saturday, April 06, 2025
Gregorian Calendar: Apr 19 2025
Holy and Great Saturday - the Lamentations
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- St. Eutychius, Patriarch of Constantinople, +582
- St. Methodius, Equal-of-the-Apostles, Enlightener of the Slavs, +885
- 120 Martyrs of Persia, ca.345
- St. Platonida, hegumena of Nisibis, +308
- Martyrs Jeremiah and Archilias the Presbyter
- St. Gregory of Mt.Athos, instructor of St.Gregory Palamas
- St. Gregory the Sinaite
- Hiero-Martyr Irenaeus, Bishop of Sirmium in Hungary
- New Martyr Paul of Constantinople, +1683
- Elder Mardarius of Nizhnii Novgorod Caves Monastery, +1869
- Schema-Archimandrite Sebastian of Optina mon. and Karaganda, +1966
| And there was morning...
Sunday, April 07, 2025
Gregorian Calendar: Apr 20 2025
The Bright Resurrection of the Lord -- Christ is Risen!
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- St. George, Bishop of Mitylene on Lesbos, confessor, ca.820
- Martyr Calliopus at Pompeiopolis in Cilicia, +304
- Martyrs Rufinus, Aquilina the Younger, and 200 soldiers at Sinope, ca.310
- St. Serapion of Egypt
- St. Daniel of Pereiaslavl-Zalesski, +1530
- St. Nilus of the Sora +1508
- St. Leucius of Volokolamsk, XV cnt.
- St. Serapoin, Archbishop of Novgorod, uncov. of the relics
- Schema-monk Agapitus the Blind of Valaam, +1905
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