April 12 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) explained
April 11 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - April 13
All fixed commemorations below are observed on April 25 by Eastern Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.
For April 12th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on March 30.
Saints
- Hieromartyr Artemon the Presbyter, of Laodicea (284-305)[1] [2] (see also: March 24, April 13)
- Martyrs Demas and Protion, and those with them, by beheading (285-305)[2] [3] [4]
- Martyr Sabbas the Goth, at Buzău in Wallachia (372)[5] [6] [7] (see also: April 15 - Slavic)
- Saint Isaac the Syrian (Isaac of Monteluco), Abbot of Spoleto, Italy (c. 550)[5] [8] (see also: April 11 - West)
- Venerable monk-martyrs David, John and Menas, of Palestine, shot by archers (after 636)[2] [5] [9] [10]
- Saint Basil the Confessor, Bishop of Parium (754)[5] [11] [12]
- Venerable Anthusa of Constantinople (809)[5] [13] [14]
- Venerable Athanasia the Wonderworker (Athanasia of Aegina), Abbess, of Aegina (860)[5] [15] (see also: April 18 - Greek)
- Saint Sergius II, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople (1019)[2] [5] [16]
Pre-Schism Western saints
- Saint Vissia, a virgin-martyr in Fermo near Ancona in Italy under Decius (c. 250)[17]
- Saint Victor of Braga (São Victor), a catechumen martyred in Braga in Portugal under Diocletian, thus baptised in his own blood (c. 300)[17] [18]
- Saint Julius I, Pope of Rome, defended St Athanasius against his Arian accusers, and also built many churches (352)[17] [19] [20]
- Hieromartyr Zeno of Verona, Bishop of Verona (371)[5] [17] [21] [22]
- Saint Constantine, the first Bishop of Gap in France (529)[17]
- Saint Wigbert (690)[17] [23]
- Saint Tetricus, Abbot of St Germanus in Auxerre, then Bishop of Auxerre by popular acclamation, murdered in his sleep (707)[17]
- Saint Damian of Pavia, Bishop of Pavia in Lombardy in Italy, who vigorously opposed Monothelitism (710)[17] [24]
- Saint Erkemboden, a monk at Sithin in Saint-Omer in France, later Bishop of Thérouanne (714)[17] [25]
- Saint Alferius, (Alpherius, Adalfericus), monk, founder of the Monastery of La Cava (1050)[17]
Post-Schism Orthodox saints
New martyrs and confessors
- New Hieromartyr Demetrius Rozhdestvensky, Protopresbyter of Alma-Ata (1921)[4]
- New Hieromartyr Sergiy Krestnikov (1938)[29] [30]
Other commemorations
Sources
- April 12 / April 25. Orthodox Calendar (pravoslavie.ru).
- April 25 / April 12. Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
- April 12. OCA - The Lives of the Saints.
- The Autonomous Orthodox Metropolia of Western Europe and the Americas. St. Hilarion Calendar of Saints for the year of our Lord 2004. St. Hilarion Press (Austin, TX). p. 28.
- April 12. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
- 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. p. 103.
- 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. p. 155.
Greek Sources
Russian Sources
Notes and References
- Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀρτέμων ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας. 12 Απριλίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.
- Συναξαριστής. 12 Απριλίου. ecclesia.gr. (H Εκκλησια Τησ Ελλαδοσ).
- Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ἅγιοι Δήμης καὶ Πρωτίων οἱ Μάρτυρες καὶ οἱ σὺν αὐτοῖς μαρτυρήσαντες. 12 Απριλίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.
- The Autonomous Orthodox Metropolia of Western Europe and the Americas. St. Hilarion Calendar of Saints for the year of our Lord 2004. St. Hilarion Press (Austin, TX). p. 28.
- https://orthochristian.com/calendar/20200412.html April 12 / April 25
- Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Σάββας ὁ Μάρτυρας ἐν Μπουζάου Ρουμανίας. 12 Απριλίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.
- Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. Sabas the Goth, M. (A.D. 372.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Fourth: April. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. p. 176.
- St Isaac the Syrian, Abbot of Spoleto. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
- Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ἅγιοι Δαβίδ, Ἰωάννης καὶ Μηνᾶς οἱ Ὁσιομάρτυρες. 12 Απριλίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.
- Monkmartyr David of Palestine. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
- Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Βασίλειος ὁ Ὁμολογητής Ἐπίσκοπος Παρίου. 12 Απριλίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.
- St Basil the Confessor the Bishop of Parium. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
- Great Synaxaristes: Ἡ Ὁσία Ἀνθούσα. 12 Απριλίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.
- The Venerable Anthusa of Constantinople. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
- Venerable Athanasia the Abbess of Aegina. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
- Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Σέργιος Β’ Πατριάρχης Κωνσταντινουπόλεως. 12 Απριλίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.
- http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/stdapr.htm April 12
- Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. Victor, M. (date unknown)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Fourth: April. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. p. 175.
- Very Rev. John O'Hanlon. "Article VII.—Feast of St. Julius, Pope. [Fourth Century.]." In: Lives of the Irish Saints: With Special Festivals, and the Commemorations of Holy Persons. Vol. IV. Dublin, 1875. pp. 132-135.
- Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. Julius I., Pope. (A.D. 352.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Fourth: April. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. p. 176.
- Hieromartyr Zeno the Bishop of Verona. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
- Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. Zeno, B. of Verona. (4th Cent.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Fourth: April. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. p. 175.
- 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. p. 155.
- Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Δαμιανὸς Ἐπίσκοπος Παβίας. 12 Απριλίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.
- Very Rev. John O'Hanlon. "Article VI.—St. Erkembodon, or Erkembode, Bishop of Therouanne, and Abbot of St. Omer, France. [Seventh and Eighth Centuries.]." In: Lives of the Irish Saints: With Special Festivals, and the Commemorations of Holy Persons. Vol. IV. Dublin, 1875. pp. 129-132.
- Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Βασίλειος Ἐπίσκοπος Ριαζὰν καὶ Μούρωμ. 12 Απριλίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.
- Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἀκάκιος ὁ Καυσοκαλυβίτης. 12 Απριλίου.Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.
- Venerable Acacius the Younger of Mt Athos. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
- http://www.holytrinityorthodox.com/calendar/index.php?year=2012&today=25&month=4&trp=0&tzo=-4 April 25 / April 12
- 12 апреля (ст.ст.) 25 апреля 2013 (нов. ст.) . Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей.
- Great Synaxaristes: Μετακομιδὴ τῆς Τιμίας Ζώνης τῆς Θεοτόκου εἰς Κωνσταντινούπολη. 12 Απριλίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.
- Great Synaxaristes: Σύναξις Ὑπεραγίας Θεοτόκου ἐν Μούρωμ Ρωσίας. 12 Απριλίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.
- Icon of the Mother of God of Murom. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
- Great Synaxaristes: Σύναξις Ὑπεραγίας Θεοτόκου ἐν Μπελινὶτς τῆς Ρωσίας. 12 Απριλίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.
- Icon of the Mother of God of Belynich. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
- Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Νεόφυτος ὁ Ἔγκλειστος. 12 Απριλίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.
- Great Synaxaristes: Ἀνακήρυξις τοῦ αὐτοκεφάλου τῆς Ἐκκλησίας τῆς Γεωργίας. 12 Απριλίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.