April 13 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) explained

April 12 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - April 14

All fixed commemorations below are observed on April 26 by Eastern Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.

For April 13, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on March 31.

Saints

• Saints Theodosia the Princess (daughter of Emperor Hadrian), and the Eunuch Gerontios (c. 117-138)^{[1] [2]}
• Martyrs Dadas, Quinctillian and Maximus, the Lectors (c. 284-305)^{[2] [3] [4]} (see also: April 28, August 2)
• Martyr Crescens of Myra in Lycia (3rd century)^{[5] [6] [7]} (see also: April 15 - Greek)
• Hieromartyr Artemon, priest of Laodicea in Syria (303)^{[5] [6] [8]} (see also: March 24, April 12 - Greek)
• Martyrs Eleutherius of Persia, and Zoilus, by beheading (4th century)^{[2] [5] [9]}
• Martyr Theodosius, by the sword.^{[2] [6] [10]}
• Martyr Thomais of Alexandria (476)^{[5] [6] [11]} (see also: April 14 - Greek)
• Saint Martyrius, Patriarch of Jerusalem (486)^{[5] [6]}
• Saint Martin the Confessor, Pope of Rome (655)^{[2] [5] [12] [13]} (see also: April 14 - Slavic)
• Two Confessor Bishops, who were exiled to the Crimean peninsula together with St. Martin the Confessor, Pope of Rome (ca. 655)^[14] (compare also with: Bishops Sergiy, Pir and Theodor, April 14 - Romanian)
• Venerable martyr Christophoros, of the Great Lavra of St. Sabbas the Sanctified.^[15]

Pre-Schism Western saints

• Saint Ursus, Bishop of Ravenna and Confessor (396)^[13]
• Saint Martius, Abbot, of Clermont in Gaul (c. 530)^{[5] [6] [13]}
• Saint Hermenegild, son of the Visigothic King of Spain, Leovigild (586)^{[13] [16]}
• Saint Guinoch of Buchan (Guinoc, Guinochus), a Bishop in Scotland (ca. 838)^{[6] [13]}

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

• Saint Arsenios of Elassonna (Arsenius of Suzdal), Archbishop of Elassona (1625)^[17] (see also: April 29)
• Venerable Herman, Archimandrite, of Svyatogorsk Monastery (1890)^[5]
• Saint Anastasia (Duchess Alexandra Petrovna of Oldenburg), nun and foundress of the Holy Protection Convent (Pokrovsky) in Kiev (1900)^[5]

New martyrs and confessors

• New Hieromartyr Stephen (Bekh), Bishop of Izhevsk (1933)^{[6] [18]}
• Virgin-martyr Martha Testova (1941)^{[6] [19]}

Other commemorations

• Repose of Archimandrite Herman of Svyatogorsk (1890)^[5]
• Translation of the relics (1967) of the Holy New Martyr George of Cyprus (1752)^[20]
• Repose of Elder Cosmas of Pantokratoros monastery, Mt. Athos (1970)^[5]

Sources

• April 13 / April 26. Orthodox Calendar (pravoslavie.ru).
• April 26 / April 13. Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
• April 13. 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 13. 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. pp. 104–105.

Greek Sources

• Great Synaxaristes: 13 Απριλιου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.
• Συναξαριστής. 13 Απριλίου. ecclesia.gr. (H Εκκλησια Τησ Ελλαδοσ).

Russian Sources

• 26 апреля (13 апреля). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).
• 13 апреля (ст.ст.) 26 апреля 2013 (нов. ст.) . Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей.

Notes and References

1. Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ἅγιοι Θεοδοσία καὶ Γερόντιος. 13 Απριλίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.
2. Συναξαριστής. 13 Απριλίου. ecclesia.gr. (H Εκκλησια Τησ Ελλαδοσ).
3. Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ἅγιοι Δάδας, Κυντιλλιανὸς καὶ Μάξιμος οἱ Ἀναγνῶστες. 13 Απριλίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.
4. Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "SS. Maximus, Quintilian, and Dadas, MM. (A.D. 287.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Fourth: April. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. pp. 181-183.
5. https://orthochristian.com/calendar/20200413.html April 13 / April 26
6. http://www.holytrinityorthodox.com/calendar/index.php?year=2012&today=26&month=4&trp=0&tzo=-4 April 26 / April 13
7. Martyr Crescens of Myra in Lycia. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
8. Hieromartyr Artemon the Presbyter of Laodicea in Syria. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
9. Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ἐλευθέριος καὶ Ζωΐλος οἱ Μάρτυρες. 13 Απριλίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.
10. Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Θεοδόσιος ὁ Μάρτυρας. 13 Απριλίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.
11. Womanmartyr Thomais of Alexandria. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
12. Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Μαρτίνος πάπας Ρώμης. 13 Απριλίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.
13. http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/stdapr.htm April 13
14. Great Synaxaristes: Μνήμη τῶν δύο Ἐπισκόπων Ὁμολογητῶν τῶν ἐξορισθέντων σὺν τῷ Ἁγίῳ Μαρτίνῳ. 13 Απριλίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.
15. Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Χριστόφορος ὁ Ὁσιομάρτυρας. 13 Απριλίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.
16. Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. Hermenigild, K.M. (A.D. 586.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Fourth: April. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. pp. 183-184.
17. Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀρσένιος Ἀρχιεπίσκοπος Ἐλασσῶνος. 13 Απριλίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.
18. Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Στέφανος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας ὁ Νέος. 13 Απριλίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.
19. 13 апреля (ст.ст.) 26 апреля 2013 (нов. ст.) . Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей.
20. Great Synaxaristes: Ἀνακομιδὴ Τιμίων Λειψάνων Ἁγίου Νεομάρτυρα Γεωργίου τοῦ Κυπρίου. 13 Απριλίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.