April 17 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) explained

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All fixed commemorations below are observed on April 30 by Eastern Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.

For April 17th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on April 4.

Saints

Pre-Schism Western saints

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

New martyrs and confessors

Other commemorations

Sources

Greek Sources

Russian Sources

Notes and References

  1. Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀνίκητος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας πάπας Ρώμης. 17 Απριλίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.
  2. http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/stdapr.htm April 17
  3. 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. 108.
  4. Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. Anicetus, Pope, M. (A.D. 168.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Fourth: April. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. p. 219.
  5. https://orthochristian.com/calendar/20200417.html April 17 / April 30
  6. Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀδριανὸς ὁ Μάρτυρας ὁ Νέος. 17 Απριλίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.
  7. Martyr Adrian of Corinth. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
  8. Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Συμεὼν ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας Ἐπίσκοπος Περσίδος καὶ οἱ σὺν αὐτῷ Μαρτυρήσαντες. 17 Απριλίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.
  9. Hieromartyr Simeon the Bishop in Persia, and those with him in Persia. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
  10. Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀζὰτ ὁ Εὐνοῦχος. 17 Απριλίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.
  11. Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Φουσὶκ ὁ Μάρτυρας καὶ ἡ θυγατέρα αὐτοῦ. 17 Απριλίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.
  12. http://www.holytrinityorthodox.com/calendar/index.php?year=2013&today=30&month=4&trp=0&tzo=-4 April 30 / April 17
  13. St Acacius the Bishop of Melitene. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
  14. Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀγαπητὸς πάπας Ρώμης. 17 Απριλίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.
  15. St Agapitus the Pope of Rome. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
  16. Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἐφραὶμ ὁ Μεγάλος. 17 Απριλίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.
  17. Very Rev. John O'Hanlon. "Article I.—St. Donnan, of Ega, or Egg Island, Abbot, and Fifty-Two of His Companions, Martyrs, in Scotland. [Sixth and Seventh Centuries]." In: Lives of the Irish Saints: With Special Festivals, and the Commemorations of Holy Persons. Vol. IV. Dublin, 1875. pp. 190-193.
  18. Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. Domnan and Comp., MM. (about A.D. 600.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Fourth: April. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. p. 220.
  19. Very Rev. John O'Hanlon. "Article VII.—St. Landricus, or Landry, Bishop of Meaux, or Metz, France. [Seventh Century]." In: Lives of the Irish Saints: With Special Festivals, and the Commemorations of Holy Persons. Vol. IV. Dublin, 1875. pp. 198-201.
  20. Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Ζωσιμᾶς. 17 Απριλίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.
  21. Venerable Zosimas the Abbot of Solovki. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
  22. Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Μακάριος Ἀρχιεπίσκοπος Κορίνθου. 17 Απριλίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.
  23. Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ὅσιοι Ἀπόστολος καὶ Θεοχάρης οἱ αὐτάδελφοι. 17 Απριλίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.
  24. Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Παΐσιος ὁ διὰ Χριστὸν Σαλός. 17 Απριλίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.
  25. Russian Church Adds 30 Locally-Venerated Saints to Church-Wide Calendar. Orthodox Christianity. December 1, 2017.
  26. 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. 29.
  27. Русская Православная Церковь Православный Церковный календарь на 2023 год.
  28. Great Synaxaristes: Μετακομιδὴ Τιμίων Λειψάνων Ὁσίου Ἀλεξάνδρου τοῦ ἐκ Ρωσίας. 17 Απριλίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.
  29. Uncovering of the relics of the Venerable Alexander the Abbot of Svir. OCA - Lives of the Saints.