# April 4 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

April 3 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - April 5
All fixed commemorations below are observed on April 17 by Eastern Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.
For April 4th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on March 22.

## Saints

* Martyrs Agathopodes, a deacon, and Theodulus, a lector, at Thessalonica, under Maximian (c. 286–305) (see also: April 5 - Slavic)
* Virgin-martyr Pherbutha (Phermoutha, Ferfouthe) of Persia, with her sister and her servants (343)
* Venerable George of Mount Maleon (Malevon) in Laconia, monk, in the Peloponnese (5th-6th centuries)
* Venerable Publius the Egyptian. (see also: April 5 - Slavic)
* Venerable Zosimas of Palestine, Hieromonk (c. 560)
* Venerable Saints Theonas, Symeon, and Fervinus (Phorbinus). (see also: April 5 - Slavic)
* Venerable Platon the Studite (Plato of Sakkoudion), Abbot of the Studion and Confessor (812) (see also: April 5 - Slavic)
* Venerable Joseph the Hymnographer, of Sicily (883) (see also: April 3 - Greek)

## Pre-Schism Western saints

* Saint Guier, a priest and hermit in Cornwall, where a church recalls his name.
* Saint Gwerir, a hermit near Liskeard in Cornwall, at whose grave King Alfred was healed of a serious illness.
* Saint Tigernach of Clones (Tigernake, Tierney, Tierry), Abbot of Clones, succeeded St Macartin as bishop at Clogher in Ireland (549)
* Saint Isidore of Seville, Bishop of Seville (636)
* Saint Hildebert of Ghent, Abbot of Saint Peter's Abbey, Ghent, Belgium, martyred by fanatics for defending the veneration of icons (752)

## Post-Schism Orthodox saints

* Venerable Joseph the Much-ailing, of the Kiev Caves (14th century)
* Venerable James, monk of Starotorzhok (Old Torzhok) in Galich, Kostroma (15th-16th centuries)
* Venerable Theonas, Metropolitan of Thessaloniki (1541)
* Venerable Zosimas, founder and abbot of the Annunciation Monastery at Lake Vorbozoma (Vorbosomsk) (1550)
* New Hieromartyr Nicetas the Albanian, of Mount Athos and Serres (1808)
* Venerable Elias of Makeyevka, Schema-monk, of Makeyevka, Ukraine (1949)

### New martyrs and confessors

* New Hieromartyr Benjamin (Kononov), Archimandrite, of Solovki Monastery (1928)
* New Hieromartyr Nicephorus (Kuchin), Hieromonk, of Solovki Monastery (1928)
* New Hieromartyr Nicholas (Karaulov), Bishop of Velsk (1932)
* New Nun-martyr Maria (Lelyanova) of Gatchina (1932) (see also: January 26)
* New Hieromartyr John Vechorko, Priest (1933)
* Martyr John Kolesnikov (1943)

## Other commemorations

* Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos "The Life-giving Spring" (450) (see also: Bright Friday)
* The Akathist Hymn (Chairetismoi) to the Virgin Mary (626)
* Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos "Gerontissa" ("Eldress"), at Pantokratoros monastery, Mount Athos.
* The Icon of the Mother of God "Deliverer" ("Deliveress") (1841, 1889) (see also: October 17)
* Repose of Elder Savvas of Little St. Anne's Skete, Mt. Athos (1908)
* Repose of Maria Berushko and 8 children, by fire, in Joaquim Távora, Brazil
* Repose of Archimandrite John (Maitland Moir) of Edinburgh, Scotland (April 17, 2013)

## Icon gallery

* Venerable Zosimas of Palestine, with St. Mary of Egypt (Greece, 17th century).
* Venerable Joseph the Hymnographer, of Sicily.
* Abbey of St. Peter & Paul, Clones (Clones Abbey).
* St. Isidore of Seville, Bishop of Seville.
* New Hieromartyr Benjamin (Kononov), Archimandrite, of Solovki Monastery.
* New Nun-martyr Maria (Lelyanova) of Gatchina.
* New Nun-martyr Maria (Lelyanova) of Gatchina.
* Russian icon of the Theotokos, Life-giving Spring, 17th century.
* Detail of the icon of the Praises of the Theotokos, before which the Akathist may be chanted.
* Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos "Gerontissa" ("Eldress").