Orthodox Calendar for April 2004

April 2004
Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
				1 Lenten Fast Ven. Euthymius of Suzdal Our Holy Mother Mary of Egypt (4th-6th c.)	2 Lenten Fast Presanctified Liturgy Ven. Titus the Wonderworker Holy Martyrs Amphianus and Aedesius (ca. 306)	3 Lenten Fast—Wine, Oil and Caviar are Allowed Lazarus Saturday Ven. Nicetas the Confessor Saint Joseph the Hymnographer (886) Saint Seraphim of Vyritsa (1949) (March 21 OC)
4 Lenten Fast—Fish, Wine and Oil are Allowed Palm Sunday: Entrance of Our Lord into Jerusalem Ven. Joseph the Hymnographer St Zosimas, monk, of Palestine (523)	5 Lenten Fast—No overrides Presanctified Liturgy Great and Holy Monday Martyrs Agathopedes, Theodulus and Their Companions Our Holy Father Mark of Trache (ca. 400)	6 Lenten Fast—No overrides Presanctified Liturgy Great and Holy Tuesday St Methodius, Enilightener of the Slavs St Eutychius, patriarch of Constantinople (582)	7 Lenten Fast—No overrides Presanctified Liturgy Great and Holy Wednesday Repose St. Tikhon, Patriarch of Moscow, Enlightener N. America Holy Martyr Calliopius, with his mother Theoclea (304) St George the Confessor, bishop of Mitylene (ca. 820) St Nilus (Nil Sorsky), abbot of Sora (1508) Saint Savvas the New of Kalymnos (1948) (March 25 OC)	8 Lenten Fast—Wine and Oil are Allowed Great and Holy Thursday Apostles of the Seventy Herodion, Agabus, Asyncritus, Rufuf, Phlegon, Hermes Saint Celestine, Pope of Rome (432)	9 Lenten Fast—Strict Fast Great and Holy Friday Martyr Eupsychius of Caesarea in Cappadocia	10 Lenten Fast—Wine is Allowed Great and Holy Saturday Martyrs Terence, Pompeius, Africanus and Companions Six Thousand Holy Martyrs in Georgia (1615) New Hieromartyr Gregory, Patriarch of Constantinople (1821)
11 Holy Pascha The Resurrection of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ Beginning of the Pentecostarion Hieromartyr Antipas, Bishop of Pergamum Holy Martyrs Processus and Martinian (1st c.)	12 Bright Monday St Basil the Confessor, Bishop of Parium St Isaac the Syrian, abbot of Spoleto, Italy (ca. 550) Our Holy Mother Athanasia (860)	13 Bright Tuesday Hieromartyr Artemon, Presbyter of Laodicea St Martin the Confessor, pope of Rome (655)	14 Bright Wednesday St Martin the Confessor, Pope of Rome Apostles Aristarchus, Pudens and Trophimus of the Seventy Holy Martyr Ardalion the Actor (3rd c.)	15 Bright Thursday Apostles of the Seventy Aristarchus, Pudens and Trophimus Holy Martyr Sabbas the Goth (372)	16 Bright Friday The Life-Giving Spring of the Most-holy Theotokos Virgin Martyrs Agape, Irene and Chionia	17 Bright Saturday Ven. Zosima of Solovetsk Hieromartyr Simeon, Bishop in Persia, and those with him (343)
18 Antipascha: 2nd Sunday of Pascha St Thomas Sunday Ven. John, Disciple of Gregory Decapolites The Holy Martyr John the New of Ioannina (1526)	19 Ven. John of Ancient Caves in Palestine Our Holy Father Agathangelos (1819)	20 Day of Rejoicing (Radonitsa) Ven. Theodore Trichinas Holy Apostle Zaccheus	21 Fast—Wine and Oil are Allowed Hieromartyr Januarius and Companions	22 St Theodore the Sykeote Holy Martyr Leonidas (202) Our Holy Father, the monk Vitalis	23 Fast—Wine and Oil are Allowed Holy Greatmartyr, Victorybearer and Wonderworker George	24 Martyr Sabbas Stratelates
25 3rd Sunday of Pascha Myrrhbearing Women Holy Apostle and Evangelist Mark Saint Ananias, Second Bishop of Alexandria (1st c.)	26 St Stephen, Bishop of Perm Hieromartyr Basil, bishop of Amasia and Righteous Virgin Glaphyra (322)	27 Hieromartyr Simeon, Kinsman of the Lord Our Holy Father Stephen, Abbot of the Kiev Caves and Bishop of Vladimir (1094) Burning of the relics of St Sava I of Serbia by the Turks (1594)	28 Fast—Wine and Oil are Allowed Apostles Jason and Sosipater of the Seventy The Nine Martyrs at Cyzicus (3rd c.)	29 Nine Martyrs at Cyzicus St Basil, bishop of Ostrog in Montenegro (Serbia) (1671)	30 Fast—Wine and Oil are Allowed Holy Apostle James, Brother of St John St Ignatius (Brianchaninov), Bishop of Stavropol and Kavkaz (1867)