Orthodox Calendar for April 2020

April 2020
Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
			1 Lenten Fast—Wine and Oil are Allowed Presanctified Liturgy Ven. Euthymius of Suzdal Our Holy Mother Mary of Egypt (4th-6th c.)	2 Lenten Fast—Wine and Oil are Allowed Great Canon of St Andrew of Crete Presanctified Liturgy Ven. Titus the Wonderworker Holy Martyrs Amphianus and Aedesius (ca. 306)	3 Lenten Fast—Wine and Oil are Allowed Presanctified Liturgy Ven. Nicetas the Confessor Saint Joseph the Hymnographer (886) Saint Seraphim of Vyritsa (1949) (March 21 OC)	4 Lenten Fast—Wine and Oil are Allowed Saturday of the Akathist to the Most-Holy Theotokos Ven. Joseph the Hymnographer St Zosimas, monk, of Palestine (523)
5 Lenten Fast—Wine and Oil are Allowed Fifth Sunday of Lent St Mary of Egypt Martyrs Agathopedes, Theodulus and Their Companions Our Holy Father Mark of Trache (ca. 400)	6 Lenten Fast St Methodius, Enilightener of the Slavs St Eutychius, patriarch of Constantinople (582)	7 Lenten Fast—Wine and Oil are Allowed 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 Presanctified Liturgy Apostles of the Seventy Herodion, Agabus, Asyncritus, Rufuf, Phlegon, Hermes Saint Celestine, Pope of Rome (432)	9 Lenten Fast Martyr Eupsychius of Caesarea in Cappadocia	10 Lenten Fast Presanctified Liturgy Martyrs Terence, Pompeius, Africanus and Companions Six Thousand Holy Martyrs in Georgia (1615) New Hieromartyr Gregory, Patriarch of Constantinople (1821)	11 Lenten Fast—Wine, Oil and Caviar are Allowed Lazarus Saturday Hieromartyr Antipas, Bishop of Pergamum Holy Martyrs Processus and Martinian (1st c.)
12 Lenten Fast—Fish, Wine and Oil are Allowed Palm Sunday: Entrance of Our Lord into Jerusalem St Basil the Confessor, Bishop of Parium St Isaac the Syrian, abbot of Spoleto, Italy (ca. 550) Our Holy Mother Athanasia (860)	13 Lenten Fast—No overrides Presanctified Liturgy Great and Holy Monday Hieromartyr Artemon, Presbyter of Laodicea St Martin the Confessor, pope of Rome (655)	14 Lenten Fast—No overrides Presanctified Liturgy Great and Holy Tuesday St Martin the Confessor, Pope of Rome Apostles Aristarchus, Pudens and Trophimus of the Seventy Holy Martyr Ardalion the Actor (3rd c.)	15 Lenten Fast—No overrides Presanctified Liturgy Great and Holy Wednesday Apostles of the Seventy Aristarchus, Pudens and Trophimus Holy Martyr Sabbas the Goth (372)	16 Lenten Fast—Wine and Oil are Allowed Great and Holy Thursday Virgin Martyrs Agape, Irene and Chionia	17 Lenten Fast—Strict Fast Great and Holy Friday Ven. Zosima of Solovetsk Hieromartyr Simeon, Bishop in Persia, and those with him (343)	18 Lenten Fast—Wine is Allowed Great and Holy Saturday Ven. John, Disciple of Gregory Decapolites The Holy Martyr John the New of Ioannina (1526)
19 Holy Pascha The Resurrection of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ Beginning of the Pentecostarion Ven. John of Ancient Caves in Palestine Our Holy Father Agathangelos (1819)	20 Bright Monday Ven. Theodore Trichinas Holy Apostle Zaccheus	21 Bright Tuesday Hieromartyr Januarius and Companions	22 Bright Wednesday St Theodore the Sykeote Holy Martyr Leonidas (202) Our Holy Father, the monk Vitalis	23 Bright Thursday Holy Greatmartyr, Victorybearer and Wonderworker George	24 Bright Friday The Life-Giving Spring of the Most-holy Theotokos Martyr Sabbas Stratelates	25 Bright Saturday Holy Apostle and Evangelist Mark Saint Ananias, Second Bishop of Alexandria (1st c.)
26 Antipascha: 2nd Sunday of Pascha St Thomas Sunday 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 Day of Rejoicing (Radonitsa) Apostles Jason and Sosipater of the Seventy The Nine Martyrs at Cyzicus (3rd c.)	29 Fast—Wine and Oil are Allowed Nine Martyrs at Cyzicus St Basil, bishop of Ostrog in Montenegro (Serbia) (1671)	30 Holy Apostle James, Brother of St John St Ignatius (Brianchaninov), Bishop of Stavropol and Kavkaz (1867)