Orthodox Calendar for April 2025

April 2025
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—Wine and Oil are Allowed Presanctified Liturgy Ven. Titus the Wonderworker Holy Martyrs Amphianus and Aedesius (ca. 306)	3 Lenten Fast—Wine and Oil are Allowed Great Canon of St Andrew of Crete 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 Presanctified Liturgy Ven. Joseph the Hymnographer St Zosimas, monk, of Palestine (523)	5 Lenten Fast—Wine and Oil are Allowed Saturday of the Akathist to the Most-Holy Theotokos Martyrs Agathopedes, Theodulus and Their Companions Our Holy Father Mark of Trache (ca. 400)
6 Lenten Fast—Wine and Oil are Allowed Fifth Sunday of Lent St Mary of Egypt 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 Apostles of the Seventy Herodion, Agabus, Asyncritus, Rufuf, Phlegon, Hermes Saint Celestine, Pope of Rome (432)	9 Lenten Fast Presanctified Liturgy Martyr Eupsychius of Caesarea in Cappadocia	10 Lenten Fast Martyrs Terence, Pompeius, Africanus and Companions Six Thousand Holy Martyrs in Georgia (1615) New Hieromartyr Gregory, Patriarch of Constantinople (1821)	11 Lenten Fast Presanctified Liturgy Hieromartyr Antipas, Bishop of Pergamum Holy Martyrs Processus and Martinian (1st c.)	12 Lenten Fast—Wine, Oil and Caviar are Allowed Lazarus Saturday 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—Fish, Wine and Oil are Allowed Palm Sunday: Entrance of Our Lord into Jerusalem Hieromartyr Artemon, Presbyter of Laodicea St Martin the Confessor, pope of Rome (655)	14 Lenten Fast—No overrides Presanctified Liturgy Great and Holy Monday 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 Tuesday Apostles of the Seventy Aristarchus, Pudens and Trophimus Holy Martyr Sabbas the Goth (372)	16 Lenten Fast—No overrides Presanctified Liturgy Great and Holy Wednesday Virgin Martyrs Agape, Irene and Chionia	17 Lenten Fast—Wine and Oil are Allowed Great and Holy Thursday Ven. Zosima of Solovetsk Hieromartyr Simeon, Bishop in Persia, and those with him (343)	18 Lenten Fast—Strict Fast Great and Holy Friday Ven. John, Disciple of Gregory Decapolites The Holy Martyr John the New of Ioannina (1526)	19 Lenten Fast—Wine is Allowed Great and Holy Saturday Ven. John of Ancient Caves in Palestine Our Holy Father Agathangelos (1819)
20 Holy Pascha The Resurrection of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ Beginning of the Pentecostarion Ven. Theodore Trichinas Holy Apostle Zaccheus	21 Bright Monday Hieromartyr Januarius and Companions	22 Bright Tuesday St Theodore the Sykeote Holy Martyr Leonidas (202) Our Holy Father, the monk Vitalis	23 Bright Wednesday Holy Greatmartyr, Victorybearer and Wonderworker George	24 Bright Thursday Martyr Sabbas Stratelates	25 Bright Friday The Life-Giving Spring of the Most-holy Theotokos Holy Apostle and Evangelist Mark Saint Ananias, Second Bishop of Alexandria (1st c.)	26 Bright Saturday St Stephen, Bishop of Perm Hieromartyr Basil, bishop of Amasia and Righteous Virgin Glaphyra (322)
27 Antipascha: 2nd Sunday of Pascha St Thomas Sunday 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 Apostles Jason and Sosipater of the Seventy The Nine Martyrs at Cyzicus (3rd c.)	29 Day of Rejoicing (Radonitsa) 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)