Orthodox Calendar for April 2000

April 2000
Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
						1 Lenten Fast—Wine and Oil are Allowed Memorial Saturday Martyrs Chrysanthius and Daria
2 Lenten Fast—Wine and Oil are Allowed Third Sunday of Lent Veneration of the Precious Cross Holy Fathers Slain at St Sabbas Monastery St Photine the Samaritan Woman (66) St Cuthbert the Wonderworker, Bishop of Lindisfarne (687)	3 Lenten Fast St James the Confessor of Catania Our Holy Father Serapion (366)	4 Lenten Fast Hieromartyr Basil of Ancyra Martyr Drosida of Antioch, and five nuns (104)	5 Lenten Fast Presanctified Liturgy Martyr Nikon and 199 Disciples	6 Lenten Fast—Wine and Oil are Allowed Forefeast of Annunciation Ven. Zachariah the Recluse Saint Zacharias the Recluse of Egypt (4th c.) Commemoration of the Miracle at the Monastery of the Caves in Kiev (?)	7 Lenten Fast—Fish, Wine and Oil are Allowed Presanctified Liturgy Annunciation Most Holy Theotokos New Confessor/Hieromartyr Tikhon, patriarch of Moscow (1925)	8 Lenten Fast—Wine and Oil are Allowed Memorial Saturday Leavetaking of Annunciation Synaxis of Archangel Gabriel Synaxis of the Archangel Gabriel
9 Lenten Fast—Wine and Oil are Allowed Fourth Sunday of Lent St John Climacus Martyr Matrona of Thessalonica	10 Lenten Fast Ven. Hilarion the New Repose of Gerontissa Gavrilia (1992) (March 15 OC)	11 Lenten Fast Hieromartyr Mark, Bishop of Anthusa Our Holy Father John the Hermit (4th c.)	12 Lenten Fast—Wine and Oil are Allowed Presanctified Liturgy Ven. John Climacus Commemoration of an Uncondemning Monk	13 Lenten Fast—Wine and Oil are Allowed Great Canon of St Andrew of Crete Repose St Innocent, Metr. Moscow and Apostle to Americas Presanctified Liturgy Hieromartyr Hypatius, Bishop of Gangra (326) St Jonah, Metropolitan of Moscow (1461)	14 Lenten Fast—Wine and Oil are Allowed Presanctified Liturgy Ven. Euthymius of Suzdal Our Holy Mother Mary of Egypt (4th-6th c.)	15 Lenten Fast—Wine and Oil are Allowed Saturday of the Akathist to the Most-Holy Theotokos Ven. Titus the Wonderworker Holy Martyrs Amphianus and Aedesius (ca. 306)
16 Lenten Fast—Wine and Oil are Allowed Fifth Sunday of Lent St Mary of Egypt Ven. Nicetas the Confessor Saint Joseph the Hymnographer (886) Saint Seraphim of Vyritsa (1949) (March 21 OC)	17 Lenten Fast Ven. Joseph the Hymnographer St Zosimas, monk, of Palestine (523)	18 Lenten Fast Martyrs Agathopedes, Theodulus and Their Companions Our Holy Father Mark of Trache (ca. 400)	19 Lenten Fast Presanctified Liturgy St Methodius, Enilightener of the Slavs St Eutychius, patriarch of Constantinople (582)	20 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)	21 Lenten Fast Presanctified Liturgy Apostles of the Seventy Herodion, Agabus, Asyncritus, Rufuf, Phlegon, Hermes Saint Celestine, Pope of Rome (432)	22 Lenten Fast—Wine, Oil and Caviar are Allowed Lazarus Saturday Martyr Eupsychius of Caesarea in Cappadocia
23 Lenten Fast—Fish, Wine and Oil are Allowed Palm Sunday: Entrance of Our Lord into Jerusalem Martyrs Terence, Pompeius, Africanus and Companions Six Thousand Holy Martyrs in Georgia (1615) New Hieromartyr Gregory, Patriarch of Constantinople (1821)	24 Lenten Fast—No overrides Presanctified Liturgy Great and Holy Monday Hieromartyr Antipas, Bishop of Pergamum Holy Martyrs Processus and Martinian (1st c.)	25 Lenten Fast—No overrides Presanctified Liturgy Great and Holy Tuesday St Basil the Confessor, Bishop of Parium St Isaac the Syrian, abbot of Spoleto, Italy (ca. 550) Our Holy Mother Athanasia (860)	26 Lenten Fast—No overrides Presanctified Liturgy Great and Holy Wednesday Hieromartyr Artemon, Presbyter of Laodicea St Martin the Confessor, pope of Rome (655)	27 Lenten Fast—Wine and Oil are Allowed Great and Holy Thursday St Martin the Confessor, Pope of Rome Apostles Aristarchus, Pudens and Trophimus of the Seventy Holy Martyr Ardalion the Actor (3rd c.)	28 Lenten Fast—Strict Fast Great and Holy Friday Apostles of the Seventy Aristarchus, Pudens and Trophimus Holy Martyr Sabbas the Goth (372)	29 Lenten Fast—Wine is Allowed Great and Holy Saturday Virgin Martyrs Agape, Irene and Chionia
30 Holy Pascha The Resurrection of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ Beginning of the Pentecostarion Ven. Zosima of Solovetsk Hieromartyr Simeon, Bishop in Persia, and those with him (343)