Orthodox Calendar for April 2008

April 2008
Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
		1 Lenten Fast Martyrs Chrysanthius and Daria	2 Lenten Fast Presanctified Liturgy 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 Presanctified Liturgy Hieromartyr Basil of Ancyra Martyr Drosida of Antioch, and five nuns (104)	5 Lenten Fast—Wine and Oil are Allowed Memorial Saturday Martyr Nikon and 199 Disciples
6 Lenten Fast—Wine and Oil are Allowed Fourth Sunday of Lent St John Climacus 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 Annunciation Most Holy Theotokos New Confessor/Hieromartyr Tikhon, patriarch of Moscow (1925)	8 Lenten Fast—Wine and Oil are Allowed Leavetaking of Annunciation Synaxis of Archangel Gabriel Synaxis of the Archangel Gabriel	9 Lenten Fast—Wine and Oil are Allowed Presanctified Liturgy Martyr Matrona of Thessalonica	10 Lenten Fast—Wine and Oil are Allowed Great Canon of St Andrew of Crete Presanctified Liturgy Ven. Hilarion the New Repose of Gerontissa Gavrilia (1992) (March 15 OC)	11 Lenten Fast—Wine and Oil are Allowed Presanctified Liturgy Hieromartyr Mark, Bishop of Anthusa Our Holy Father John the Hermit (4th c.)	12 Lenten Fast—Wine and Oil are Allowed Saturday of the Akathist to the Most-Holy Theotokos Ven. John Climacus Commemoration of an Uncondemning Monk
13 Lenten Fast—Wine and Oil are Allowed Fifth Sunday of Lent St Mary of Egypt Repose St Innocent, Metr. Moscow and Apostle to Americas Hieromartyr Hypatius, Bishop of Gangra (326) St Jonah, Metropolitan of Moscow (1461)	14 Lenten Fast Ven. Euthymius of Suzdal Our Holy Mother Mary of Egypt (4th-6th c.)	15 Lenten Fast Ven. Titus the Wonderworker Holy Martyrs Amphianus and Aedesius (ca. 306)	16 Lenten Fast Presanctified Liturgy 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 Presanctified Liturgy Martyrs Agathopedes, Theodulus and Their Companions Our Holy Father Mark of Trache (ca. 400)	19 Lenten Fast—Wine, Oil and Caviar are Allowed Lazarus Saturday St Methodius, Enilightener of the Slavs St Eutychius, patriarch of Constantinople (582)
20 Lenten Fast—Fish, Wine and Oil are Allowed Palm Sunday: Entrance of Our Lord into Jerusalem 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—No overrides Presanctified Liturgy Great and Holy Monday Apostles of the Seventy Herodion, Agabus, Asyncritus, Rufuf, Phlegon, Hermes Saint Celestine, Pope of Rome (432)	22 Lenten Fast—No overrides Presanctified Liturgy Great and Holy Tuesday Martyr Eupsychius of Caesarea in Cappadocia	23 Lenten Fast—No overrides Presanctified Liturgy Great and Holy Wednesday Martyrs Terence, Pompeius, Africanus and Companions Six Thousand Holy Martyrs in Georgia (1615) New Hieromartyr Gregory, Patriarch of Constantinople (1821)	24 Lenten Fast—Wine and Oil are Allowed Great and Holy Thursday Hieromartyr Antipas, Bishop of Pergamum Holy Martyrs Processus and Martinian (1st c.)	25 Lenten Fast—Strict Fast Great and Holy Friday 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—Wine is Allowed Great and Holy Saturday Hieromartyr Artemon, Presbyter of Laodicea St Martin the Confessor, pope of Rome (655)
27 Holy Pascha The Resurrection of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ Beginning of the Pentecostarion St Martin the Confessor, Pope of Rome Apostles Aristarchus, Pudens and Trophimus of the Seventy Holy Martyr Ardalion the Actor (3rd c.)	28 Bright Monday Apostles of the Seventy Aristarchus, Pudens and Trophimus Holy Martyr Sabbas the Goth (372)	29 Bright Tuesday Virgin Martyrs Agape, Irene and Chionia	30 Bright Wednesday Ven. Zosima of Solovetsk Hieromartyr Simeon, Bishop in Persia, and those with him (343)