Orthodox Calendar for April 2012

April 2012
Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
1 Lenten Fast—Wine and Oil are Allowed Fifth Sunday of Lent St Mary of Egypt Martyrs Chrysanthius and Daria	2 Lenten Fast 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 Martyr Nikon and 199 Disciples	6 Lenten Fast—Wine and Oil are Allowed Presanctified Liturgy 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—Wine, Oil and Caviar are Allowed Lazarus Saturday Annunciation Most Holy Theotokos New Confessor/Hieromartyr Tikhon, patriarch of Moscow (1925)
8 Lenten Fast—Fish, Wine and Oil are Allowed Palm Sunday: Entrance of Our Lord into Jerusalem Leavetaking of Annunciation Synaxis of Archangel Gabriel Synaxis of the Archangel Gabriel	9 Lenten Fast—No overrides Presanctified Liturgy Great and Holy Monday Martyr Matrona of Thessalonica	10 Lenten Fast—No overrides Presanctified Liturgy Great and Holy Tuesday Ven. Hilarion the New Repose of Gerontissa Gavrilia (1992) (March 15 OC)	11 Lenten Fast—No overrides Presanctified Liturgy Great and Holy Wednesday Hieromartyr Mark, Bishop of Anthusa Our Holy Father John the Hermit (4th c.)	12 Lenten Fast—Wine and Oil are Allowed Great and Holy Thursday Ven. John Climacus Commemoration of an Uncondemning Monk	13 Lenten Fast—Strict Fast Great and Holy Friday Repose St Innocent, Metr. Moscow and Apostle to Americas Hieromartyr Hypatius, Bishop of Gangra (326) St Jonah, Metropolitan of Moscow (1461)	14 Lenten Fast—Wine is Allowed Great and Holy Saturday Ven. Euthymius of Suzdal Our Holy Mother Mary of Egypt (4th-6th c.)
15 Holy Pascha The Resurrection of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ Beginning of the Pentecostarion Ven. Titus the Wonderworker Holy Martyrs Amphianus and Aedesius (ca. 306)	16 Bright Monday Ven. Nicetas the Confessor Saint Joseph the Hymnographer (886) Saint Seraphim of Vyritsa (1949) (March 21 OC)	17 Bright Tuesday Ven. Joseph the Hymnographer St Zosimas, monk, of Palestine (523)	18 Bright Wednesday Martyrs Agathopedes, Theodulus and Their Companions Our Holy Father Mark of Trache (ca. 400)	19 Bright Thursday St Methodius, Enilightener of the Slavs St Eutychius, patriarch of Constantinople (582)	20 Bright Friday The Life-Giving Spring of the Most-holy Theotokos 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 Bright Saturday Apostles of the Seventy Herodion, Agabus, Asyncritus, Rufuf, Phlegon, Hermes Saint Celestine, Pope of Rome (432)
22 Antipascha: 2nd Sunday of Pascha St Thomas Sunday Martyr Eupsychius of Caesarea in Cappadocia	23 Martyrs Terence, Pompeius, Africanus and Companions Six Thousand Holy Martyrs in Georgia (1615) New Hieromartyr Gregory, Patriarch of Constantinople (1821)	24 Day of Rejoicing (Radonitsa) Hieromartyr Antipas, Bishop of Pergamum Holy Martyrs Processus and Martinian (1st c.)	25 Fast—Wine and Oil are Allowed St Basil the Confessor, Bishop of Parium St Isaac the Syrian, abbot of Spoleto, Italy (ca. 550) Our Holy Mother Athanasia (860)	26 Hieromartyr Artemon, Presbyter of Laodicea St Martin the Confessor, pope of Rome (655)	27 Fast—Wine and Oil are Allowed St Martin the Confessor, Pope of Rome Apostles Aristarchus, Pudens and Trophimus of the Seventy Holy Martyr Ardalion the Actor (3rd c.)	28 Apostles of the Seventy Aristarchus, Pudens and Trophimus Holy Martyr Sabbas the Goth (372)
29 3rd Sunday of Pascha Myrrhbearing Women Virgin Martyrs Agape, Irene and Chionia	30 Ven. Zosima of Solovetsk Hieromartyr Simeon, Bishop in Persia, and those with him (343)