Orthodox Calendar for April 2022

April 2022
Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
					1 Lenten Fast Presanctified Liturgy Martyrs Chrysanthius and Daria	2 Lenten Fast—Wine and Oil are Allowed Memorial Saturday Holy Fathers Slain at St Sabbas Monastery St Photine the Samaritan Woman (66) St Cuthbert the Wonderworker, Bishop of Lindisfarne (687)
3 Lenten Fast—Wine and Oil are Allowed Fourth Sunday of Lent St John Climacus 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 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—Fish, Wine and Oil are Allowed Great Canon of St Andrew of Crete Annunciation Most Holy Theotokos Presanctified Liturgy New Confessor/Hieromartyr Tikhon, patriarch of Moscow (1925)	8 Lenten Fast—Wine and Oil are Allowed Presanctified Liturgy Leavetaking of Annunciation Synaxis of Archangel Gabriel Synaxis of the Archangel Gabriel	9 Lenten Fast—Wine and Oil are Allowed Saturday of the Akathist to the Most-Holy Theotokos Martyr Matrona of Thessalonica
10 Lenten Fast—Wine and Oil are Allowed Fifth Sunday of Lent St Mary of Egypt 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 Ven. John Climacus Commemoration of an Uncondemning Monk	13 Lenten Fast Presanctified Liturgy 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 Presanctified Liturgy Ven. Titus the Wonderworker Holy Martyrs Amphianus and Aedesius (ca. 306)	16 Lenten Fast—Wine, Oil and Caviar are Allowed Lazarus Saturday Ven. Nicetas the Confessor Saint Joseph the Hymnographer (886) Saint Seraphim of Vyritsa (1949) (March 21 OC)
17 Lenten Fast—Fish, Wine and Oil are Allowed Palm Sunday: Entrance of Our Lord into Jerusalem Ven. Joseph the Hymnographer St Zosimas, monk, of Palestine (523)	18 Lenten Fast—No overrides Presanctified Liturgy Great and Holy Monday Martyrs Agathopedes, Theodulus and Their Companions Our Holy Father Mark of Trache (ca. 400)	19 Lenten Fast—No overrides Presanctified Liturgy Great and Holy Tuesday St Methodius, Enilightener of the Slavs St Eutychius, patriarch of Constantinople (582)	20 Lenten Fast—No overrides Presanctified Liturgy Great and Holy Wednesday 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—Wine and Oil are Allowed Great and Holy Thursday Apostles of the Seventy Herodion, Agabus, Asyncritus, Rufuf, Phlegon, Hermes Saint Celestine, Pope of Rome (432)	22 Lenten Fast—Strict Fast Great and Holy Friday Martyr Eupsychius of Caesarea in Cappadocia	23 Lenten Fast—Wine is Allowed Great and Holy Saturday Martyrs Terence, Pompeius, Africanus and Companions Six Thousand Holy Martyrs in Georgia (1615) New Hieromartyr Gregory, Patriarch of Constantinople (1821)
24 Holy Pascha The Resurrection of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ Beginning of the Pentecostarion Hieromartyr Antipas, Bishop of Pergamum Holy Martyrs Processus and Martinian (1st c.)	25 Bright Monday St Basil the Confessor, Bishop of Parium St Isaac the Syrian, abbot of Spoleto, Italy (ca. 550) Our Holy Mother Athanasia (860)	26 Bright Tuesday Hieromartyr Artemon, Presbyter of Laodicea St Martin the Confessor, pope of Rome (655)	27 Bright Wednesday St Martin the Confessor, Pope of Rome Apostles Aristarchus, Pudens and Trophimus of the Seventy Holy Martyr Ardalion the Actor (3rd c.)	28 Bright Thursday Apostles of the Seventy Aristarchus, Pudens and Trophimus Holy Martyr Sabbas the Goth (372)	29 Bright Friday The Life-Giving Spring of the Most-holy Theotokos Virgin Martyrs Agape, Irene and Chionia	30 Bright Saturday Ven. Zosima of Solovetsk Hieromartyr Simeon, Bishop in Persia, and those with him (343)