Orthodox Calendar for April 1998

April 1998
Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
			1 Lenten Fast—Wine and Oil are Allowed Presanctified Liturgy Martyrs Chrysanthius and Daria	2 Lenten Fast—Wine and Oil are Allowed Great Canon of St Andrew of Crete 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—Wine and Oil are Allowed Presanctified Liturgy St James the Confessor of Catania Our Holy Father Serapion (366)	4 Lenten Fast—Wine and Oil are Allowed Saturday of the Akathist to the Most-Holy Theotokos Hieromartyr Basil of Ancyra Martyr Drosida of Antioch, and five nuns (104)
5 Lenten Fast—Wine and Oil are Allowed Fifth Sunday of Lent St Mary of Egypt 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 Annunciation Most Holy Theotokos 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 Martyr Matrona of Thessalonica	10 Lenten Fast Presanctified Liturgy Ven. Hilarion the New Repose of Gerontissa Gavrilia (1992) (March 15 OC)	11 Lenten Fast—Wine, Oil and Caviar are Allowed Lazarus Saturday Hieromartyr Mark, Bishop of Arethusa Our Righteous Father Mark the Confessor, Bishop of Arethusa; Cyril the Deacon, and others martyred during the reign of Julian Our Holy Father John the Hermit (4th c.)
12 Lenten Fast—Fish, Wine and Oil are Allowed Palm Sunday: Entrance of Our Lord into Jerusalem Ven. John Climacus Commemoration of an Uncondemning Monk	13 Lenten Fast—No overrides Presanctified Liturgy Great and Holy Monday Repose St Innocent, Metr. Moscow and Apostle to Americas Hieromartyr Hypatius, Bishop of Gangra (326) St Jonah, Metropolitan of Moscow (1461)	14 Lenten Fast—No overrides Presanctified Liturgy Great and Holy Tuesday Ven. Mary of Egypt Ven. Euthymius of Suzdal Martyrs Gerontius and Basilides Our Holy Mother Mary of Egypt (4th-6th c.)	15 Lenten Fast—No overrides Presanctified Liturgy Great and Holy Wednesday Ven. Titus the Wonderworker Holy Martyrs Amphianus and Aedesius (ca. 306)	16 Lenten Fast—Wine and Oil are Allowed Great and Holy Thursday Ven. Nicetas the Confessor Saint Joseph the Hymnographer (886) Saint Seraphim of Vyritsa (1949) (March 21 OC)	17 Lenten Fast—Strict Fast Great and Holy Friday Ven. Joseph the Hymnographer St Zosimas, monk, of Palestine (523)	18 Lenten Fast—Wine is Allowed Great and Holy Saturday Martyrs Agathopedes, Theodulus and Their Companions Our Holy Father Mark of Trache (ca. 400)
19 Holy Pascha The Resurrection of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ Beginning of the Pentecostarion St Methodius, Enlightener of the Slavs St Eutychius, patriarch of Constantinople (582)	20 Bright Monday 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 Tuesday Apostles of the Seventy Herodion, Agabus, Asyncritus, Rufuf, Phlegon, Hermes Saint Celestine, Pope of Rome (432)	22 Bright Wednesday Martyr Eupsychius of Caesarea in Cappadocia	23 Bright Thursday Martyrs Terence, Pompeius, Africanus and Companions Six Thousand Holy Martyrs in Georgia (1615) New Hieromartyr Gregory, Patriarch of Constantinople (1821)	24 Bright Friday The Life-Giving Spring of the Most-holy Theotokos Hieromartyr Antipas, Bishop of Pergamum Holy Martyrs Processus and Martinian (1st c.)	25 Bright Saturday St Basil the Confessor, Bishop of Parium St Isaac the Syrian, abbot of Spoleto, Italy (ca. 550) Our Holy Mother Athanasia (860)
26 Antipascha: 2nd Sunday of Pascha St Thomas Sunday Hieromartyr Artemon, Presbyter of Laodicea St Martin the Confessor, pope of Rome (655)	27 St Martin the Confessor, Pope of Rome Apostles Aristarchus, Pudens and Trophimus of the Seventy Holy Martyr Ardalion the Actor (3rd c.)	28 Day of Rejoicing (Radonitsa) Apostles of the Seventy Aristarchus, Pudens and Trophimus Holy Martyr Sabbas the Goth (372)	29 Fast—Wine and Oil are Allowed Virgin Martyrs Agape, Irene and Chionia	30 Hieromartyr Simeon of Persia Ven. Zosima of Solovetsk Hieromartyr Simeon, Bishop in Persia, and those with him (343)