April 28 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

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Apr. 27 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Apr. 29

All fixed commemorations below celebrated on May 11 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.^{[note 1]}

For April 28th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on April 15.

Saints

• Saint Patricius, Bishop of Prusa, in Bithynia, Martyr (1st century)^{[1][note 2]}
• Saint Mark of Galilee, bishop and martyr (92)^{[3][note 3]}
• Saint Memnon the Wonderworker of Cyprus (6th century)^[4][5][6] - (see also April 29)^{[note 4]}
• Nine martyrs at Cyzicus (c. 286 - 299):^[5][7][8]
  • Theognes, Rufus, Antipater, Theostichus, Arcemas, Magnus, Theodorus, Thaumasius, and Philemon
• Martyrs Dada, Maximus, and Quintilian at Dorostolum (286)^[9]
• Martyr Tibald of Pannonia (304)^[9][10]
• Saint Auxibius II, Bishop of Soli, Cyprus (4th century)^{[11][note 5]}
• Martyr Dionysij of Turiv (1005)^[14]

Pre-Schism Western Saints

• Martyrs Aphrodisius, Caralippus, Agapius, and Eusebius (65)^{[3][note 6]} (see also May 30 - Greek)
• Saint Artemius (Arthemius), Bishop of Sens (609)^[3]
• Saint Gerard the Pilgrim (c. 639)^{[3][15][note 7]}
• Venerable Crónán, abbot of Roscrea, Ireland (640)^[3][9]
• Saint Pamphilus, Bishop of Sulmona and Corfinium (c. 700)^[3]
• Saint Prudentius, Bishop of Tarazona in Aragon (c. 700)^[3]
• Saint Adalbero, Bishop of Augsburg (909)^[3]

Post-Schism Orthodox Saints

• Saint Cyril of Turov, Bishop (1183)^[14][16]
• Venerable Cyriacus, abbot of Kargopol (Vologda) (1462)^[9]
• Saint Basil (Kishkin), Hieroschemamonk of Glinsk and Ploshchansk hermitages (1831)^[14][17]

New Martyrs and Confessors

• Virgin-martyr Anna Shashkina, new martyr of Yaroslavl-Rostov (1939)^[9][18]

Other commemorations

• The Miracle at Carthage (c. 610 - 641)^[19][20]
• Repose of Hieroschemamonk Dionysius (Ignat) of Kolitsou Skete, Mt. Athos (2004)^[17]

Icon Gallery

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  St. Aphrodisius.

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  St. Adalbero, Bishop of Augsburg.

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  St. Cyril of Turov.

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  The Order of St. Cyril of Turov, 2nd degree.

Notes

1. The notation Old Style or (OS) is sometimes used to indicate a date in the Julian Calendar (which is used by churches on the "Old Calendar").
   The notation New Style or (NS), indicates a date in the Revised Julian calendar (which is used by churches on the "New Calendar").
2. "At Prusa, in Bithynia, the holy martyrs Patritius, bishop, Acatius, Menander, and Polyenus."^[2]
3. "At Atino, St. Mark, who being made bishop by the blessed apostle Peter, was the first to preach the Gospel to the inhabitants of that region, and received the crown of martyrdom in the persecution of Domitian, under the governor Maximus."^[2]
4. The "Great Synaxaristes" lists the following Saints and Martyrs for April 28th; however they are listed for April 29th in the Slavonic menaion:
   • Nine martyrs at Cyzicus:
     • Theognes, Rufus, Antipater, Theostichus, Arcemas, Magnus, Theodorus, Thaumasius, and Philemon
   Similarly, the "Great Synaxaristes" lists the following Saints and Martyrs for April 29th; however they are listed for April 28th in the Slavonic menaion:
   
   • Apostles Jason and Sosipater of the Seventy, and:
     • Virgin Martyr Cercyra
     • Martyrs Saturninus, Jakischolus (Inischolus), Faustianus, Januarius, Marsalius, Euphrasius, Mammius - the holy seven former thieves;
     • Martyrs Vitalius and his wife Valeria
     • Martyr Zenon
     • Martyr Neon
5. There is another Saint Auxibius (+102), whose feast day is on February 17.^[12][13]
6. "The same day, the saints Aphrodisius, Caralippus, Agapius, and Eusebius, martyrs."^[2]
7. By tradition he was one of four pilgrims from England - the other three were Ardwine, Bernard and Hugh - they all reposed in Gallinaro in the south of Italy. Many scholars doubt their historicity.

References

1. Rev. Alban Butler (1711–73). St. Patricius, Bishop of Prusa, in Bithynia, Martyr. The Lives of the Saints, Volume IV: April. 1866. (Bartleby.com).
2. The Roman Martyrology. Transl. by the Archbishop of Baltimore. Last Edition, According to the Copy Printed at Rome in 1914. Revised Edition, with the Imprimatur of His Eminence Cardinal Gibbons. Baltimore: John Murphy Company, 1916. pp. 119-120.
3. April 28. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
4. Ὁ Ὅσιος Μέμνων ὁ Θαυματουργός. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
5. April 29/May 12. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
6. Venerable Memnon the Wonderworker. OCA - Feasts and Saints.
7. Οἱ Ἅγιοι ἐννέα Μάρτυρες ἐν Κυζίκῳ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
8. Martyr Philemon at Cyzicus. OCA - Feasts and Saints.
9. May 11 / April 28. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
10. Bishop Nikolai Velimirovch. The Prologue from Ohrid. April 28.
11. Ὁ Ἅγιος Αὐξίβιος Β’ Ἐπίσκοπος Σόλων τῆς Κύπρου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
12. St Auxibius Bishop of Soli, Cyprus. OCA - Feasts and Saints.
13. Ὁ Ἅγιος Αὐξίβιος Ἐπίσκοπος Σόλων Κύπρου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
14. Dr. Alexander Roman. April. Calendar of Ukrainian Orthodox Saints (Ukrainian Orthodoxy - Українське Православ'я).
15. Rev. Richard Stanton. A Menology of England and Wales, or, Brief Memorials of the Ancient British and English Saints Arranged According to the Calendar, Together with the Martyrs of the 16th and 17th Centuries. London: Burns & Oates, 1892. pp. 184-185.
16. Ὁ Ἅγιος Κύριλλος Ἐπίσκοπος Τούρωφ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
17. April 28/May 11. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
18. The Autonomous Orthodox Metropolia of Western Europe and the Americas (ROCOR). St. Hilarion Calendar of Saints for the year of our Lord 2004. St. Hilarion Press (Austin, TX). p.32.
19. Διήγηση γενομένου θαύματος ἐν Καρθαγένῃ Βορείου Ἀφρικῆς. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
20. The Miracle at Carthage. Full of Grace and Truth (blog). Wednesday, April 28, 2010.

Sources

• May 11 / April 28. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
• April 28/May 11. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
• April. Self-Ruled Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America.
• Dr. Alexander Roman. April. Calendar of Ukrainian Orthodox Saints (Ukrainian Orthodoxy - Українське Православ'я).
• April 28. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
• The Roman Martyrology. Transl. by the Archbishop of Baltimore. Last Edition, According to the Copy Printed at Rome in 1914. Revised Edition, with the Imprimatur of His Eminence Cardinal Gibbons. Baltimore: John Murphy Company, 1916. pp. 119-120.
• Rev. Richard Stanton. A Menology of England and Wales, or, Brief Memorials of the Ancient British and English Saints Arranged According to the Calendar, Together with the Martyrs of the 16th and 17th Centuries. London: Burns & Oates, 1892. pp. 184-185.

Greek Sources

• Great Synaxaristes: (Greek) 28 ΑΠΡΙΛΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
• (Greek) Συναξαριστής. 28 Απριλίου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).

Russian Sources

• (Russian) 11 мая (28 апреля). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).
• (Russian) 28 апреля (ст.ст.) 11 мая 2013 (нов. ст.). Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR).