Menaion for April

We provide here the Menaion for the month of April in English. These contain the principal commemorations of each day of the month as kept in the Russian Orthodox Church (with some additions from other regions). For certain days, secondary commemorations are also provided.

Please click below to access a PDF file containing the Menaion texts for the indicated day. (The Menaion for April is also available in Church Slavonic.)

April

• 1st April
  • Venerable Mary of Egypt
• 2nd April
  • Venerable Titus the Wonderworker
• 3rd April
  • Venerable Nicetas
• 4th April
  • Venerable Joseph the Hymnographer; Venerable George of Mt Maleon
• 5th April
  • Holy Martyrs Theophilus and Agathopodes
• 6th April
  • St Eutychius of Constantinople
• 7th April
  • Venerable George of Mitylene
• 8th April
  • Holy Apostles Herodion, Agabus, and those with them
• 9th April
  • Holy Martyr Eupsychius
• 10th April
  • Holy Martyrs Terence, Pompey, and those with them
  • Secondary Commemoration – Holy Hieromartyr Gregory V of Constantinople
• 11th April
  • Holy Hieromartyr Antipas of Pergamum
• 12th April
  • St Basil the Confessor of Parium
• 13th April
  • Holy Hieromartyr Artemon
• 14th April
  • St Martin the Confessor of Rome
  • Secondary Commemoration – Holy Martyrs Anthony, John and others slain in Lithuania
• 15th April
  • Holy Apostles Aristarchus, Pudens and Trophimus
• 16th April
  • Holy Martyrs Agape, Irene and Chionia
• 17th April
  • Holy Hieromartyr Simeon of Persia; St Acacius of Melitine
• 18th April
  • Venerable John, the disciple of St Gregory the Decapolite
• 19th April
  • Venerable Father John of the Ancient Cave
• 20th April
  • Venerable and God-bearing Anastasius, Abbot of Mt Sinai
  • Secondary Commemoration – Venerable Theodore Trichinas
• 21st April
  • Hieromartyr Januarius and companions; Hieromartyr Theodore of Perge
• 22nd April
  • St Theodore of Sykeon, Bishop of Anastasiopolis
• 23rd April
  • Holy and Glorious and Great-Martyr George the Trophy-bearer
• 24th April
  • Holy Martyr Sabbas the General
• 25th April
  • Holy Apostle and Evangelist Mark
• 26th April
  • St Stephen, Bishop of Perm; Hieromartyr Basil of Amasia
• 27th April
  • Holy Hieromartyr Simeon, the Kinsman of Christ
• 28th April
  • Holy Apostles Jason and Sosipater; Holy Martyrs Dada, Maximus and Quintillian
• 29th April
  • The Nine Holy Martyrs of Cyzicus; Venerable Memnon the Wonderworker
  • Secondary Commemoration – Child-Martyr Gabriel of Byalistok
• 30th April
  • Holy Apostle James, the Brother of St John the Theologian