Calendar of Saints
Below is a general and non-exhaustive 5 day calendar of commemorations in the Orthodox Church. Refresh browser if first day in list is not today.
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Tuesday, 29 April 2025
+Nine Martyrs at Cyzicus: Theognes, Rufus, Antipater, Theostichus, Artemas, Magnus, Theodotus, Thaumasius, and Philemon (3rd c.); +Ven. Memnon the Wonderworker; +Martyrs Diodorus and Rhodopianus—Deacons, at Aphrodisia in Anatolia (3rd-4th c.); +St. Basil, Bishop of Zakholmsk in Montenegro (16th c.); +Lazian Martyrs slain in Dudikvati and Papati (c. 1820)
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Wednesday, 30 April 2025
+Holy Apostle James (Jacob), the brother of St. John the Theologian (44 A.D.); +Uncovering of the Relics of St. Nikḗtas, Bishop of Novgorod (1558); +St. Donatus, Bishop of Euroea in Epirus (c. 387); +Uncovering of the Relics of St. Basil, Bishop of Amasea (4th c.); +Martyr Maximus of Ephesus; +St. Ignátii Brianchaninov, Bishop of the Caucasus and Stavropol (1867)
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Thursday, 01 May 2025
+Prophet Jeremiah (6th c. B.C.); +Ven. Paphnutius, Abbot of Boróvsk (1478); +New Martyrs Euthymius (1814), Ignatius (1814), and Acacius (1816), of Mt. Athos. +Hieromartyr Macarius, Metropolitan of Kiev (1497); +Martyr Bata the Persian (4th c.); +Rt. Blv. Tamára, Queen of Georgia (13th c.); +Ven. Nikēphóros of Chios (1821); +“Unexpected Joy” Icon of the Mother of God (1647)
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Friday, 02 May 2025
+St. Matrona of Moscow; St. Athanasius the Great, Patriarch of Alexandria (373); +Translation of the Relics of the Holy Passionbearers Boris and Gleb (1072 and 1115); +St. Athanasius of Lubensk, Patriarch of Constantinople (1654); +Martyrs Hesperus, Zoë, and their sons, Cyriacus and Theodulus, at Attalia (2nd c.); +St. Boris, Prince of Bulgaria (906-907)
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Saturday, 03 May 2025
+Ven. Theodosius, Abbot of the Kiev Caves Monastery (1074); +Martyrs Timothy the Reader and his wife Maura of Antinoë in Egypt (c. 286); +St. Peter the Wonderworker, Bishop of Argolis (10th c.); +“Svena” Icon of the Mother of God (1288); +Holy Great Martyr Xenia of Kalamata (291)