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April 26 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Day in the Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar

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April 26 in Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendars is a feast day and a day of commemoration of saints and martyrs. Although some Orthodox churches use the Revised Julian Calendar and others use the traditional Julian calendar, the fixed commemorations for their respective April 26 are broadly the same, no matter which calendar is used.

Martyrs Cyril, Chindeu, and Tasie of Axiopolis (c. 304)

Righteous Virgin-martyr Glaphyra of Nicomedia (322)

Hieromartyr Basil of Amasea, Bishop of Amasea (c. 323)

Saints Andrew and Anatolius, disciples of St. Euthymius the Great (5th century)

Saint Leo of Samos (Leontos), Bishop of Samos, Wonderworker (9th century)

Peter of Braga (Peter of Rates), first Bishop and martyr of Braga in Portugal (c. 60).

Saint Marcellinus, a Pope of Rome, who may have been martyred in repentance for his previous errors (304) (see also: June 7 - East)

Saint Exuperantia, a saint whose relics are venerated in Troyes in France (c. 380).

Saint Lucidius of Verona, Bishop of Verona in Italy.

Saint Clarentius (Clarent), successor of St Etherius as Bishop of Vienne in France (c. 620)

Saint Trudpert, a hermit, possibly from Ireland, who lived in Münstethal in Germany (c. 644)

Saint Richarius (Riquier), Abbot, Confessor, in Picardy (645)

Venerable George of Cyprus, first Igumen of the Monastery of St. John Chrysostomos, near Koutsovendis, in the Kyrenia District of Cyprus (1091)

Venerable Calantius of Tamassos (Kalandios), one of the "300 Allemagne Saints" in Cyprus (12th century)

Saint Stephen of Perm, Bishop of Perm (1396)

New Martyrs of Novo Selo ("Holy Trinity" Novoselska convent), Bulgaria (1876)

New martyrs John Pankov, priest, and his children Nicholas Pankov, and Peter Pankov, new martyrs of Orlov (1918)

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