Orthodox Calendar for Aprilie 2026

Aprilie 2026
Dum	Lun	Mar	Mie	Joi	Vin	Sâm
			1 Lenten Fast Presanctified Liturgy Our Holy Mother Mary of Egypt (4th-6th c.)	2 Lenten Fast Our Holy Father Titus the Wonderworker (9th c.) Holy Martyrs Amphianus and Aedesius (ca. 306)	3 Lenten Fast Presanctified Liturgy Our Holy Father Nicetas the Confessor (824) Saint Joseph the Hymnographer (886) Saint Seraphim of Vyritsa (1949) (March 21 OC)	4 Lenten Fast—Wine, Oil and Caviar are Allowed Lazarus Saturday St Zosimas, monk, of Palestine (523)
5 Lenten Fast—Fish, Wine and Oil are Allowed Palm Sunday: Entrance of Our Lord into Jerusalem Holy Martyrs Agathopous and Theodoulos (303) Our Holy Father Mark of Trache (ca. 400)	6 Lenten Fast—No overrides Presanctified Liturgy Great and Holy Monday St Eutychius, patriarch of Constantinople (582)	7 Lenten Fast—No overrides Presanctified Liturgy Great and Holy Tuesday 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) St Justin (Popovic) of Chelije in Serbia (1979) (March 25 OC)	8 Lenten Fast—No overrides Presanctified Liturgy Great and Holy Wednesday Holy Apostles Herodion, Agabus, Rufus, Asyncritus, Phlegon and Hermas Saint Celestine, Pope of Rome (432)	9 Lenten Fast—Wine and Oil are Allowed Great and Holy Thursday Martyr Eupsychius of Caesarea in Cappadocia (362)	10 Lenten Fast—Strict Fast Great and Holy Friday Martyrs Terence, Africanus, Maximus, Pompeius and 36 with them, beheaded at Carthage (250) Six Thousand Holy Martyrs in Georgia (1615) New Hieromartyr Gregory, Patriarch of Constantinople (1821)	11 Lenten Fast—Wine is Allowed Great and Holy Saturday Hieromartyr Antipas, bishop of Pergamum (92), disciple of St John the Theologian Holy Martyrs Processus and Martinian (1st c.)
12 Holy Pascha The Resurrection of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ Beginning of the Pentecostarion St Isaac the Syrian, abbot of Spoleto, Italy (ca. 550) St Basil the Confessor, bishop of Parium (ca. 760) Our Holy Mother Athanasia (860)	13 Bright Monday Hieromartyr Artemon, presbyter of Laodicea in Syria (303) St Martin the Confessor, pope of Rome (655)	14 Bright Tuesday Apostles Aristarchus, Pudens and Trophimus of the Seventy Holy Martyr Ardalion the Actor (3rd c.)	15 Bright Wednesday Holy Martyr Sabbas the Goth (372)	16 Bright Thursday Virgin Martyrs Agape, Irene, and Chionia in Illyria (295 or 304)	17 Bright Friday The Life-Giving Spring of the Most-holy Theotokos Hieromartyr Simeon, Bishop in Persia, and those with him (343)	18 Bright Saturday Our Holy Father John, Disciple of St Gregory of Decapolis (820) The Holy Martyr John the New of Ioannina (1526)
19 Antipascha: 2nd Sunday of Pascha St Thomas Sunday St John of the Ancient Caves in Palestine (8th c.) Our Holy Father Agathangelos (1819)	20 St Theodore Trichinas (the Hair-shirt wearer), hermit near Constantinople (400) Holy Apostle Zaccheus	21 Day of Rejoicing (Radonitsa) Hieromartyr Januarius and those with him (305)	22 Fast—Wine and Oil are Allowed Our Holy Father Theodore of Sykeon (613) Holy Martyr Leonidas (202) Our Holy Father, the monk Vitalis	23 Holy Greatmartyr, Victorybearer and Wonderworker George Holy Glorious Great-martyr, Victory-bearer and Wonderworker George (303)	24 Fast—Wine and Oil are Allowed Martyr Sabbas Strateletes ("the General") of Rome, and 70 soldiers with him (272)	25 Holy Apostle and Evangelist Mark Holy Apostle and Evangelist Mark (68?) Saint Ananias, Second Bishop of Alexandria (1st c.)
26 3rd Sunday of Pascha Myrrhbearing Women Hieromartyr Basil, bishop of Amasia and Righteous Virgin Glaphyra (322) St Stephen,Bishop of Perm (1396)	27 Hieromartyr Symeon the Kinsman of the Lord (107) Our Holy Father Stephen, Abbot of the Kiev Caves and Bishop of Vladimir (1094) Burning of the relics of St Sava I of Serbia by the Turks (1594)	28 The Nine Martyrs at Cyzicus (3rd c.)	29 Fast—Wine and Oil are Allowed Apostles Jason and Sosipater St Basil, bishop of Ostrog in Montenegro (Serbia) (1671)	30 Holy Apostle James, Brother of St John Holy Apostle James, the brother of St John the Theologian (45) St Ignatius (Brianchaninov), Bishop of Stavropol and Kavkaz (1867)