Orthodox Calendar for April 2027

April 2027
Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
				1 Lenten Fast Our Holy Mother Mary of Egypt (4th-6th c.)	2 Lenten Fast Presanctified Liturgy Our Holy Father Titus the Wonderworker (9th c.) Holy Martyrs Amphianus and Aedesius (ca. 306)	3 Lenten Fast—Wine and Oil are Allowed Memorial Saturday Our Holy Father Nicetas the Confessor (824) Saint Joseph the Hymnographer (886) Saint Seraphim of Vyritsa (1949) (March 21 OC)
4 Lenten Fast—Wine and Oil are Allowed Third Sunday of Lent Veneration of the Precious Cross St Zosimas, monk, of Palestine (523)	5 Lenten Fast Holy Martyrs Agathopous and Theodoulos (303) Our Holy Father Mark of Trache (ca. 400)	6 Lenten Fast St Eutychius, patriarch of Constantinople (582)	7 Lenten Fast—Wine and Oil are Allowed Presanctified Liturgy 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 Holy Apostles Herodion, Agabus, Rufus, Asyncritus, Phlegon and Hermas Saint Celestine, Pope of Rome (432)	9 Lenten Fast Presanctified Liturgy Martyr Eupsychius of Caesarea in Cappadocia (362)	10 Lenten Fast—Wine and Oil are Allowed Memorial Saturday 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 and Oil are Allowed Fourth Sunday of Lent St John Climacus Hieromartyr Antipas, bishop of Pergamum (92), disciple of St John the Theologian Holy Martyrs Processus and Martinian (1st c.)	12 Lenten Fast 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 Lenten Fast Hieromartyr Artemon, presbyter of Laodicea in Syria (303) St Martin the Confessor, pope of Rome (655)	14 Lenten Fast—Wine and Oil are Allowed Presanctified Liturgy Apostles Aristarchus, Pudens and Trophimus of the Seventy Holy Martyr Ardalion the Actor (3rd c.)	15 Lenten Fast—Wine and Oil are Allowed Great Canon of St Andrew of Crete Presanctified Liturgy Holy Martyr Sabbas the Goth (372)	16 Lenten Fast—Wine and Oil are Allowed Presanctified Liturgy Virgin Martyrs Agape, Irene, and Chionia in Illyria (295 or 304)	17 Lenten Fast—Wine and Oil are Allowed Saturday of the Akathist to the Most-Holy Theotokos Hieromartyr Simeon, Bishop in Persia, and those with him (343)
18 Lenten Fast—Wine and Oil are Allowed Fifth Sunday of Lent St Mary of Egypt Our Holy Father John, Disciple of St Gregory of Decapolis (820) The Holy Martyr John the New of Ioannina (1526)	19 Lenten Fast St John of the Ancient Caves in Palestine (8th c.) Our Holy Father Agathangelos (1819)	20 Lenten Fast St Theodore Trichinas (the Hair-shirt wearer), hermit near Constantinople (400) Holy Apostle Zaccheus	21 Lenten Fast Presanctified Liturgy Hieromartyr Januarius and those with him (305)	22 Lenten Fast Our Holy Father Theodore of Sykeon (613) Holy Martyr Leonidas (202) Our Holy Father, the monk Vitalis	23 Lenten Fast—Wine and Oil are Allowed Presanctified Liturgy Holy Greatmartyr, Victorybearer and Wonderworker George Holy Glorious Great-martyr, Victory-bearer and Wonderworker George (303)	24 Lenten Fast—Wine, Oil and Caviar are Allowed Lazarus Saturday Martyr Sabbas Strateletes ("the General") of Rome, and 70 soldiers with him (272)
25 Lenten Fast—Fish, Wine and Oil are Allowed Palm Sunday: Entrance of Our Lord into Jerusalem Holy Apostle and Evangelist Mark Holy Apostle and Evangelist Mark (68?) Saint Ananias, Second Bishop of Alexandria (1st c.)	26 Lenten Fast—No overrides Presanctified Liturgy Great and Holy Monday Hieromartyr Basil, bishop of Amasia and Righteous Virgin Glaphyra (322) St Stephen,Bishop of Perm (1396)	27 Lenten Fast—No overrides Presanctified Liturgy Great and Holy Tuesday 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 Lenten Fast—No overrides Presanctified Liturgy Great and Holy Wednesday The Nine Martyrs at Cyzicus (3rd c.)	29 Lenten Fast—Wine and Oil are Allowed Great and Holy Thursday Apostles Jason and Sosipater St Basil, bishop of Ostrog in Montenegro (Serbia) (1671)	30 Lenten Fast—Strict Fast Great and Holy Friday 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)