April 17 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

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All fixed commemorations below are observed on April 30 by Eastern Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.^{[note 1]}

For April 17th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on April 4.

Saints

• Hieromartyr Anicetus, Pope of Rome (166)^{[1][2][3][4][note 2]}
• Martyr Adrian of Corinth, in Persia (251)^[5][6][7]
• Hieromartyr Symeon (Shemon Bar Sabbae), Bishop in Persia, and those with him (341):^[5][8][9]

• Hieromartyrs Abdechalas and Ananias, priests;
• Martyrs Chusdazat (Usphazanes) and Azat,^[10] the eunuchs;
• Fusicus, the dignitary and Ascitrea, his daughter,^[11] and 1,150 (or 1,250 or 1,515) others.

• Saint Acacius II, Bishop of Melitene (435)^{[5][12][13][note 3]} (see also: April 18)
• Saint Agapitus I, Pope of Rome (536)^[5][14][15] (see also: September 20; April 22 - West)
• Saint Ephraim the Great, Bishop of Atsquri, Georgia (9th century)^[5][16] (see also: April 15)

Pre-Schism Western saints

• Martyrs Mappalicus and Companions, in Carthage under Decius (250)^{[2][note 4]}
• Martyrs Fortunatus and Marcian.^[2][3]
• Saint Innocent of Tortona, Bishop of Tortona and Confessor (350)^{[2][3][note 5][note 6]}
• Saint Pantagathus, a courtier who later became Bishop of Vienne in France (540)^[2][3]
• Saint Villicus, a very virtuous Bishop of Metz in France 543-568 (568)^[2]
• Monk-martyr Donnán of Eigg and those with him, in Scotland (618)^{[2][5][17][18][note 7]}
• Saint Landericus (Landry of Metz), Bishop of Meaux, then Abbot of Soignies (7th century)^[2][19]
• Saint Wando (Vando), monk and Abbot of Fontenelle Abbey in France (c. 756)^{[2][note 8]}
• Martyrs Isidore, Elias and Paul of Cordoba, Spain, by the Moors (856)^{[2][3][note 9]} (see also: April 30)

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

• Venerable Zosimas of Solovki (1478)^[5][21][22]
• Saint Macarios (Notaras) of Corinth (1805)^[5][23]
• Venerable Saints Apostolos (1846) and Theocharis (1829), brothers, of Arta.^{[24][note 10]}
• Venerable Paisius, Fool-for-Christ, of the Kiev Caves (1893)^[5][25][26]

New martyrs and confessors

• New Hieromartyr John Prigorovsky of Krasnoyarsk, Priest (1918)^[12][27]
• New Hieromartyr Michael Novitsky, Confessor, Archpriest, of Uzda, Belorussia (1935)^[5][12][28]
• New Hieromartyr Theodore Nedosekin of Moscow, Priest (1942)^[12][28][27]

Other commemorations

• Uncovering of the relics (1641) of St. Alexander of Svir, founder of Svir Monastery (1533)^[5][29][30]
• Repose of Hiero-schema-monk Constantine of Ekaterinburg (1960)^[5]

Icon gallery

• 
  Hieromartyr Anicetus, Pope of Rome.
• 
  Hieromartyr Symeon (Shemon Bar Sabbae), Bishop in Persia.
• 
  Agapitus I, Pope of Rome
• 
  Venerable Zosimas of Solovki.
• 
  St. Macarios (Notaras) of Corinth.
• 
  St. Alexander of Svir.

Notes

1. The notation Old Style or (OS) is sometimes used to indicate a date in the Julian Calendar (which is used by churches on the "Old Calendar").
   The notation New Style or (NS), indicates a date in the Revised Julian calendar (which is used by churches on the "New Calendar").
2. A Syrian by descent, he was Bishop of Rome from about 152 till 166. During this period St Polycarp of Smyrna visited Rome to settle with him the question of the date of Easter. Anicetus took a firm stand against the Gnostics and may have been martyred.
3. He should not be confused with St Acacius the Confessor (March 31), who was also a bishop of Melitene.
4. "In Africa, the birthday of blessed Mappalicus, and many others who were crowned with martyrdom, as is related by St. Cyprian in his epistle to the Martyrs and Confessors."^[3]
5. A confessor under Diocletian, he was scourged and just escaped death. He was later ordained priest and became Bishop of Tortona in Italy (c 326).
6. See: (in Italian) Innocenzo di Tortona. Wikipedia. (Italian Wikipedia).
7. St Donnán was a monk at Iona with St Columba and founded a monastery on the Island of Eigg in the Inner Hebrides, off the west coast of Scotland. He and his fifty-two monks were massacred by heathen raiders on Easter Sunday 618.
8. As a result of a false accusation he was exiled to Troyes but was reinstated after his innocence had been proved.
9. Elias, Paul and Isidore (SS.) MM. (April 17) (9th century) "St. Elias was a priest venerable for age and virtue, who together with Paul and Isidore, two young Christians, his spiritual children, suffered for Christ (A.D. 856) at Cordova in Spain in the persecution under the Caliph Mohammed. St. Eulogius makes special mention of them in his History of the Times."^[20]
10. They are also commemorated on the Sunday of Myrrh-bearing Women, the second Sunday following Pascha.

References

1. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀνίκητος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας πάπας Ρώμης. 17 Απριλίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.
2. April 17. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
3. The Roman Martyrology. Transl. by the Archbishop of Baltimore. Last Edition, According to the Copy Printed at Rome in 1914. Revised Edition, with the Imprimatur of His Eminence Cardinal Gibbons. Baltimore: John Murphy Company, 1916. p. 108.
4. Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. Anicetus, Pope, M. (A.D. 168.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Fourth: April. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. p. 219.
5. April 17 / April 30. Orthodox Calendar (pravoslavie.ru).
6. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀδριανὸς ὁ Μάρτυρας ὁ Νέος. 17 Απριλίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.
7. Martyr Adrian of Corinth. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
8. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Συμεὼν ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας Ἐπίσκοπος Περσίδος καὶ οἱ σὺν αὐτῷ Μαρτυρήσαντες. 17 Απριλίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.
9. Hieromartyr Simeon the Bishop in Persia, and those with him in Persia. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
10. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀζὰτ ὁ Εὐνοῦχος. 17 Απριλίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.
11. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Φουσὶκ ὁ Μάρτυρας καὶ ἡ θυγατέρα αὐτοῦ. 17 Απριλίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.
12. April 30 / April 17. Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
13. St Acacius the Bishop of Melitene. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
14. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀγαπητὸς πάπας Ρώμης. 17 Απριλίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.
15. St Agapitus the Pope of Rome. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
16. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἐφραὶμ ὁ Μεγάλος. 17 Απριλίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.
17. Very Rev. John O'Hanlon. "Article I.—St. Donnan, of Ega, or Egg Island, Abbot, and Fifty-Two of His Companions, Martyrs, in Scotland. [Sixth and Seventh Centuries]." In: Lives of the Irish Saints: With Special Festivals, and the Commemorations of Holy Persons. Vol. IV. Dublin, 1875. pp. 190-193.
18. Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. Domnan and Comp., MM. (about A.D. 600.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Fourth: April. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. p. 220.
19. Very Rev. John O'Hanlon. "Article VII.—St. Landricus, or Landry, Bishop of Meaux, or Metz, France. [Seventh Century]." In: Lives of the Irish Saints: With Special Festivals, and the Commemorations of Holy Persons. Vol. IV. Dublin, 1875. pp. 198-201.
20. "Elias, Paul, and Isidore (SS.) MM. (April 17)." In: The Benedictine Monks of St. Augustine's Abbey, Ramsgate (Comp.). The Book of Saints: A Dictionary of Servants of God Canonised by the Catholic Church: Extracted from the Roman & Other Martyrologies. London: A. & C. Black, Ltd., 1921. p. 91.
21. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ὅσιος Ζωσιμᾶς. 17 Απριλίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.
22. Venerable Zosimas the Abbot of Solovki. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
23. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Μακάριος Ἀρχιεπίσκοπος Κορίνθου. 17 Απριλίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.
24. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Οἱ Ὅσιοι Ἀπόστολος καὶ Θεοχάρης οἱ αὐτάδελφοι. 17 Απριλίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.
25. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ὅσιος Παΐσιος ὁ διὰ Χριστὸν Σαλός. 17 Απριλίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.
26. Russian Church Adds 30 Locally-Venerated Saints to Church-Wide Calendar. Orthodox Christianity. December 1, 2017.
27. The Autonomous Orthodox Metropolia of Western Europe and the Americas. St. Hilarion Calendar of Saints for the year of our Lord 2004. St. Hilarion Press (Austin, TX). p. 29.
28. (in Russian) Русская Православная Церковь Православный Церковный календарь на 2023 год.
29. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Μετακομιδὴ Τιμίων Λειψάνων Ὁσίου Ἀλεξάνδρου τοῦ ἐκ Ρωσίας. 17 Απριλίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.
30. Uncovering of the relics of the Venerable Alexander the Abbot of Svir. OCA - Lives of the Saints.

Sources

• April 17 / April 30. Orthodox Calendar (pravoslavie.ru).
• April 30 / April 17. Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
• April 17. OCA - The Lives of the Saints.
• The Autonomous Orthodox Metropolia of Western Europe and the Americas. St. Hilarion Calendar of Saints for the year of our Lord 2004. St. Hilarion Press (Austin, TX). p. 29.
• April 17. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
• The Roman Martyrology. Transl. by the Archbishop of Baltimore. Last Edition, According to the Copy Printed at Rome in 1914. Revised Edition, with the Imprimatur of His Eminence Cardinal Gibbons. Baltimore: John Murphy Company, 1916. p. 108.

Greek Sources

• Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) 17 Απριλίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.
• (in Greek) Συναξαριστής. 17 Απριλίου. ecclesia.gr. (H Εκκλησια Τησ Ελλαδοσ).

Russian Sources

• (in Russian) 30 апреля (17 апреля). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).
• (in Russian) Русская Православная Церковь Православный Церковный календарь на 2023 год.