1 April
24 commemorations of 1 April in the fixed calendar of the Church, the Menaion. Churches on the Old Calendar keep this day on 14 April of the civil calendar.
In the map: St. Mary of Egypt
Saints
- Saints Hermes and Theodora the martyrs (132)Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ἑρμῆς καὶ Θεοδώρα οἱ Μάρτυρεςsynaxarion.gr
- Saint Melito of Sardis, Bishop of Sardis (177)orthochristian.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Martyrs Gerontius and Basilides (3rd century)Οἱ Ἅγιοι Βασιλείδης καὶ Γερόντιος οἱ Μάρτυρεςsynaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Saints Alexander, Dionysius, Ingeniani, Panteros (or Pantainos), Parthenios and Saturninus the MartyrsΟἱ Ἅγιοι Ἀλέξανδρος, Διονύσιος, Ἰνγενιανή, Πάντερος ἢ Πάνταινος, Παρθένιος καὶ Σατουρνίνος οἱ Μάρτυρεςsynaxarion.gr
- Martyr PolynikosὉ Ἅγιος Πολύνικος ὁ Μάρτυραςsynaxarion.gr
- Righteous Achaz (Ahaz)Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἄχαζ ὁ Δίκαιοςsynaxarion.gr
- Saint Mary of Egypt (c. 421)Ἡ Ὁσία Μαρία ἡ Αἰγυπτίαsynaxarion.gr · ocafs.oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Makarios of Pelekete, Abbot of Pelekete Monastery (820)Ὁ Ὅσιος Μακάριος ἡγούμενος τῆς μονῆς Πελεκητῆςsynaxarion.gr · ocafs.oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Procopius of Sázava, Abbot of Sázava in Bohemia (1053)orthodoxengland.org.uk · pravoslavie.ru
Orthodox saints after the Schism
- Saint John Shavteli of Salosi (John of Black Mountain), Georgia (12th-13th century)Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἰωάννης ὁ Φιλόσοφος ἐκ Γεωργίαςsynaxarion.gr · ocafs.oca.org
- Saint Eulogius of Salosi, Georgia, (Eulogius the Prophet), Fool-for-Christ (12th-13th century)Ὁ Ὅσιος Εὐλόγιος ὁ διὰ Χριστὸν Σαλόςsynaxarion.gr
- Martyr Abraham of Bulgaria, on the Volga, Wonderworker of Vladimir (1229)Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀβραάμιος ὁ Νεομάρτυρας ἐκ Βουλγαρίαςsynaxarion.gr · ocafs.oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Gerontius of the Kiev Caves, Canonarch of the Kiev Caves (14th century)Ὁ Ὅσιος Γερόντιος ὁ Κανονάρχηςsynaxarion.gr · ocafs.oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Euthymius the Wonderworker, Archimandrite of Suzdal (1404)Ὁ Ὅσιος Εὐθύμιος ὁ Θαυματουργόςsynaxarion.gr · ocafs.oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Pachomius (Romansky), Archbishop of Roman and Galați, Moldavia, and monk of the Kiev Caves (1724)crestinortodox.ro · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Barsanuphius of Optina, Elder (1913)Ὁ Ὅσιος Βαρσανούφιος τῆς Ὄπτιναsynaxarion.gr · ocafs.oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
New martyrs and confessors
- New martyr Michael (Misha), Fool-for-Christ (1931)holytrinityorthodox.com
- New Hieromartyr Sergius (Zavarin), Archpriest, of Yaroslavl (1938)mospat.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- New Hiero-confessor Schema-bishop Macarius (Vasiliev), at the Pskov Caves Monastery (1944)Ὁ Ὅσιος Μακάριος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας ὁ Νέοςsynaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru
Saints of the West before the Schism
Saints of the Latin West before the Schism of 1054. The Orthodox Church honours the saints of the undivided Church, though few of these are in the Greek or Slavic Menaia; this list follows the calendars kept by the Orthodox in the West.
- Venantius, a Dalmatian bishop whose relics were brought from Spalato to Rome in 641 (c. 255)Roman Martyrology · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Walric (Walericus, Valéry), Abbot of Leuconay (Saint-Valery-sur-Somme) (622)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saints Caidoc and Fricor (Adrian), Welsh missionaries (7th century)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Dodolinus of Vienne, Bishop of Vienne in the Dauphiné in France (7th century)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Cellach (Cellach mac Congaile), Archbishop of Armagh in Ireland, previously the Abbot of Iona in Scotland and founder of the Monastery of Kells (815)orthodoxengland.org.uk
The list is April 1 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics), read on 2026-09-25 and adapted under CC BY-SA 4.0: its sections and years, the Greek headings of the Great Synaxaristes where it cites them, and beside each line the sources it names. Names in bold are the saints the day is named for in Greek usage, checked against the Church of Cyprus.