4 April
31 commemorations of 4 April in the fixed calendar of the Church, the Menaion. Churches on the Old Calendar keep this day on 17 April of the civil calendar.
Saints
- Martyrs Agathopodes, a deacon, and Theodulus, a lector, at Thessalonica, under Maximian (c. 286–305)Οἱ Ἅγιοι Θεόδουλος καὶ Ἀγαθόπους οἱ Μάρτυρεςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr
- Virgin-martyr Pherbutha (Tarbula, Phermoutha, Ferfouthe) of Persia, with her sister Mekadoshta and the latter’s maidservant (343)Ἡ Ἁγία Φερφούθη, ἡ ἀδελφή της καὶ ἡ δούλη αὐτῶν οἱ Μάρτυρεςorthochristian.com · synaxarion.gr · oca.org · forum-orthodoxe.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable George of Mount Maleon (Malevon) in Laconia, monk, in the Peloponnese (5th-6th centuries)Ὁ Ὅσιος Γεώργιος ὁ ἐν Μαλεῷsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Publius the EgyptianὉ Ὅσιος Πόπλιος ὁ Αἰγύπτιοςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr
- Venerable Zosimas of Palestine, Hieromonk (c. 560)Ὁ Ὅσιος Ζωσιμᾶςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Saints Theonas, Symeon, and Fervinus (Phorbinus)Οἱ Ὅσιοι Θεωνᾶς, Συμεὼν καὶ Φερβίνοςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr
- Venerable Platon the Studite (Plato of Sakkoudion), Abbot of the Studion and Confessor (812)Ὁ Ὅσιος Πλάτωνsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr
- Venerable Joseph the Hymnographer, of Sicily (883)oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
Orthodox saints after the Schism
- Venerable Joseph the Much-ailing, of the Kiev Caves (14th century)Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἰωσὴφ ὁ Πολύαθλοςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable James, monk of Starotorzhok (Old Torzhok) in Galich, Kostroma (15th-16th centuries)holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Theonas, Metropolitan of Thessaloniki (1541)Ὁ Ἅγιος Θεωνᾶς Ἀρχιεπίσκοπος Θεσσαλονίκηςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Zosimas, founder and abbot of the Annunciation Monastery at Lake Vorbozoma (Vorbosomsk) (1550)Ὁ Ὅσιος Ζωσιμᾶς ἐκ Ρωσίαςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- New Hieromartyr Nicetas the Albanian, of Mount Athos and Serres (1808)Ὁ Ἅγιος Νικήτας ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας ἐκ Σερρῶνsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Elias of Makeyevka, Schema-monk, of Makeyevka, Ukraine (1949)pravoslavie.ru
New martyrs and confessors
- New Hieromartyr Benjamin (Kononov), Archimandrite, of Solovki Monastery (1928)mospat.ru · pravoslavie.ru
- New Hieromartyr Nicephorus (Kuchin), Hieromonk, of Solovki Monastery (1928)pravoslavie.ru
- New Hieromartyr Nicholas (Karaulov), Bishop of Velsk (1932)pravoslavie.ru
- New Nun-martyr Maria (Lelyanova) of Gatchina (1932)pravoslavie.ru
- New Hieromartyr John Vechorko, Priest (1933)holytrinityorthodox.com
- Martyr John Kolesnikov (1943)holytrinityorthodox.com
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.
- Saint Guier, a priest and hermit in Cornwall, where a church recalls his nameorthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Gwerir, a hermit near Liskeard in Cornwall, at whose grave King Alfred was healed of a serious illnessorthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Tigernach of Clones (Tigernake, Tierney, Tierry), Abbot of Clones, succeeded St Macartin as bishop at Clogher in Ireland (549)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Isidore of Seville, Bishop of Seville (636)Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἰσίδωρος Ἐπίσκοπος Σεβίλληςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · orthodoxengland.org.uk · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Hildebert of Ghent, Abbot of Saint Peter's Abbey, Ghent, Belgium, martyred by fanatics for defending the veneration of icons (752)orthodoxengland.org.uk
Other commemorations
Glorifications, translations of relics, wonderworking icons, and monks and elders remembered on the day, not all of whom are canonized.
- Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos "The Life-giving Spring" (450)pravoslavie.ru
- The Akathist Hymn (Chairetismoi) to the Virgin Mary (626)Ἀκάθιστος Ὕμνοςsynaxarion.gr
- Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos "Gerontissa" ("Eldress"), at Pantokratoros monastery, Mount AthosΣύναξις Ὑπεραγίας Θεοτόκου τῆς Γεροντίσσηςsynaxarion.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com
- The Icon of the Mother of God "Deliverer" ("Deliveress") (1841, 1889)holytrinityorthodox.com
- Repose of Elder Savvas of Little St. Anne's Skete, Mt. Athos (1908)pravoslavie.ru
- Repose of Archimandrite John (Maitland Moir) of Edinburgh, Scotland (April 17, 2013)pravoslavie.ru
The list is April 4 (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.