5 April
26 commemorations of 5 April in the fixed calendar of the Church, the Menaion. Churches on the Old Calendar keep this day on 18 April of the civil calendar.
Saints
- Martyrs Claudius, Diodorus, Victor, Victorinus, Pappias, Serapion and Nicephorus, at Corinth (251 or 258)Οἱ Ἅγιοι Οὐϊκτωρίνος, Οὐΐκτωρ, Νικηφόρος, Κλαύδιος, Διόδωρος, Σαραπίων καὶ Παπίας οἱ Μάρτυρεςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr
- Martyrs Theodulus, Reader, and Agathopodes, Deacon, and those with them, at Thessaloniki (c. 303)orthochristian.com · oca.org · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Martyrs Zenon, by fire, Maximus, Terentius and Pompeius, by the sword (250)Ὁ Ἅγιος Ζήνων ὁ Μάρτυραςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr
- Martyr Thermos (Fermus, Firmus), by fireὉ Ἅγιος Θέρμος ὁ Μάρτυραςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com
- The Holy Noble Lady (sister of martyr Thermos/Fermus), and her Servant, martyrs, by the swordΟἱ Ἁγίες κυρία καὶ δούλη οἱ Μάρτυρεςsynaxarion.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com
- Holy Five Young Virgin-Martyrs of Lesbos, by the swordΟἱ Ἁγίες Πέντε Μάρτυρες νεάνιδες ἀπὸ τὴν Λέσβοsynaxarion.gr · Roman Martyrology · ecclesia.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com
- Virgin-martyr Theodora and Martyr Didymus the Soldier, of Alexandria (304)Οἱ Ἅγιοι Δίδυμος καὶ Θεοδώρα οἱ Μάρτυρεςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Martyr Ypomoni (Hypomoni, Evpomoni)Ἡ Ἁγία Ὑπομονὴ ἡ Μάρτυςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr
- Venerable Publius of Egypt, monk (4th century)oca.org · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Saints Theonas, Symeon, and Phorbinus, of Egypt (4th century)holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Mark the Anchorite of Athens (ca. 400)mospat.ru · oca.org · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Plato the Confessor, Abbot of the Studion (813)oca.org · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Theodora of Thessaloniki (886)Ἡ Ὁσία Θεοδώρα ἡ ἐν Θεσσαλονίκῃsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
Orthodox saints after the Schism
- Saint Argyre the Neomartyr of Prussa (1721)Ἡ Ἁγία Ἀργυρὴ ἡ Νεομάρτυςsynaxarion.gr
- New Martyr George of New Ephesus (1801)Ὁ Ἅγιος Γεώργιος ὁ Νεομάρτυρας ἐκ χώρας Σάμουsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- New Martyr Panagiotes of Jerusalem (1820)Ὁ Ἅγιος Παναγιώτης ὁ Νεομάρτυραςsynaxarion.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
New martyrs and confessors
- New Hieromartyr Alexis Krotenkov, Priest (1930)holytrinityorthodox.com
- New Hieromartyr Nicholas Simo, Archpriest, of Kronstadt (1931)holytrinityorthodox.com · 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.
- Holy Martyrs of North-West Africa, a large group martyred at the Easter liturgy by Genseric, the Arian King of the Vandals (459)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Bécán (Began), one of the 'Twelve Apostles of Ireland' (6th century)Ὁ Ἅγιος Μπέκαν ὁ ἐξ Ἰρλανδίαςsynaxarion.gr · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Venerable Derfel-Gadarn, a soldier and afterwards a hermit in Llanderfel in Gwynedd in Wales (6th century)orthodoxengland.org.uk · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Æthelburh of Kent (c. 647)Stanton, Menology of England and Wales
Other commemorations
Glorifications, translations of relics, wonderworking icons, and monks and elders remembered on the day, not all of whom are canonized.
- Translation of the relics (1652) of St. Job, Patriarch of Moscow (1607)Μετακομιδὴ Τιμίων Λειψάνων Ἁγίου Ἰὼβ Πατριάρχου Μόσχας καὶ πάσης Ρωσίαςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Martyrdom of the Optina monastics (Optina martyrs) on Pascha (1993)
- Hieromonk Vasily (Roslyakov); with Riassaphore-monks Therapontus (Pushkarev), and Trophimus (Tatarinov)
- Repose of Righteous Symeon Klimych (1837)pravoslavie.ru
- Repose of Elder Philemon of Valaam and Jordanville (1953)pravoslavie.ru
The list is April 5 (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.