6 April
38 commemorations of 6 April in the fixed calendar of the Church, the Menaion. Churches on the Old Calendar keep this day on 19 April of the civil calendar.
Saints
- Hieromartyr Archilias, Priest, and Martyr Jeremiah, of Rome (3rd century)orthochristian.com · oca.org · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Platonis (Platonida) of Nisibis, reposed in peace (c. 300-308)Ἡ Ὁσία Πλατωνὶς ἡ ἐν Νισίβειsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Martyr Platonis (Platonides) and two martyrs buried up to their loins, at Ascalon in PalestineἩ Ἁγία Πλατωνὶς ἡ Μάρτυς καὶ οἱ δύο σὺν αὐτῇ Μάρτυρεςsynaxarion.gr · Roman Martyrology · holytrinityorthodox.com
- Hieromartyr Irenaeus, Bishop of Sirmium in Hungary (304)Ὁ Ἅγιος Εἰρηναῖος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας Ἐπίσκοπος Σιρμίουsynaxarion.gr
- 120 Martyrs of Persia under Shapur II (c. 344-347)Οἱ Ἅγιοι ἑκατὸν εἴκοσι Μάρτυρες ἐν Περσίδιsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · Roman Martyrology · pravoslavie.ru
- Martyrs Timothy and Diogenes, in Macedonia, by Arians (345)Οἱ Ἅγιοι Τιμόθεος καὶ Διογένης οἱ Μάρτυρεςsynaxarion.gr · Roman Martyrology
- Saint Eutychius, Patriarch of Constantinople (582)Ὁ Ἅγιος Εὐτύχιος Πατριάρχης Κωνσταντινουπόλεωςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Equal-to-the-Apostles Methodius of Moravia, Archbishop of Moravia and Enlightener of the Slavs (885)oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
Orthodox saints after the Schism
- Venerable Gregory (Drimys) of the Great Lavra on Mount Athos (Gregory the Byzantine) (1310), instructor of St. Gregory PalamasὉ Ὅσιος Γρηγόριος ὁ Βυζάντιοςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Gregory of Sinai (Mt. Athos) (Gregory the Sinaite) (1347)Ὁ Ὅσιος Γρηγόριος ὁ Σιναΐτηςsynaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Rufus the Obedient, of the Kiev Far Caves (14th century)Ὁ Ὅσιος Ροῦφος ὁ Ἀσκητὴςsynaxarion.gr
- New Martyr Nicholas the Deacon, of Mytilene (1463)pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Aphonios, Bishop of Novgorod from 1635-1649 (1652)Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀφώνιος Ἐπίσκοπος Νόβγκοροντsynaxarion.gr
- New Martyr Paul the Russian, at Constantinople (1683)pravoslavie.ru
- New Hieromartyr Gennadius of Dionysiou, Mt. Athos, at Constantinople (1818)Ὁ Ἅγιος Γεννάδιος ὁ Ὁσιομάρτυραςsynaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- New Martyrs Manuel, Theodore, George, Michael, and another George, of Samothrace, at Makri in Thrace (1835)Οἱ Ἅγιοι Μανουήλ, Θεόδωρος, Γεώργιος, Μιχαὴλ καὶ Γεώργιος οἱ Νεομάρτυρες ἐκ Σαμοθράκηςsynaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Martyrius, monk of Glinsk Hermitage (1865)pravoslavie.ru
New martyrs and confessors
- Martyrs Peter Zhukov and Prohor Mikhailov (1918)mospat.ru
- New Hieromartyr John Boikov, Priest (1934)holytrinityorthodox.com
- New Hieromartyr Jacob Boikov, Priest (1943)holytrinityorthodox.com
- New Hiero-confessor Sebastian (Fomin), Schema-Archimandrite of Optina Monastery and Karaganda (1966)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.
- Saints Florentius, Geminianus and Saturus, martyrs in Sirmium in Pannonia (4th century)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saints Rufina, Moderata, Romana, Secundus and Seven Companions, martyred at Sirmium in Pannonia (4th century)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Marcellinus of Carthage, imperial representative in North Africa, martyred by the Donatists (413)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Celestine, Pope of Rome (432)Roman Martyrology · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Brychan, a King in Wales with twenty-four saintly children (5th century)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Ulched (Ulchad, Ylched), a holy man who gave his name to Llechulched in Anglesey in Walesorthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Winebald (Winewald, Vinebaud), a monk at Saint-Loup-de-Troyes in France where he became abbot (c. 650)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Derfel (Tervillius) the Prince, son of King Joel II, became a hermit in Llandderfel in Gwynedd in Wales (660)Ὁ Ἅγιος Τερβίλλιος ὁ πρίγκιπαςsynaxarion.gr
- Saint Gennard, a monk at Fontenelle Abbey in France and eventually Abbot of Flay (Saint-Germer-de-Fly Abbey) (720)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Berthanc (Berchan), a monk at Iona in Scotland and later Bishop of Kirkwall in Orkney (c. 840)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Prudentius of Troyes (Prudentius Galindo) (861)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Notker the Stammerer, nicknamed Balbulus (the Stammerer), monk at St Gall Abbey where he spent his whole life, excelling as a musician (912)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Urban, Abbot of the Monastery of Peñalba near Astorga in Spain (c. 940)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Ælfstan (Elstan), monk who became Bishop of Ramsbury and succeeded St Ethelwold as Abbot of Abingdon (981)Stanton, Menology of England and Wales · 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.
- Repose of Hieromonk Arsenius of Valaam Monastery (1853)pravoslavie.ru
- Repose of Elder Mardarius of the Nizhni-Novgorod Caves Monastery (1859)pravoslavie.ru
- Repose of Archimandrite Seraphim (Tyapochkin) of Rakitin (1982)pravoslavie.ru
The list is April 6 (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.