7 April
28 commemorations of 7 April in the fixed calendar of the Church, the Menaion. Churches on the Old Calendar keep this day on 20 April of the civil calendar.
Saints
- Saint Hegesippus the Chronicler, of Palestine (c. 180)orthochristian.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Hieromartyr Rufinus the Deacon, the Martyr Aquilina, and 200 soldiers with them, at Sinope (c. 249-251)Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ρουφίνος καὶ Ἀκυλίνη οἱ Μάρτυρες καὶ οἱ σὺν αὐτοὶς διακόσιοι Μάρτυρεςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · Roman Martyrology · pravoslavie.ru
- Martyr Calliopios, at Pompeiopolis in Cilicia (304)Ὁ Ἅγιος Καλλιόπιος ὁ Μάρτυραςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · Roman Martyrology · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Serapion the Sindonite, monk, of Egypt (5th century)oca.org · mospat.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint George, Patriarch of Jerusalem (807)holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint George the Confessor (George the Standard-Bearer), Bishop of Mytilene, exiled to Kherson (820)Ὁ Ἅγιος Γεώργιος ὁ Σημειοφόρος Ἐπίσκοπος Μυτιλήνηςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
Orthodox saints after the Schism
- Venerable Leucius, Abbot of Volokolamsk (1492)Ὁ Ὅσιος Λεύκιος ἐκ Ρωσίαςsynaxarion.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Nilus of Sora, founder of Sora Skete, Belozersk (1508)holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Daniel of Pereyaslavl, founder of St. Daniel Monastery (1540)Ὁ Ὅσιος Δανιὴλ τοῦ Περεγιασλάβλsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Peter Kononovich-Sahaydachny (1622)
- Venerable Gerasimus the Byzantine, Hieromonk, of Patmos (1770)Ὁ Ὅσιος Γεράσιμος ὁ Βυζάντιοςsynaxarion.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Gabriel, Archbishop of Ryazan and Zaraisk (1862)pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Schemamonk Agapitus the Blind, of Valaam Monastery (1905)Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἀγαπητὸς ὁ Τυφλόςsynaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Savvas the New of Kalymnos (1947)Ὁ Ὅσιος Σάββας ὁ Νέος ὁ ἐν Καλύμνῳsynaxarion.gr
- Saint Justin (Popovic), Archimandrite of Ćelije Monastery in Serbia and Confessor of Traditional Orthodoxy (1979)holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
New martyrs and confessors
- New Hieromartyr Arcadius Dobronravov, Archpriest, of Tsivilsk, Chuvashia (1933)holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Martyr Eudocia Pavlovoy (1939)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 Saturninus, Bishop of Verona and Confessor (4th century)Roman Martyrology · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Hieromartyr Epiphanius, Bishop in North Africa, with Rufinus the Deacon, Donatus, and Companions - thirteen martyrsΟἱ Ἅγιοι Ἐπιφάνιος, Ρουφίνος καὶ Δονάτος οἱ Μάρτυρες καὶ οἱ σὺν αὐτοῖς μαρτυρήσαντεςsynaxarion.gr · Roman Martyrology · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Venerable Brynach of Wales (Brenach, Bemach, Bemacus) (6th century)orthodoxengland.org.uk · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Finan (Finnian) (6th century)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Goran (Guron, Goronus, Woranus), who lived at Bodmin before St Petroc (6th century)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saints Llewellyn (LLywelyn) and Gwrnerth, monks from Wales who lived in Welshpool and later on Bardsey (6th century)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Gibardus, Abbot of Luxeuil in France during the invasion of the Huns (ca. 888)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 Mother of God "of Byzantium" (The Byzantine Icon) (732)holytrinityorthodox.com
- Uncovering of the relics (1517) of St. Serapion, Archbishop of Novgorod (1516)pravoslavie.ru
- Repose of Schemamonk Theodore of Svir (1822)pravoslavie.ru
- Repose of Schemamonk Agapitus the Blind, of Valaam (1905)pravoslavie.ru
The list is April 7 (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.