8 April
17 commemorations of 8 April in the fixed calendar of the Church, the Menaion. Churches on the Old Calendar keep this day on 21 April of the civil calendar.
Saints
- Holy Apostles of the Seventy
- Herodion, Agabus, Asyncritus of Hyrcania, Rufus, Phlegon, Hermes, and those who suffered with them (1st century)
- Martyr Pausilipus of Heraclea in Thrace (ca. 117–138)Ὁ Ἅγιος Παυσίλυπος ὁ Μάρτυραςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Monk-martyrs Josiah and Joseph, of Mt. Kharasam, Persia (c. 341)holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Celestine, Pope of Rome (432)Ὁ Ἅγιος Κελεστίνος πάπας Ρώμηςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
Orthodox saints after the Schism
- Saint Philaret of Seminara (Filarete of Calabria), Calabria (ca. 1070)holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Niphont, Bishop of Novgorod (1156)Ὁ Ἅγιος Νήφων ὁ Θαυματουργός Ἐπίσκοπος Νόβγκοροντsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Rufus the Recluse (Rufus the Obedient), of the Kiev Caves (14th century)oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- New Martyr John (Koulikas) (1564)ecclesia.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- New Martyr John Naukliros ("the Navigator"), burned alive on Kos (1669)Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἰωάννης ὁ Νεομάρτυρας ὁ ναύκληροςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · goarch.org · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
New martyrs and confessors
- New Hieromartyr Sergius Rodakovsky, Archpriest, of Tal, Belorussia (1933)mospat.ru · 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.
- Martys Januarius, Maxima and Macaria, in North AfricaΟἱ Ἅγιοι Ἰανουάριος, Μαξίμη καὶ Μακαρία οἱ Μάρτυρεςsynaxarion.gr · Roman Martyrology · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Martyr Concessa, a martyr venerated from early times in Carthage in North AfricaRoman Martyrology · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Amantius of Como, successor of St Provinus as Bishop of Como in Italy (440)Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀμάνδοςsynaxarion.gr · Roman Martyrology · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Perpetuus, Bishop of Tours in France (490)Ὁ Ἅγιος Περπέτουοςsynaxarion.gr · Roman Martyrology · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Redemptus, Bishop of Ferentini in Italy (586)Roman Martyrology · 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.
- Spanish Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos (792)holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Repose of Righteous Helen Voronova (1916), disciple of Elder Barsanuphius of Optina Monasterypravoslavie.ru
The list is April 8 (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.