12 April
30 commemorations of 12 April in the fixed calendar of the Church, the Menaion. Churches on the Old Calendar keep this day on 25 April of the civil calendar.
Saints
- Hieromartyr Artemon the Presbyter, of Laodicea (284-305)Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀρτέμων ὁ Ἱερομάρτυραςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr
- Martyrs Demas and Protion, and those with them, by beheading (285-305)Οἱ Ἅγιοι Δήμης καὶ Πρωτίων οἱ Μάρτυρες καὶ οἱ σὺν αὐτοῖς μαρτυρήσαντεςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr
- Martyr Sabbas the Goth, at Buzău in Wallachia (372)Ὁ Ἅγιος Σάββας ὁ Μάρτυρας ἐν Μπουζάου Ρουμανίαςorthochristian.com · synaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Isaac the Syrian (Isaac of Monteluco), Abbot of Spoleto, Italy (c. 550)oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable monk-martyrs David, John and Menas, of Palestine, shot by archers (after 636)Οἱ Ἅγιοι Δαβίδ, Ἰωάννης καὶ Μηνᾶς οἱ Ὁσιομάρτυρεςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Basil the Confessor, Bishop of Parium (754)Ὁ Ἅγιος Βασίλειος ὁ Ὁμολογητής Ἐπίσκοπος Παρίουsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Anthusa of Constantinople (809)Ἡ Ὁσία Ἀνθούσαsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Athanasia the Wonderworker (Athanasia of Aegina), Abbess, of Aegina (860)oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Sergius II, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople (1019)Ὁ Ἅγιος Σέργιος Β’ Πατριάρχης Κωνσταντινουπόλεωςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
Orthodox saints after the Schism
- Saint Basil of Ryazan, Bishop of Ryazan (1295)Ὁ Ἅγιος Βασίλειος Ἐπίσκοπος Ριαζὰν καὶ Μούρωμsynaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Acacius of Kapsokalyvia Skete, Mount Athos (1730)Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἀκάκιος ὁ Καυσοκαλυβίτηςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Filofteia Antonescu, Schemanun, from Pasărea Monastery, mother of St. Calinic of Cernica (1833)orthochristian.com
New martyrs and confessors
- New Hieromartyr Demetrius Rozhdestvensky, Protopresbyter of Alma-Ata (1921)
- New Hieromartyr Sergiy Krestnikov (1938)mospat.ru · 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 Vissia, a virgin-martyr in Fermo near Ancona in Italy under Decius (c. 250)orthodoxengland.org.uk · Roman Martyrology
- Saint Victor of Braga (São Victor), a catechumen martyred in Braga in Portugal under Diocletian, thus baptised in his own blood (c. 300)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Julius I, Pope of Rome, defended St Athanasius against his Arian accusers, and also built many churches (352)Roman Martyrology · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Hieromartyr Zeno of Verona, Bishop of Verona (371)oca.org · Roman Martyrology · orthodoxengland.org.uk · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Constantine, the first Bishop of Gap in France (529)Roman Martyrology · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Wigbert (690)Stanton, Menology of England and Wales · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Tetricus, Abbot of St Germanus in Auxerre, then Bishop of Auxerre by popular acclamation, murdered in his sleep (707)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Damian of Pavia, Bishop of Pavia in Lombardy in Italy, who vigorously opposed Monothelitism (710)Ὁ Ἅγιος Δαμιανὸς Ἐπίσκοπος Παβίαςsynaxarion.gr · Roman Martyrology · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Erkemboden, a monk at Sithin in Saint-Omer in France, later Bishop of Thérouanne (714)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Alferius, (Alpherius, Adalfericus), monk, founder of the Monastery of La Cava (1050)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.
- Deposition of the Cincture (Sash) of the Most Holy Theotokos in Constantinople (942)Μετακομιδὴ τῆς Τιμίας Ζώνης τῆς Θεοτόκου εἰς Κωνσταντινούποληsynaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Synaxis of the Murom Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos (early 12th century)Σύναξις Ὑπεραγίας Θεοτόκου ἐν Μούρωμ Ρωσίαςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org
- Synaxis of the Belinich Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos (1876)Σύναξις Ὑπεραγίας Θεοτόκου ἐν Μπελινὶτς τῆς Ρωσίαςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org
- Venerable Neophytus the Recluse, of Cyprus, Wonderworker (1204)Ὁ Ὅσιος Νεόφυτος ὁ Ἔγκλειστοςsynaxarion.gr
- Repose of Archbishop Juvenal of Vilnius, Lithuania, monk of Optina Monastery (1904)pravoslavie.ru
- Proclamation of the autocephaly of the Church of Georgia (1917)Ἀνακήρυξις τοῦ αὐτοκεφάλου τῆς Ἐκκλησίας τῆς Γεωργίαςsynaxarion.gr
The list is April 12 (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.