13 April
23 commemorations of 13 April in the fixed calendar of the Church, the Menaion. Churches on the Old Calendar keep this day on 26 April of the civil calendar.
Saints
- Saints Theodosia the Princess (daughter of Emperor Hadrian), and the Eunuch Gerontios (c. 117-138)Οἱ Ἅγιοι Θεοδοσία καὶ Γερόντιοςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr
- Martyrs Dadas, Quinctillian and Maximus, the Lectors (c. 284-305)Οἱ Ἅγιοι Δάδας, Κυντιλλιανὸς καὶ Μάξιμος οἱ Ἀναγνῶστεςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr
- Martyr Crescens of Myra in Lycia (3rd century)orthochristian.com · oca.org · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Hieromartyr Artemon, priest of Laodicea in Syria (303)oca.org · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Martyrs Eleutherius of Persia, and Zoilus, by beheading (4th century)Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ἐλευθέριος καὶ Ζωΐλος οἱ Μάρτυρεςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Martyr Theodosius, by the swordὉ Ἅγιος Θεοδόσιος ὁ Μάρτυραςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com
- Martyr Thomais of Alexandria (476)oca.org · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Martyrius, Patriarch of Jerusalem (486)holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Martin the Confessor, Pope of Rome (655)Ὁ Ἅγιος Μαρτίνος πάπας Ρώμηςsynaxarion.gr · orthodoxengland.org.uk · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Two Confessor Bishops, who were exiled to the Crimean peninsula together with St. Martin the Confessor, Pope of Rome (ca. 655)Μνήμη τῶν δύο Ἐπισκόπων Ὁμολογητῶν τῶν ἐξορισθέντων σὺν τῷ Ἁγίῳ Μαρτίνῳsynaxarion.gr
- Venerable martyr Christophoros, of the Great Lavra of St. Sabbas the SanctifiedὉ Ἅγιος Χριστόφορος ὁ Ὁσιομάρτυραςsynaxarion.gr
Orthodox saints after the Schism
- Saint Arsenios of Elassonna (Arsenius of Suzdal), Archbishop of Elassona (1625)Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀρσένιος Ἀρχιεπίσκοπος Ἐλασσῶνοςsynaxarion.gr
- Venerable Herman, Archimandrite, of Svyatogorsk Monastery (1890)pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Anastasia (Duchess Alexandra Petrovna of Oldenburg), nun and foundress of the Holy Protection Convent (Pokrovsky) in Kiev (1900)pravoslavie.ru
New martyrs and confessors
- New Hieromartyr Stephen (Bekh), Bishop of Izhevsk (1933)Ὁ Ἅγιος Στέφανος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας ὁ Νέοςsynaxarion.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com
- Virgin-martyr Martha Testova (1941)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 Ursus, Bishop of Ravenna and Confessor (396)Roman Martyrology · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Martius, Abbot, of Clermont in Gaul (c. 530)holytrinityorthodox.com · orthodoxengland.org.uk · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Hermenegild, son of the Visigothic King of Spain, Leovigild (586)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Guinoch of Buchan (Guinoc, Guinochus), a Bishop in Scotland (ca. 838)holytrinityorthodox.com · 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 Archimandrite Herman of Svyatogorsk (1890)pravoslavie.ru
- Translation of the relics (1967) of the Holy New Martyr George of Cyprus (1752)Ἀνακομιδὴ Τιμίων Λειψάνων Ἁγίου Νεομάρτυρα Γεωργίου τοῦ Κυπρίουsynaxarion.gr
- Repose of Elder Cosmas of Pantokratoros monastery, Mt. Athos (1970)pravoslavie.ru
The list is April 13 (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.