15 April
27 commemorations of 15 April in the fixed calendar of the Church, the Menaion. Churches on the Old Calendar keep this day on 28 April of the civil calendar.
Saints
- Apostles Aristarchus of Apamea, Pudens, and Trophimus of the Seventy Apostles (c. 67)oca.org · orthochristian.com · mospat.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Martyrs Basilissa and Anastasia of Rome, disciples of Apostles Peter and Paul (c. 68)Οἱ Ἁγίες Ἀναστασία καὶ Βασίλισσα μαθήτριες τῶν Ἀποστόλων Πέτρου καὶ Παύλουsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Martyr Sukia (Suchias) and nineteen companions with him (c. 100-130)
- Andrew, Anastasius, Thalaleus, Theodoretus, Ivchirion, Jordan, Quadratus, Lucian, Mimnenus, Nerangius, Polyeuctus, Jacob, Phocas, Domentianus, Victor, and Zosima (Chorimos), of Georgia, in Armenia
- Hieromartyr Theodore and martyr Pausilippus of Thrace, by the sword (c. 117-138)Οἱ Ἅγιοι Θεόδωρος καὶ Παυσολύπιος οἱ Μάρτυρεςsynaxarion.gr · Roman Martyrology · pravoslavie.ru
- Martyrs Maximus and Olympiada, in Persia (c. 249-251)Οἱ Ἅγιοι Μάξιμος καὶ Ὀλυμπιάδα οἱ Μάρτυρεςsynaxarion.gr
- Saint Leonidas, Bishop of Athens (250)Ὁ Ἅγιος Λεωνίδης Ἐπίσκοπος Ἀθηνῶνsynaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Martyr Crescens of Myra in Lycia, by fire (3rd century)Ὁ Ἅγιος Κρήσκης ὁ Μάρτυραςsynaxarion.gr · Roman Martyrology · pravoslavie.ru
- Martyr Sabbas the Goth, at Buzău in Wallachia (372)oca.org · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Ephraim the Great of Atsquri (9th century)oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
Orthodox saints after the Schism
- Saint Mstislav-Theodore, Prince of Kiev (1132)Ὁ Ἅγιος Μστισλάβος – Θεόδωρος πρίγκιπας Κιέβουsynaxarion.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Basil of Moldovita, Igumen of Moldovița Monastery and Wonderworker (ca. 1455)Ὁ Ὅσιος Βασίλειος ὁ Θαυματουργόςsynaxarion.gr
- Venerable Dionysius of Pereyaslavl-Zalessky, monk of the Nikitsky Monastery (1645)Ὁ Ὅσιος Διονύσιος τοῦ Περεγιασλάβλsynaxarion.gr
- Hieromartyr Ananias (Lambardis) of Lacedaemonia, Metropolitan Bishop of Lacedaemonia (1764)Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀνανίας ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας Μητροπολίτης Λακεδαιμονίαςsynaxarion.gr
- Basil of Poiana Mărului (1767)oca.org · holytrinityorthodox.com
- Righteous Daniel of Achinsk, Siberia (1843)holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
New martyrs and confessors
- New Hieromartyr Alexander Gnevushev, Priest (1930)orthochristian.com · 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.
- Martyrs Maro, Eutyches and Victorinus, at Rome, under Trajan (c. 99)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Martyr Eutychius, in Ferentino in Italyorthodoxengland.org.uk
- Child-martyr Laurentinus Sossius, a boy aged five, martyred on Good Friday in Valrovina near Vicenza in Italy (485)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Paternus (Paternus of Vannes, Padarn), Bishop and founder of the monastery of Llanbadarn Fawr (the great monastery of Padarn) near Aberystwyth in Wales (565)Ὁ Ἅγιος Πατέρνοςsynaxarion.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Ruadhan (Ruadan, Rodan), one of the leading disciples of St Finian of Clonard, founder and abbot of Lothra, Ireland (c. 584)holytrinityorthodox.com · orthodoxengland.org.uk · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Silvester, second Abbot of Moutier-Saint-Jean (Réome) near Dijon in France (c. 625)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Hunna, the self-sacrificing wife of a nobleman in Alsace, now in France (679)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Nidger (Nidgar, Nitgar, Neodegar), Abbot of Ottobeuren Abbey in Bavaria, became Bishop of Augsburg in Germany (c. 829)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Mundus (Munde, Mund, Mond), an abbot who founded several monasteries in Argyll in Scotland (c. 962)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 Hieroschemamonk Michael (Pitkevich) of Valaam and Pskov Caves, the last Elder of Valaam (1962)ppmon.ru · pravoslavie.ru
- Repose of Bishop Stephen (Nikitin) of Kaluga (1963)pravoslavie.ru
The list is April 15 (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.