16 April
23 commemorations of 16 April in the fixed calendar of the Church, the Menaion. Churches on the Old Calendar keep this day on 29 April of the civil calendar.
Saints
- Martyrs Leonidas of Nea Epidavros, and those with him (250 or 258)
- Charissa, Nika (Niki), Galina, Callista (Calisa, Calida), Nunechia, Basilissa, Theodora, and Irene, of Corinth
- Hieromartyrs Felix, Bishop of Spoleto, and Januarius, Presbyter, and Martyrs Septeminus and Fortunatus, of Lycaonia (294 or 304)Οἱ Ἅγιοι Φήλικας, Ἰανουάριος, Σεπτεμίνος καὶ Φουρτουνάτος οἱ Μάρτυρεςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Virgin-martyrs Agape, Irene, and Chionia of Aquileia, in Thessaloniki (304)Οἱ Ἁγίες Ἀγάπη, Εἰρήνη καὶ Χιονὶα οἱ Μάρτυρεςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Saints Agatho, Eutychia, Cassia and Phillippa, the Confessors, in Thessaloniki, by imprisonment (304)Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ἀγάθων, Εὐτυχία, Κασία καὶ Φιλίππα οἱ Ὁμολογητέςsynaxarion.gr
Orthodox saints after the Schism
- Saint Theodora-Bassa, princess of Novgorod (1378)Ἡ Ὁσία Θεοδώρα – Βάσσα ἡ πριγκίπισσαsynaxarion.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint John, Fool-for-Christ, of Verkhoturye (1701)Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἰωάννης ὁ διὰ Χριστὸν Σαλόςsynaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- New Martyr Michael Burliotes of Smyrna, by beheading (1772)Ὁ Ἅγιος Μιχαὴλ ὁ Νεομάρτυρας ὁ Βουρλιώτηςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- New Monk-martyr Christopher of Dionysiou, Mt. Athos, at Adrianople (1818)Ὁ Ἅγιος Χριστόφορος ὁ Ὁσιομάρτυραςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- New martyrs Christodoulos and Anastasia, in Achaia (1821)Οἱ Ἅγιοι Χριστόδουλος καὶ Ἀναστασία οἱ Νεομάρτυρεςsynaxarion.gr
- Saint Ambrose (Khelaia) the Confessor, Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia (1927)Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀμβρόσιος ὁ Ὁμολογητής Πατριάρχης Γεωργίαςsynaxarion.gr
- Venerable Amphilochios (Makris), Elder, of Patmos (1970)saint.gr
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.
- Virgin-martyr Encratia (Encratis, Encratide, Engracia), who suffered terribly for her faith in Saragossa in Spain (c. 304)orthodoxengland.org.uk · pravoslavie.ru
- The Eighteen Martyrs of Saragossa (c. 304)
- Optatus, Lupercus, Successus, Martial, Urban, Julia, Quintilian, Publius, Fronto, Felix, Caecilian, Eventius, Primitivus, Apodemius and four named Saturninus
- Saint Turibius of Astorga, Bishop of Astorga in Spain and a valiant defender of Orthodoxy (c. 460)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Vasius (Vaise, Vaize), a rich citizen of Saintes in France, murdered by his relatives for giving his property to the poor (c. 500)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Turibius of Palencia, founder of the monastery of Liébana in Asturias in Spain (c. 528)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Paternus (Pair), Bishop of Avranches (c. 574 or 563)Roman Martyrology · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Fructuosus of Braga in Iberia (665)Roman Martyrology · orthodoxengland.org.uk · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Lambert of Saragossa, a servant who was martyred near Saragossa by his Saracen master (c. 900)Roman Martyrology · orthodoxengland.org.uk · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Herveus of Tours (Hervé), monk at the monastery of St Martin of Tours, and hermit (1021)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Elias, Monk and Abbot in Ireland and Germany (1042)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.
- Synaxis of the Weeping Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos "Ilyin Chernigov" (1658)Σύναξις Ὑπεραγίας Θεοτόκου τῆς Γεθσημανῆ ἐν Ρωσίᾳsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Synaxis of the Icon of the Mother of God of Tambov (1692)Σύναξις Ὑπεραγίας Θεοτόκου τοῦ Ταμπὼφ ἐν Ρωσίᾳsynaxarion.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com
The list is April 16 (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.