17 April
24 commemorations of 17 April in the fixed calendar of the Church, the Menaion. Churches on the Old Calendar keep this day on 30 April of the civil calendar.
Saints
- Hieromartyr Anicetus, Pope of Rome (166)Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀνίκητος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας πάπας Ρώμηςsynaxarion.gr · orthodoxengland.org.uk · Roman Martyrology
- Martyr Adrian of Corinth, in Persia (251)Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀδριανὸς ὁ Μάρτυρας ὁ Νέοςorthochristian.com · synaxarion.gr · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Hieromartyr Symeon (Shemon Bar Sabbae), Bishop in Persia, and those with him (341)
- Hieromartyrs Abdechalas and Ananias, priests
- Martyrs Chusdazat (Usphazanes) and Azat, the eunuchs
- Fusicus, the dignitary and Ascitrea, his daughter, and 1,150 (or 1,250 or 1,515) others
- Saint Acacius II, Bishop of Melitene (435)oca.org · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Agapitus I, Pope of Rome (536)Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀγαπητὸς πάπας Ρώμηςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Ephraim the Great, Bishop of Atsquri, Georgia (9th century)Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἐφραὶμ ὁ Μεγάλοςsynaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru
Orthodox saints after the Schism
- Venerable Zosimas of Solovki (1478)Ὁ Ὅσιος Ζωσιμᾶςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Macarios (Notaras) of Corinth (1805)Ὁ Ἅγιος Μακάριος Ἀρχιεπίσκοπος Κορίνθουsynaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Saints Apostolos (1846) and Theocharis (1829), brothers, of ArtaΟἱ Ὅσιοι Ἀπόστολος καὶ Θεοχάρης οἱ αὐτάδελφοιsynaxarion.gr
- Venerable Paisius, Fool-for-Christ, of the Kiev Caves (1893)Ὁ Ὅσιος Παΐσιος ὁ διὰ Χριστὸν Σαλόςsynaxarion.gr · orthochristian.com · pravoslavie.ru
New martyrs and confessors
- New Hieromartyr John Prigorovsky of Krasnoyarsk, Priest (1918)holytrinityorthodox.com
- New Hieromartyr Michael Novitsky, Confessor, Archpriest, of Uzda, Belorussia (1935)calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- New Hieromartyr Theodore Nedosekin of Moscow, Priest (1942)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 Mappalicus and Companions, in Carthage under Decius (250)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Martyrs Fortunatus and MarcianRoman Martyrology · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Innocent of Tortona, Bishop of Tortona and Confessor (350)Roman Martyrology · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Pantagathus, a courtier who later became Bishop of Vienne in France (540)Roman Martyrology · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Villicus, a very virtuous Bishop of Metz in France 543-568orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Monk-martyr Donnán of Eigg and those with him, in Scotland (618)orthodoxengland.org.uk · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Landericus (Landry of Metz), Bishop of Meaux, then Abbot of Soignies (7th century)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Wando (Vando), monk and Abbot of Fontenelle Abbey in France (c. 756)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Martyrs Isidore, Elias and Paul of Cordoba, Spain, by the Moors (856)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.
- Uncovering of the relics (1641) of St. Alexander of Svir, founder of Svir Monastery (1533)Μετακομιδὴ Τιμίων Λειψάνων Ὁσίου Ἀλεξάνδρου τοῦ ἐκ Ρωσίαςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Repose of Hiero-schema-monk Constantine of Ekaterinburg (1960)pravoslavie.ru
The list is April 17 (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.