19 April
25 commemorations of 19 April in the fixed calendar of the Church, the Menaion. Churches on the Old Calendar keep this day on 2 May of the civil calendar.
In the map: St. Matrona of Moscow
Saints
- Martyrs Theodore of Perge in Pamphylia, his mother Philippa, and Dioscorus, Socrates, and Dionysius (c. 138-161)Ὁ Ἅγιος Θεόδωρος ὁ Μάρτυρας καὶ οἱ σὺν αὐτῷ μαρτυρήσαντεςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · orthochristian.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Hieromartyr Paphnutius of Jerusalem and 546 companions martyred with him (284-305)Ὁ Ἅγιος Παφνούτιος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας ὁ Ἱεροσολυμήτης καὶ οἱ σὺν αὐτῷ πεντακόσιοι τεσσαράκοντα ἕξι Μάρτυρεςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Martyrs Hermogenes, Caius, Expeditus, Aristonicus, Rufus and Galatas, at Melitine, in ArmeniaΟἱ Ἅγιοι Ἑρμογένης, Γάϊος, Ἐξπέδιτος, Ἀριστόνικος, Ροῦφος καὶ Γαλατὰς οἱ Μάρτυρεςsynaxarion.gr
- Martyrs Christopher, Theonas, and Antoninus, at Nicomedia (303)oca.org · mospat.ru · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint George the Confessor, Bishop of Antioch in Pisidia, Confessor of the Faith (c. 741-775)Ὁ Ἅγιος Γεώργιος ὁ Ὁμολογητής Ἐπίσκοπος Πισιδίαςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable John of the Ancient Caves (John Paleolavrite) in Palestine (8th century)oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Tryphon of Constantinople, Patriarch of Constantinople (931)Ὁ Ἅγιος Τρύφωνας Πατριάρχης Κωνσταντινουπόλεωςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- St. Nicephorus, Abbot of Katabadoca.org · pravoslavie.ru
Orthodox saints after the Schism
- Venerable Symeon the Barefoot, of Philotheou Monastery, Mount Athos (1594)Ὁ Ὅσιος Συμεὼν ἡγούμενος τῆς μονῆς Φιλοθέου Ἁγίου Ὄρουςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Joasaph (Bolotov) of Kodiak, Enlightener of Alaska and the American land (1799)holytrinityorthodox.com
- New Monk-martyr Agathangelus of Esphigmenou Monastery, Mt. Athos, at Smyrna (1819)Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀγαθάγγελος ὁ Ὁσιομάρτυρας ὁ Νέοςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Matrona the Blind, of Moscow (1952)holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Sebastian the Confessor of Optina and Karaganda (Elder Sebastian of Optina), Wonderworker and Clairvoyant, last of the great Optina Elders (1966)Ὁ Ὅσιος Σεβαστιανὸς τοῦ Καραγκάνταsynaxarion.gr
New martyrs and confessors
- New Hiero-confessor Victor (Ostrovidov), Bishop of Glazov (1934)Ὁ Ἅγιος Βίκτωρ ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας Ἐπίσκοπος Γκλαζὼφsynaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- New Hieromartyr Demetrius Vlasenkov, Priest of Alma-Ata (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.
- Saint Vincent of Collioure, a martyr in Collioure in Languedoc in the south of France, under Diocletian (c. 304)orthodoxengland.org.uk · Roman Martyrology
- Saint Crescentius, confessor, a subdeacon in Florence in Italy and a disciple of St Zenobius and St Ambrose (c. 396)Roman Martyrology · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Ursmar, missionary bishop, founder of Aulne Abbey and Wallers Abbey (713)Roman Martyrology · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Gerold, hermit at a village near Mitternach (978)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Hieromartyr Alphege of Canterbury, Archbishop of Canterbury (1012)Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀλπέγιος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας Ἀρχιεπίσκοπος Καντουαρίαςsynaxarion.gr · Roman Martyrology · orthodoxengland.org.uk · pravoslavie.ru
Other commemorations
Glorifications, translations of relics, wonderworking icons, and monks and elders remembered on the day, not all of whom are canonized.
- Icon of the Most Holy Mother of God "Chrysafitissis" in Monemvasiapravoslavie.ru
- Translation of the relics of Saint Moses the Wonderworker, Archbishop of Novgorod (1362)Ἀνακομιδὴ Τιμίων Λειψάνων Ἁγίου Μωυσῆ τοῦ Θαυματουργοῦsynaxarion.gr
- Uncovering of the relics (1621) of St. Joachim, founder of Opochka Monastery in Pskov (c. 1550)holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Repose of Fool-for-Christ Asenetha (Klementyeva) of Goritsy (1892)Ἡ Ἁγία Ἀσυνὲθ ἡ διὰ Χριστὸν Σαλήsynaxarion.gr · pravenc.ru · pravoslavie.ru
- Repose of Hieroschemamonk and Schema-Metropolitan Alexis of Valaam (1900)pravoslavie.ru
The list is April 19 (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.