23 April
22 commemorations of 23 April in the fixed calendar of the Church, the Menaion. Churches on the Old Calendar keep this day on 6 May of the civil calendar.
In the map: St. George the Great Martyr (c. 275-303)
Saints
- Martyrs Donatus and Therinus of Bothrotus, in Epirus (c. 250)Οἱ Ἅγιοι Δονάτος καὶ Θερινὸς οἱ Μάρτυρεςsynaxarion.gr · orthochristian.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Holy Glorious Great-martyr and Victory-bearer and Wonderworker George (303)Ὁ Ἅγιος Γεώργιος ὁ Μεγαλομάρτυρας ὁ Τροπαιοφόροςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · mospat.ru · Roman Martyrology · Stanton, Menology of England and Wales · antiochian.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Martyr Polychronia, mother of Great-martyr Saint George, a Greek native of Lydda (Diospolis) (303)Ἡ Ἁγία Πολυχρονία ἡ Μάρτυςsynaxarion.gr
- Martyrs Anatolius and Protoleon, soldiers converted by witnessing the martyrdom of St. George; and martyrs Glycerius and Athanasius the Magician, at Nicomedia (303)Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ἀνατόλιος καὶ Πρωτολέων οἱ στρατηλάτεςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Martyr Valerius, by the swordὉ Ἅγιος Οὐαλέριος ὁ Μάρτυραςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr
- Martyr Alexandra the Empress, wife of Diocletian (303)oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
Orthodox saints after the Schism
- Blessed George of Shenkursk, Fool-for-Christ (1462)Ὁ Ἅγιος Γεώργιος ὁ ἐκ Ρωσίαςsynaxarion.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- New Martyr George of Cyprus, at Ptolemais (1752)Ὁ Ἅγιος Γεώργιος ὁ Νεομάρτυρας ὁ Κύπριοςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- King Solomon I of Imeretia, Georgia (1784)pravoslavie.ru
- New Martyr Lazarus of Bulgaria, who suffered at Pergamus (1802)Ὁ Ἅγιος Λάζαρος ὁ Νεομάρτυραςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Blessed Sophia of Kleisoura (Myrtidiotissa in Schema), the ascetic of Kleisoura, Fool-for-Christ (1974)pravoslavie.ru
New martyrs and confessors
- New Hieromartyr Priest Igor (George) of Spas Chekriak village, Russia (1918)holytrinityorthodox.com
- New Hieromartyr John Anserov, Priest of Alma-Ata (1940)holytrinityorthodox.com
- New Hieromartyr Sergius Zacharczuk, priest, of Nabroz, Chełm and Podlasie, Poland (1943)holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
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 Felix, Fortunatus, and Achilleus, at Valence in France (212)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Marolus, a Syrian by origin, he became Bishop of Milan in Italy in 408 (423)Roman Martyrology · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Ibar of Beggerin (Iberius, Ivor), an enlightener in Ireland, who mainly preached in Leinster and Meath (5th century)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Pusinna, a holy virgin in Champagne in France who had six sisters, all widely honoured as saints (5th-6th centuries)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Gerard of Toul, Bishop of Toul in France (994)Roman Martyrology · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Adalbert of Prague (Voitech), Bishop of Prague (997)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.
- Repose of Protopresbyter John Labunsky of Nizhyn (1945)cpgazeta.wordpress.com
- Repose of Bishop Barnabas (Belyaev) of Nizhny Novgorod (1963)pravoslavie.ru
The list is April 23 (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.