26 April
23 commemorations of 26 April in the fixed calendar of the Church, the Menaion. Churches on the Old Calendar keep this day on 9 May of the civil calendar.
Saints
- Martyrs Cyril, Chindeu, and Tasie of Axiopolis (c. 304)orthochristian.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Righteous Virgin-martyr Glaphyra of Nicomedia (322)Ἡ Ἁγία Γλαφυρήsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Hieromartyr Basil of Amasea, Bishop of Amasea (c. 323)Ὁ Ἅγιος Βασιλέας ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας Ἐπίσκοπος Ἀμασείαςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Saints Andrew and Anatolius, disciples of St. Euthymius the Great (5th century)Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἀνατόλιος ὁ Σιναΐτηςsynaxarion.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Justa, nunἩ Ὁσία Ἰούσταsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr
- Venerable NestorὉ Ὅσιος Νέστωρsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr
- Saint Leo of Samos (Leontos), Bishop of Samos, Wonderworker (9th century)Ὁ Ἅγιος Λέων Ἐπίσκοπος Σάμουsynaxarion.gr
Orthodox saints after the Schism
- Venerable George of Cyprus, first Igumen of the Monastery of St. John Chrysostomos, near Koutsovendis, in the Kyrenia District of Cyprus (1091)Ὁ Ὅσιος Γεώργιος κτίτορας τῆς μονῆς Χρυσοστόμου Κύπρουsynaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Calantius of Tamassos (Kalandios), one of the "300 Allemagne Saints" in Cyprus (12th century)Ὁ Ὅσιος Καλανδίωνsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Stephen of Perm, Bishop of Perm (1396)Ὁ Ἅγιος Στέφανος Ἐπίσκοπος Πέρμsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- New Martyrs of Novo Selo ("Holy Trinity" Novoselska convent), Bulgaria (1876)pravoslavie.ru
New martyrs and confessors
- New martyrs John Pankov, priest, and his children Nicholas Pankov, and Peter Pankov, new martyrs of Orlov (1918)mospat.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com
- Venerable Elder Ieronymos of Simonopetra (1957)orthodoxianewsagency.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.
- Peter of Braga (Peter of Rates), first Bishop and martyr of Braga in Portugal (c. 60)orthodoxengland.org.uk · Roman Martyrology
- Saint Marcellinus, a Pope of Rome, who may have been martyred in repentance for his previous errors (304)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Exuperantia, a saint whose relics are venerated in Troyes in France (c. 380)Roman Martyrology · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Lucidius of Verona, Bishop of Verona in ItalyRoman Martyrology · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Clarentius (Clarent), successor of St Etherius as Bishop of Vienne in France (c. 620)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Trudpert, a hermit, possibly from Ireland, who lived in Münstethal in Germany (c. 644)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Richarius (Riquier), Abbot, Confessor, in Picardy (645)Roman Martyrology · holytrinityorthodox.com · 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.
- Translation of the sacred relics of Saint Joanikije of Devič, Serbia (1430)Ἀνακομιδὴ Τιμίων Λειψάνων Ὁσίου Ἰωαννικίου τοῦ Ἀναχωρητοῦ τοῦ ἐκ Σερβίαςsynaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Repose of Schema-nun Agnia (Chizhikov) of Akulovo (1984)pravoslavie.ru
- Repose of Schema-Archimandrite Aimilianos (Vafeidis) of Simonopetra (2019)pravoslavie.ru
The list is April 26 (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.