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27 April

25 commemorations of 27 April in the fixed calendar of the Church, the Menaion. Churches on the Old Calendar keep this day on 10 May of the civil calendar.

Saints

  • Saint Symeon the Kinsman of the Lord, Apostle of the Seventy and Hieromartyr (107)Ὁ Ἅγιος Συμεὼν ὁ Ἀδελφόθεος Ἐπίσκοπος Ἱεροσολύμωνorthochristian.com · synaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru
  • Martyr Publius (Poplion), by the swordὉ Ἅγιος Ποπλίων ὁ Μάρτυραςsynaxarion.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com
  • Martyr Lollion the Younger (Lollion the New)Ὁ Ἅγιος Λολλίων ὁ Μάρτυρας ὁ Νέοςsynaxarion.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com
  • Saint Pollion the Reader (Pollio), of Cibalis in Pannonia, burnt alive under Diocletian (306)orthodoxengland.org.uk · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
  • Saint Eulogius the Hospitable of Constantinople (6th century)Ὁ Ὅσιος Εὐλόγιος ὁ λατόμοςsynaxarion.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com · ocafs.oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
  • Saint Nicon, abbot of the Monastery of St. Gerasimus (6th century)holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
  • Saint Simeon Stylites the Younger of Cilicia (597), and his brother GeorgeΟἱ Ὅσιοι Συμεὼν καὶ Γεώργιοςsynaxarion.gr
  • Saint John of Cathares, Abbot of Cathares Monastery at Constantinople (839)Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἰωάννης ὁ Ὁμολογητήςsynaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru

Orthodox saints after the Schism

  • New Hieromartyr Seraphim, Bishop of Phanarion and Neokhorion (1601)holytrinityorthodox.com
  • New Martyr Elias (Ardunis) of Mount Athos (1686)holytrinityorthodox.com
  • Saint Basil (Kishkin), Hieroschemamonk of Glinsk and Ploshchansk hermitages (1831)pravoslavie.ru

New martyrs and confessors

  • New Hieromartyrs Paul Svetozarov, Protopresbyter, and John Rozhdestvensky, Priest, and those with them (1922)
    • Martyrs Peter Yazykov, Nicholas Malkov, Auxentius Kalashnikov, Sergius Mefodiev and Virgin-martyr Anastasia of Shui and Palekh, at Ivanova
    holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
  • Virgin-martyr Mary Nosova (1938)mospat.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com
  • New Hieromartyr John Spassky, priest of Tver (1941)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 Liberalis of Treviso, priest from the area near Ancona in Italy who worked for the conversion of the Arians and suffered much at their hands (400)orthodoxengland.org.uk
  • Saint Theophilus, Bishop of Brescia (427)Ὁ Ἅγιος Θεόφιλος Ἐπίσκοπος Βρεσκίαςsynaxarion.gr · Roman Martyrology
  • Saint Maughold, Bishop of the Isle of Man (c. 488)holytrinityorthodox.com
  • Saint Assicus (Ascicus, Tassach), first bishop of Elphin, Ireland, converted to Christianity by Saint Patrick (490)
  • Saint Tertullian, eighth Bishop of Bologna in Italy (490)
  • Saint Enoder (Cynidr, Kenedr, Quidic) (6th century)
  • Saint Winewald, Abbot of Beverley in England (c. 731)
  • Saint Floribert of Liège (746)holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru

Other commemorations

Glorifications, translations of relics, wonderworking icons, and monks and elders remembered on the day, not all of whom are canonized.

  • Incineration of the relics of Saint Sabbas, first Archbishop of Serbia, by Sinan Pasha (1595)antiochian.org · pravoslavie.ru
  • Apparition of Our Lady of Kazan in Aleksandrovka, Saint Petersburg Governorate (1826)drevo-info.ru · sedmitza.ru
  • Glorification (1999) of New Hieromartyr Hilarion (Troitsky), Archbishop of Verey (1929)pravoslavie.ru

The list is April 27 (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.

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