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28 April

22 commemorations of 28 April in the fixed calendar of the Church, the Menaion. Churches on the Old Calendar keep this day on 11 May of the civil calendar.

Saints

  • Apostles Jason and Sosipater, of the Seventy, and their companions, at Corfu (1st century)
    • Martyrs Saturninus, Jakischolus (Inischolus), Faustianus, Januarius, Marsalius, Euphrasius, Mammius - the holy seven former thieves
    • The virgin Cercyra, and Christodoulos the Ethiopian
    orthochristian.com · pravoslavie.ru
  • Martyrs Zeno, Eusebius, Neon, and Vitalis, who were converted by Apostles Jason and Sosipater (c. 63)pravoslavie.ru
  • Nine martyrs at Cyzicus (c. 286-299)
    • Theognes, Rufus, Antipater, Theostichus, Artemas, Magnus, Theodoulos, Thaumasius, and Philemon
    Οἱ Ἅγιοι ἐννέα Μάρτυρες ἐν Κυζίκῳsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
  • Martyrs Dada, Maximus, and Quintilian at Dorostolum (286)holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
  • Martyr Tibald of Pannonia (304)holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
  • Saint Auxibius II, Bishop of Soli, Cyprus (4th century)Ὁ Ἅγιος Αὐξίβιος Β’ Ἐπίσκοπος Σόλων τῆς Κύπρουsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
  • Venerable Memnon the Wonderworker (6th century)Ὁ Ὅσιος Μέμνων ὁ Θαυματουργόςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr

Orthodox saints after the Schism

  • Saint Cyril of Turov, Bishop (1183)Ὁ Ἅγιος Κύριλλος Ἐπίσκοπος Τούρωφsynaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru
  • Saint Cyril, in the world Cyriacus, founder and abbot of Syrinsk Monastery, Kargopol (1st half of XVI)holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
  • Venerable Isaiah of Onogošt, ascetic monk who lived in a cave which would later become Ostrog Monastery (end of XVI - beginning of XVII)manastirostrog.com

New martyrs and confessors

  • Virgin-martyr Anna Shashkina, new martyr of Yaroslavl-Rostov (1940)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 Aphrodisius, Caralippus, Agapius, and Eusebius (65)orthodoxengland.org.uk
  • Saint Mark of Galilee, bishop and martyr (92)
  • Saint Artemius (Arthemius), Bishop of Sens (609)
  • Saint Gerard the Pilgrim (c. 639)Stanton, Menology of England and Wales
  • Venerable Crónán, abbot of Roscrea, Ireland (640)holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
  • Saint Pamphilus, Bishop of Sulmona and Corfinium (c. 700)
  • Saint Prudentius, Bishop of Tarazona in Aragon (c. 700)
  • Saint Adalbero, Bishop of Augsburg (909)

Other commemorations

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

  • The Miracle at Carthage (c. 610-641)Διήγηση γενομένου θαύματος ἐν Καρθαγένῃ Βορείου Ἀφρικῆςsynaxarion.gr · full-of-grace-and-truth.blogspot.com
  • Repose of Archimandrite Hilarion (Argatu) of Cernica (1999)pravoslavie.ru
  • Repose of Hieroschemamonk Dionysius (Ignat) of Kolitsou Skete, Mt. Athos (2004)pravoslavie.ru

The list is April 28 (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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