April 21 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

April 20 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - April 22

All fixed commemorations below are observed on May 4 by Eastern Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.

For April 21, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on April 8.

Saints

 * Martyrs Theodore of Perge in Pamphylia, his mother Philippa, and Dioscorus, Socrates, and Dionysius (c. 138-161) (see also: April 19 - Greek)
 * Martyr Alexandra the Empress, wife of Diocletian, and those with her (303):   (see also: April 23)
 * Martyrs Isaacius, Apollo, and Codratus, of Nicomedia.


 * Hieromartyrs Januarius, Bishop of Benevento, and his companions (c. 305)
 * Faustus, Proclus, and Sosius, Deacons;
 * Desiderius, Reader; and
 * Gantiol, Eutychius, and Acutius, laymen, at Pozzuoli.


 * Saint Maximianus, Archbishop of Constantinople (434)
 * Venerable Anastasius Sinaita, Abbot of the Monastery of St. Catherine at Sinai (c. 700)  (see also: April 20 - Slavic)
 * Martyr Karol (Charles)

Pre-Schism Western saints

 * Saint Cyprian, Bishop of Brescia (582)
 * Saint Beuno, Abbot, of Clynnog Fawr, Wales (642)
 * Saint Maelruba of Apur Crossan (Maelrubius, Maolrubha), Ireland (722)
 * Saint Frodulphus (Frou), a monk at St Martin's in Autun (c. 750)

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

 * Saint Theodore the Philosopher of Kamske, martyred by Mongols (1323)
 * Venerable Jacob (Jakov, James), Abbot of Stromynsk Monastery, Radonezh (1392)
 * Saint Alexis, Priest of, Bortsurmany, Nizhny Novgorod (1848)

New martyrs and confessors

 * New Hieromartyr John Prigorovsky, Priest (1918)
 * Saint Nicholas Pisarevsky, Confessor, Priest (1933)
 * New Hieromartyr Alexis Protopopov, Priest (1938)
 * New Hieromartyr Protopresbyter Basil Martysz of Teratyn, Chelm and Podlasie, Poland (1945)  (see also: May 4)

Other commemorations

 * Synaxis of The Mozdok Icon of the Mother of God (Mozdokskaya) (1768)
 * Uncovering of the relics (1999) of St. Theodore, Abbot of Sanaxar Monastery (1791)
 * Repose of Schemamonk Nicetas of Valaam Monastery (1907)
 * Repose of Elder Dometian of Tula (1908)
 * Repose of Hieroschemamonk Antipas II of Valaam Monastery (1912)
 * Repose of Nun Stefanida of Kosovo, Serbia.