April 26 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

• Martyrs Cyril, Chindeu, and Tasie of Axiopolis (c. 304)[https://orthochristian.com/calendar/20200426.html April 26 / May 9]. Orthodox Calendar (Pravoslavie.ru).
• Righteous Virgin-martyr Glaphyra of Nicomedia (322)Great Synaxaristes: {{in lang|el}} [http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/2783/sxsaintinfo.aspx Ἡ Ἁγία Γλαφυρή]. 26 Απριλίου. Μέγας Συναξαριστής.{{in lang|el}} Συναξαριστής. [http://www.ecclesia.gr/greek/synaxaire/synaxari.asp?minas=4&id=237 26 Απριλίου]. Ecclesia.gr. (H Εκκλησία της Ελλάδος).[http://oca.org/saints/lives/2014/04/26/101209-righteous-virginmartyr-glaphyra Righteous Virginmartyr Glaphyra]. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
• Hieromartyr Basil of Amasea, Bishop of Amasea (c. 323)Great Synaxaristes: {{in lang|el}} [http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/2782/sxsaintinfo.aspx Ὁ Ἅγιος Βασιλέας ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας Ἐπίσκοπος Ἀμασείας]. 26 Απριλίου. Μέγας Συναξαριστής.[http://oca.org/saints/lives/2014/04/26/101207-hieromartyr-basil-the-bishop-of-amasea Hieromartyr Basil the Bishop of Amasea]. OCA - Lives of the Saints.Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. Basil of Amasea, B.M. (About A.D. 322.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Fourth: April. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. p. 350.{{#tag:ref|"At Amasea, in Pontus, St. Basileus, bishop and martyr, whose illustrious martyrdom occurred under the emperor Licinius. His body was thrown into the sea; but being found by Elpidiphorus, through the revelation of an angel, it was honorably entombed."The Roman Martyrology. Transl. by the Archbishop of Baltimore. Last Edition, According to the Copy Printed at Rome in 1914. Revised Edition, with the Imprimatur of His Eminence Cardinal Gibbons. Baltimore: John Murphy Company, 1916. p. 117.|group=note}}
• Saints Andrew and Anatolius,Great Synaxaristes: {{in lang|el}} [http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/2786/sxsaintinfo.aspx Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἀνατόλιος ὁ Σιναΐτης]. 26 Απριλίου. Μέγας Συναξαριστής. disciples of St. Euthymius the Great (5th century)[http://www.holytrinityorthodox.com/calendar/index.php?year=2013&today=9&month=5&trp=0&tzo=-4 May 9 / April 26]. Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
• Saint Justa, nun.Great Synaxaristes: {{in lang|el}} [http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/2784/sxsaintinfo.aspx Ἡ Ὁσία Ἰούστα]. 26 Απριλίου. Μέγας Συναξαριστής.
• Venerable Nestor.Great Synaxaristes: {{in lang|el}} [http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/2785/sxsaintinfo.aspx Ὁ Ὅσιος Νέστωρ]. 26 Απριλίου. Μέγας Συναξαριστής.
• Saint Leo of Samos (Leontos), Bishop of Samos, Wonderworker (9th century)Great Synaxaristes: {{in lang|el}} [http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/2787/sxsaintinfo.aspx Ὁ Ἅγιος Λέων Ἐπίσκοπος Σάμου]. 26 Απριλίου. Μέγας Συναξαριστής.{{#tag:ref|His feast day was originally celebrated on April 29. Today however he is honoured by the local church in Samos on April 26.|group=note}}

• Peter of Braga (Peter of Rates), first Bishop and martyr of Braga in Portugal (c. 60).[http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/stdapr.htm April 26]. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
• Saint Marcellinus, a Pope of Rome, who may have been martyred in repentance for his previous errors (304)Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. Marcellinus, Pope, M. (A.D. 304.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Fourth: April. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. pp. 345-349.{{#tag:ref|"In the same city, in the time of Maximian, St. Marcellinus, pope and martyr, who was beheaded for the faith of Christ, with Claudius, Cyrinus, and Antoninus. So great was the persecution at this time that within a month seventeen thousand Christians were crowned with martyrdom."|group=note}} (see also: June 7 - East)
• Saint Exuperantia, a saint whose relics are venerated in Troyes in France (c. 380).
• Saint Lucidius of Verona, Bishop of Verona in Italy.
• Saint Clarentius (Clarent), successor of St Etherius as Bishop of Vienne in France (c. 620)
• Saint Trudpert, a hermit, possibly from Ireland, who lived in Münstethal in Germany (c. 644)Very Rev. John O'Hanlon. "Article I.—St. Trudpert, of Brisgau, in Germany, Hermit and Martyr. [Sixth and Seventh Centuries.]." In: Lives of the Irish Saints: With Special Festivals, and the Commemorations of Holy Persons. VOL. IV. Dublin, 1875. pp. 496-502.Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. Trudpert, H.M. (A.D. 643.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Fourth: April. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. p. 351.{{#tag:ref|He may later have been murdered. The monastery of St Trudpert was built on the site.|group=note}}
• Saint Richarius (Riquier), Abbot, Confessor, in Picardy (645)Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. Richarius, Ab. of Centule. (7th cent.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Fourth: April. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. p. 352.{{#tag:ref|Born at Centula (Celles) near Amiens in the north of France, he became a priest and founded a monastery in his native village, later called Saint-Riquier after him. He was the first to devote himself to the work of ransoming captives and reposed a hermit.|group=note}}

• Venerable George of Cyprus, first Igumen of the Monastery of St. John Chrysostomos, near Koutsovendis, in the Kyrenia District of Cyprus (1091)Great Synaxaristes: {{in lang|el}} [http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/2788/sxsaintinfo.aspx Ὁ Ὅσιος Γεώργιος κτίτορας τῆς μονῆς Χρυσοστόμου Κύπρου]. 26 Απριλίου. Μέγας Συναξαριστής.
• Venerable Calantius of Tamassos (Kalandios), one of the "300 Allemagne Saints" in Cyprus (12th century)Great Synaxaristes: {{in lang|el}} [http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/2789/sxsaintinfo.aspx Ὁ Ὅσιος Καλανδίων]. 26 Απριλίου. Μέγας Συναξαριστής.{{#tag:ref|The "300 Allemagne Saints" came to Cyprus from Palestine, and lived as ascetics in various parts of the island. Included among the "300 Allemagne Saints" are:

:* Venerable Anastasios the Wonderwoker of Cyprus, September 17

:* Venerable Abbacum the Ascetic of Cyprus, Wonderworker, December 2

:* Venerable Cassian the Martyr (Kassianos), December 4

:* Martyr Constantine of Cyprus (Constantine of Allemagne), Wonderworker, July 1

According to some of their lives in the Great Synaxaristes, after the dissolution of the Second Crusade (1147 - 1149), they decided to live the monastic life in the Jordan desert. However since the Latins there disturbed them, they relocated to Cyprus and dispersed over the island.Great Synaxaristes: {{in lang|el}} [http://synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/681/sxsaintinfo.aspx Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἀναστάσιος ὁ Θαυματουργός ὁ ἐν Κύπρῳ]. 17 Σεπτεμβρίου. Μέγας Συναξαριστής.Great Synaxaristes: {{in lang|el}} [http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/1339/sxsaintinfo.aspx Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἀββακοὺμ ὁ ἀσκητὴς]. 2 Δεκεμβρίου. Μέγας Συναξαριστής.|group=note}}

• Saint Stephen of Perm, Bishop of Perm (1396)Great Synaxaristes: {{in lang|el}} [http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/2790/sxsaintinfo.aspx Ὁ Ἅγιος Στέφανος Ἐπίσκοπος Πέρμ]. 26 Απριλίου. Μέγας Συναξαριστής.[http://oca.org/saints/lives/2014/04/26/101208-st-stephen-the-bishop-of-perm St Stephen the Bishop of Perm]. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
• New Martyrs of Novo Selo ("Holy Trinity" Novoselska convent), Bulgaria (1876)

• New martyrs John Pankov, priest, and his children Nicholas Pankov, and Peter Pankov, new martyrs of Orlov (1918){{in lang|ru}} [http://mospat.ru/calendar/2013/05/09 26 апреля (ст.ст.) 9 мая 2013 (нов. ст.)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140502032853/http://mospat.ru/calendar/2013/05/09 |date=2014-05-02 }}. Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR).The Autonomous Orthodox Metropolia of Western Europe and the Americas (ROCOR). St. Hilarion Calendar of Saints for the year of our Lord 2004. St. Hilarion Press (Austin, TX). p. 31.
• Venerable Elder Ieronymos of Simonopetra (1957){{in lang|el}} [https://www.orthodoxianewsagency.gr/agioreitika/agios-ieronymos-simonopetritis-i-proti-timi-tou-os-agiou-sti-moni-tou/ Άγιος Ιερώνυμος Σιμωνοπετρίτης: Η πρώτη τιμή του ως Αγίου στη Μονή του]. Ορθοδοξία News Agency (Orthodoxia). 29 Νοεμβρίου, 2019 - 22:35. Retrieved: 22 May, 2020.{{#tag:ref|On October 20, 2019, at the Protaton Church in Karyes on Mt. Athos, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew announced the glorification of four great 20th-century Athonite elders would soon proceed, including:
• Daniel of Katounakia (†1929)
• Ieronymos of Simonopetra (†1957)
• Joseph the Hesychast (†1959), and
• Ephraim of Katounakia (†1998).[https://orthochristian.com/124847.html Elder Joseph the Hesychast, Three Other 20th-Century Athonite Elders Canonized]. Orthodox Christianity. Mt. Athos, October 21, 2019.{{in lang|el}} [https://www.romfea.gr/agioritika-nea/32409-o-oikoumenikos-patriarxis-aniggeile-tesseris-nees-agiokatatajeis-agioreiton-pateron Ο Οικουμενικός Πατριάρχης ανήγγειλε τέσσερις νέες αγιοκατατάξεις Αγιορειτών Πατέρων]. Ρομφαία. (Romfea.gr). 20/10 18:22.

The official statement from the Ecumenical Patriarchate was made on November 27, 2019:

• {{in lang|el}} "Εἰδικώτερον, ἡ Ἁγία καί Ἱερά Σύνοδος, ἀποδεχθεῖσα εἰσήγησιν τῆς Κανονικῆς Ἐπιτροπῆς ἀνέγραψεν εἰς τό Ἁγιολόγιον τῆς Ὀρθοδόξου Ἐκκλησίας τούς ἐγνωσμένης ὁσιακῆς βιοτῆς καί πολιτείας Ἱερομόναχον Ἱερώνυμον Σιμωνοπετρίτην, Καθηγούμενον χρηματίσαντα τῆς ἐν Ἁγίῳ Ὄρει Ἱερᾶς Βασιλικῆς, Πατριαρχικῆς καί Σταυροπηγιακῆς Μονῆς Σίμωνος Πέτρας, καί ἀκολούθως Οἰκονόμον καί Πνευματικόν τοῦ Μετοχίου Ἀναλήψεως Βύρωνος Ἀττικῆς, καί Ἀρχιμανδρίτην Σωφρόνιον Σαχάρωφ, Καθηγούμενον χρηματίσαντα καί κτίτορα τῆς ἐν Ἔσσεξ Ἀγγλίας Ἱερᾶς Πατριαρχικῆς καί Σταυροπηγιακῆς Μονῆς Τιμίου Προδρόμου."{{in lang|el}} [http://www.ec-patr.org/docdisplay.php?lang=gr&id=2913&tla=gr Ανακοινωθέν πρώτης ημέρας εργασιών της Αγίας και Ιεράς Συνόδου για το μήνα Νοέμβριο]. Οἰκουμενικόν Πατριαρχεῖον. Τετάρτην, 27ην τ. μ. Νοεμβρίου 2019. Retrieved: 28 December 2019.|group=note}}{{#tag:ref|On April 20, 1920, the Sunday of the Holy Myrrhbearers, he was enthroned as the Abbot of the Monastery of his repentance (Simonopetra).
  On June 15, 1931, he was exiled to the Monastery of Koutloumousiou and in three months he was sent to the "Metochion" ("Dependency") of Simonopetra in Athens, named after the Holy Ascension of Christ.
  In 1937 he was re-elected Abbot of Simonopetra, but he declined this, and he remained at Holy Ascension for twenty more years, until he reposed on January 7th 1957 (the feast of Christmas on the Old Calendar).
  Therefore, he lived 17 years in his homeland of Asia Minor, 43 years in the Monastery of Simonopetra and 26 years at Holy Ascension in Athens.{{in lang|el}} Μητροπολίτης Μεσογαίας & Λαυρεωτικής Νικόλαος Χατζηνικολάου. [https://www.pemptousia.gr/2013/04/geron-ieronimos-simonopetritis-1/ Γέρων Ιερώνυμος Σιμωνοπετρίτης (μέρος 1ο): «Πτωχός εκ πτωχών αλλ’ ευσεβών γονέων»]. Πεμπτουσία. 12 Απριλίου 2013. Retrieved: 28 December, 2019.|group=note}}{{#tag:ref|See: {{in lang|el}} Όσιος Ιερώνυμος Σιμωνοπετρίτης ο Μικρασιάτης. Βικιπαίδεια. (Greek Wikipedia).|group=note}} (see also: May 9 - NS)

• Translation of the sacred relics of Saint Joanikije of Devič, Serbia (1430)Great Synaxaristes: {{in lang|el}} [http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/2791/sxsaintinfo.aspx Ἀνακομιδὴ Τιμίων Λειψάνων Ὁσίου Ἰωαννικίου τοῦ Ἀναχωρητοῦ τοῦ ἐκ Σερβίας]. 26 Απριλίου. Μέγας Συναξαριστής.{{#tag:ref|His feast day is celebrated on December 2.|group=note}}{{#tag:ref|See: {{in lang|sr}} Јоаникије Девички. Википедију. (Serbian Wikipedia).|group=note}}
• Repose of Schema-nun Agnia (Chizhikov) of Akulovo (1984)
• Repose of Schema-Archimandrite Aimilianos (Vafeidis) of Simonopetra (2019)

File:Martyrdom of pope Marcellinus.jpg|Martyrdom of Pope Marcellinus.

File:Saint-Riquier 23-09-2008 10-47-36.JPG|Relics of Saint Richarius, kept in the abbey church of St. Riquier.

File:Stephan of Perm.jpg|Saint Stephen of Perm.

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• [https://orthochristian.com/calendar/20200426.html April 26 / May 9]. Orthodox Calendar (Pravoslavie.ru).
• [http://www.holytrinityorthodox.com/calendar/index.php?year=2013&today=9&month=5&trp=0&tzo=-4 May 9 / April 26]. Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
• [http://oca.org/saints/lives/2014/04/26 April 26]. OCA - The Lives of the Saints.
• The Autonomous Orthodox Metropolia of Western Europe and the Americas (ROCOR). St. Hilarion Calendar of Saints for the year of our Lord 2004. St. Hilarion Press (Austin, TX). p. 31.
• [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/stdapr.htm April 26]. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
• The Roman Martyrology. Transl. by the Archbishop of Baltimore. Last Edition, According to the Copy Printed at Rome in 1914. Revised Edition, with the Imprimatur of His Eminence Cardinal Gibbons. Baltimore: John Murphy Company, 1916. p. 117.
• Rev. Richard Stanton. [https://archive.org/details/menologyofenglan00stanrich A Menology of England and Wales, or, Brief Memorials of the Ancient British and English Saints Arranged According to the Calendar, Together with the Martyrs of the 16th and 17th Centuries]. London: Burns & Oates, 1892. pp. 182–183.

Greek Sources

• Great Synaxaristes: {{in lang|el}} [http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/m/4/d/26/sxsaintlist.aspx 26 Απριλίου]. Μέγας Συναξαριστής.
• {{in lang|el}} Συναξαριστής. [http://www.ecclesia.gr/greek/synaxaire/synaxari.asp?minas=4&id=237 26 Απριλίου]. Ecclesia.gr. (H Εκκλησία της Ελλάδος).

Russian Sources

• {{in lang|ru}} [http://www.pravenc.ru/calendar/2015/05/09.html 9 мая (26 апреля)]. Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).
• {{in lang|ru}} [http://mospat.ru/calendar/2013/05/09 26 апреля (ст.ст.) 9 мая 2013 (нов. ст.)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140502032853/http://mospat.ru/calendar/2013/05/09 |date=2014-05-02 }}. Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR).

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