April 17 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Day in the Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar
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All fixed commemorations below are observed on April 30 by Eastern Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.[note 1]
For April 17th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on April 4.
Saints
- Hieromartyr Anicetus, Pope of Rome (166)[1][2][3][4][note 2]
- Martyr Adrian of Corinth, in Persia (251)[5][6][7]
- Hieromartyr Symeon (Shemon Bar Sabbae), Bishop in Persia, and those with him (341):[5][8][9]
- Hieromartyrs Abdechalas and Ananias, priests;
- Martyrs Chusdazat (Usphazanes) and Azat,[10] the eunuchs;
- Fusicus, the dignitary and Ascitrea, his daughter,[11] and 1,150 (or 1,250 or 1,515) others.
Pre-Schism Western saints
- Martyrs Mappalicus and Companions, in Carthage under Decius (250)[2][note 4]
- Martyrs Fortunatus and Marcian.[2][3]
- Saint Innocent of Tortona, Bishop of Tortona and Confessor (350)[2][3][note 5][note 6]
- Saint Pantagathus, a courtier who later became Bishop of Vienne in France (540)[2][3]
- Saint Villicus, a very virtuous Bishop of Metz in France 543-568 (568)[2]
- Monk-martyr Donnán of Eigg and those with him, in Scotland (618)[2][5][17][18][note 7]
- Saint Landericus (Landry of Metz), Bishop of Meaux, then Abbot of Soignies (7th century)[2][19]
- Saint Wando (Vando), monk and Abbot of Fontenelle Abbey in France (c. 756)[2][note 8]
- Martyrs Isidore, Elias and Paul of Cordoba, Spain, by the Moors (856)[2][3][note 9] (see also: April 30)
Post-Schism Orthodox saints
- Venerable Zosimas of Solovki (1478)[5][21][22]
- Saint Macarios (Notaras) of Corinth (1805)[5][23]
- Venerable Saints Apostolos (1846) and Theocharis (1829), brothers, of Arta.[24][note 10]
- Venerable Paisius, Fool-for-Christ, of the Kiev Caves (1893)[5][25][26]
New martyrs and confessors
Other commemorations
- Uncovering of the relics (1641) of St. Alexander of Svir, founder of Svir Monastery (1533)[5][29][30]
- Repose of Hiero-schema-monk Constantine of Ekaterinburg (1960)[5]
Icon gallery
Hieromartyr Anicetus, Pope of Rome.
Hieromartyr Symeon (Shemon Bar Sabbae), Bishop in Persia.
Agapitus I, Pope of Rome
Venerable Zosimas of Solovki.
St. Alexander of Svir.
Notes
- The notation Old Style or (OS) is sometimes used to indicate a date in the Julian Calendar (which is used by churches on the "Old Calendar").
The notation New Style or (NS), indicates a date in the Revised Julian calendar (which is used by churches on the "New Calendar"). - A Syrian by descent, he was Bishop of Rome from about 152 till 166. During this period St Polycarp of Smyrna visited Rome to settle with him the question of the date of Easter. Anicetus took a firm stand against the Gnostics and may have been martyred.
- He should not be confused with St Acacius the Confessor (March 31), who was also a bishop of Melitene.
- A confessor under Diocletian, he was scourged and just escaped death. He was later ordained priest and became Bishop of Tortona in Italy (c 326).
- See: (in Italian) Innocenzo di Tortona. Wikipedia. (Italian Wikipedia).
- St Donnán was a monk at Iona with St Columba and founded a monastery on the Island of Eigg in the Inner Hebrides, off the west coast of Scotland. He and his fifty-two monks were massacred by heathen raiders on Easter Sunday 618.
- As a result of a false accusation he was exiled to Troyes but was reinstated after his innocence had been proved.
- Elias, Paul and Isidore (SS.) MM. (April 17) (9th century) "St. Elias was a priest venerable for age and virtue, who together with Paul and Isidore, two young Christians, his spiritual children, suffered for Christ (A.D. 856) at Cordova in Spain in the persecution under the Caliph Mohammed. St. Eulogius makes special mention of them in his History of the Times."[20]
- They are also commemorated on the Sunday of Myrrh-bearing Women, the second Sunday following Pascha.