April 19 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
# April 19 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

April 18 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - April 20

All fixed commemorations below are observed on May 2 by Eastern Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.

For April 19th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on April 6.

## Saints

* Martyrs Theodore of Perge in Pamphylia, his mother Philippa, and Dioscorus, Socrates, and Dionysius (c. 138-161)
* Hieromartyr Paphnutius of Jerusalem and 546 companions martyred with him (284-305) (see also: September 25)
* Martyrs Hermogenes, Caius, Expeditus, Aristonicus, Rufus and Galatas, at Melitine, in Armenia.
* Martyrs Christopher, Theonas, and Antoninus, at Nicomedia (303) (see also: April 20)
* Saint George the Confessor, Bishop of Antioch in Pisidia, Confessor of the Faith (c. 741-775)
* Venerable John of the Ancient Caves in Palestine (8th century) (see also: April 20)
* Saint Tryphon of Constantinople, Patriarch of Constantinople (931)
* St. Nicephorus, Abbot of Katabad.

## Pre-Schism Western saints

* Saint Vincent of Collioure, a martyr in Collioure in Languedoc in the south of France, under Diocletian (c. 304)
* Saint Crescentius, confessor, a subdeacon in Florence in Italy and a disciple of St Zenobius and St Ambrose (c. 396)
* Saint Ursmar, missionary bishop, founder of Aulne Abbey and Wallers Abbey (713)
* Saint Gerold, hermit at a village near Mitternach (978)
* Hieromartyr Alphege of Canterbury, Archbishop of Canterbury (1012)

## Post-Schism Orthodox saints

* Venerable Symeon the Barefoot, of Philotheou Monastery, Mount Athos (1594)
* Venerable Joasaph (Bolotov) of Kodiak, Enlightener of Alaska and the American land (1799)
* New Monk-martyr Agathangelus of Esphigmenou Monastery, Mt. Athos, at Smyrna (1819)
* Saint Matrona the Blind, of Moscow (1952)
* Venerable Sebastian the Confessor of Optina and Karaganda (Elder Sebastian of Optina), Wonderworker and Clairvoyant, last of the great Optina Elders (1966) (see also: April 6)

### New martyrs and confessors

* New Hiero-confessor Victor (Ostrovidov), Bishop of Glazov (1934)
* New Hieromartyr Demetrius Vlasenkov, Priest of Alma-Ata (1942)

## Other commemorations

* Translation of the relics of Saint Moses the Wonderworker, Archbishop of Novgorod (1362)
* Uncovering of the relics (1621) of St. Joachim, founder of Opochka Monastery in Pskov (c. 1550)
* Repose of Fool-for-Christ Asenetha (Klementyeva) of Goritsy (1892)
* Repose of Hieroschemamonk and Schema-Metropolitan Alexis of Valaam (1900)

## Icon gallery

* Martyrs Theodore of Perge in Pamphylia, his mother Philippa, and Dioscorus, Socrates, and Dionysius.
* Venerable John of the Ancient Caves.
* Saint Gerold von Großwalsertal.
* Hieromartyr Alphege of Canterbury, Archbishop of Canterbury.
* Shrine of New Hiero-confessor Sebastian (Fomin).
* New Hiero-confessor Victor (Ostrovidov), Bishop of Glazov.
* Saint Moses the Wonderworker, Archbishop of Novgorod.
