April 26 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
# April 26 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

April 25 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - April 27

All fixed commemorations below are observed on May 9 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.

For April 26th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on April 13.

## Saints

* Martyrs Cyril, Chindeu, and Tasie of Axiopolis (c. 304)
* Righteous Virgin-martyr Glaphyra of Nicomedia (322)
* Hieromartyr Basil of Amasea, Bishop of Amasea (c. 323)
* Saints Andrew and Anatolius, disciples of St. Euthymius the Great (5th century)
* Saint Justa, nun.
* Venerable Nestor.
* Saint Leo of Samos (Leontos), Bishop of Samos, Wonderworker (9th century)

## Pre-Schism Western saints

* Peter of Braga (Peter of Rates), first Bishop and martyr of Braga in Portugal (c. 60).
* Saint Marcellinus, a Pope of Rome, who may have been martyred in repentance for his previous errors (304) (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)
* Saint Richarius (Riquier), Abbot, Confessor, in Picardy (645)

## Post-Schism Orthodox saints

* Venerable George of Cyprus, first Igumen of the Monastery of St. John Chrysostomos, near Koutsovendis, in the Kyrenia District of Cyprus (1091)
* Venerable Calantius of Tamassos (Kalandios), one of the "300 Allemagne Saints" in Cyprus (12th century)
* Saint Stephen of Perm, Bishop of Perm (1396)
* New Martyrs of Novo Selo ("Holy Trinity" Novoselska convent), Bulgaria (1876)

### New martyrs and confessors

* New martyrs John Pankov, priest, and his children Nicholas Pankov, and Peter Pankov, new martyrs of Orlov (1918)
* Venerable Elder Ieronymos of Simonopetra (1957) (see also: May 9 - NS)

## Other commemorations

* Translation of the sacred relics of Saint Ioannicius of Devic, Serbia (1430)
* Repose of Schema-nun Agnia (Chizhikov) of Akulovo (1984)
* Repose of Schema-Archimandrite Aimilianos (Vafeidis) of Simonopetra (2019)

## Icon gallery

* Martyrdom of Pope Marcellinus.
* Relics of Saint Richarius, kept in the abbey church of St. Riquier.
* Saint Stephen of Perm.
