April 28 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

April 27 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - April 29

An Eastern Orthodox cross

All fixed commemorations below celebrated on May 11 by Eastern Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.^{[note 1]}

For April 28th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on April 15.

Saints

• Apostles Jason and Sosipater, of the Seventy, and their companions, at Corfu (1st century):^[1] (see also April 29 - Greek)

• Martyrs Saturninus, Jakischolus (Inischolus), Faustianus, Januarius, Marsalius, Euphrasius, Mammius - the holy seven former thieves;
• The virgin Cercyra, and Christodoulos the Ethiopian.

• Martyrs Zeno, Eusebius, Neon, and Vitalis, who were converted by Apostles Jason and Sosipater (c. 63)^[1] (see also April 29 - Greek)
• Nine martyrs at Cyzicus (c. 286-299):^[1][2][3] (see also April 29 - Slavic)
  • Theognes, Rufus, Antipater, Theostichus, Artemas, Magnus, Theodoulos, Thaumasius, and Philemon
• Martyrs Dada, Maximus, and Quintilian at Dorostolum (286)^[1][4] (see also: April 13, August 2)
• Martyr Tibald of Pannonia (304)^[1][4][5]
• Saint Auxibius II, Bishop of Soli, Cyprus (4th century)^{[1][2][6][note 2]}
• Venerable Memnon the Wonderworker (6th century)^[2][9] (see also April 29 - Slavic)

Pre-Schism Western saints

• Martyrs Aphrodisius, Caralippus, Agapius, and Eusebius (65)^{[10][11][note 3]} (see also May 30 - Greek)
• Saint Mark of Galilee, bishop and martyr (92)^{[10][note 4][note 5]}
• Saint Artemius (Arthemius), Bishop of Sens (609)^[10]
• Saint Gerard the Pilgrim (c. 639)^{[10][13][note 6]}
• Venerable Crónán, abbot of Roscrea, Ireland (640)^{[1][4][10][14][15]}
• Saint Pamphilus, Bishop of Sulmona and Corfinium (c. 700)^[10]
• Saint Prudentius, Bishop of Tarazona in Aragon (c. 700)^[10][16]
• Saint Adalbero, Bishop of Augsburg (909)^[10]

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

• Saint Cyril of Turov, Bishop (1183)^[1][17]
• Saint Cyril, in the world Cyriacus, founder and abbot of Syrinsk Monastery, Kargopol (1st half of XVI)^[1][4]
• Venerable Isaiah of Onogošt, ascetic monk who lived in a cave which would later become Ostrog Monastery (end of XVI - beginning of XVII)^[18]

New martyrs and confessors

• Virgin-martyr Anna Shashkina, new martyr of Yaroslavl-Rostov (1940)^[4][19]

Other commemorations

• The Miracle at Carthage (c. 610-641)^[20][21]
• Repose of Archimandrite Hilarion (Argatu) of Cernica (1999)^[1]
• Repose of Hieroschemamonk Dionysius (Ignat) of Kolitsou Skete, Mt. Athos (2004)^[1]

Icon gallery

• 
  The Nine martyrs of Cyzicus.
• 
  St. Aphrodisius.
• 
  St. Adalbero, Bishop of Augsburg.
• 
  St. Cyril of Turov.

Notes

1. 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".
2. There is another Saint Auxibius (+102), whose feast day is on February 17.^[7][8]
3. "The same day, the saints Aphrodisius, Caralippus, Agapius, and Eusebius, martyrs."^[12]
4. By tradition, a Galilean and the first bishop, and also martyr, of the Abruzzi in Italy.
5. "At Atino, St. Mark, who being made bishop by the blessed apostle Peter, was the first to preach the Gospel to the inhabitants of that region, and received the crown of martyrdom in the persecution of Domitian, under the governor Maximus."^[12]
6. By tradition he was one of four pilgrims from England - the other three were Ardwine, Bernard and Hugh - they all reposed in Gallinaro in the south of Italy. Many scholars doubt their historicity.