April 23 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Saints

• Martyrs Donatus and Therinus of Bothrotus, in Epirus
• Holy Glorious Great-martyr and Victory-bearer and Wonderworker George
• Martyr Polychronia, mother of Great-martyr Saint George, a Greek native of Lydda
• Martyrs Anatolius and Protoleon, soldiers converted by witnessing the martyrdom of St. George; and martyrs Glycerius and Athanasius the Magician, at Nicomedia
• Martyr Valerius, by the sword.
• Martyr Alexandra the Empress, wife of Diocletian

  Pre-Schism Western saints

• Martyrs Felix, Fortunatus, and Achilleus, at Valence in France
• Saint Marolus, a Syrian by origin, he became Bishop of Milan in Italy in 408
• Saint Ibar of Beggerin, an enlightener in Ireland, who mainly preached in Leinster and Meath
• Saint Pusinna, a holy virgin in Champagne in France who had six sisters, all widely honoured as saints
• Saint Gerard of Toul, Bishop of Toul in France
• Saint Adalbert of Prague, Bishop of Prague

  Post-Schism Orthodox saints

• Blessed George of Shenkursk, Fool-for-Christ
• New Martyr George of Cyprus, at Ptolemais
• King Solomon I of Imeretia, Georgia
• New Martyr Lazarus of Bulgaria, who suffered at Pergamus
• Blessed Sophia of Kleisoura, the ascetic of Kleisoura, Fool-for-Christ

  New martyrs and confessors

• New Hieromartyr Priest Igor of Spas Chekriak village, Russia
• New Hieromartyr John Anserov, Priest of Alma-Ata
• New Hieromartyr Sergius Zacharczuk, priest, of Nabroz, Chełm and Podlasie, Poland

  Other commemorations

• Repose of Bishop Barnabas of Nizhny Novgorod

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