April 8 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - April 9
All fixed commemorations below are observed on April 21 by Eastern Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.
For April 8th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on March 26.Saints
- Holy Apostles of the Seventy:
- Martyr Pausilipus of Heraclea in Thrace
- Monk-martyrs Josiah and Joseph, of Mt. Kharasam, Persia
- Saint Celestine, Pope of Rome
Pre-Schism Western saints
- Martys Januarius, Maxima and Macaria, in North Africa.
- Martyr Concessa, a martyr venerated from early times in Carthage in North Africa.
- Saint Amantius of Como, successor of St Provinus as Bishop of Como in Italy
- Saint Perpetuus, Bishop of Tours in France
- Saint Redemptus, Bishop of Ferentini in Italy
Post-Schism Orthodox saints
- Saint Philaret of Seminara, Calabria
- Saint Niphont, Bishop of Novgorod
- Venerable Rufus the Recluse, of the Kiev Caves
- New Martyr John
- New Martyr , burned alive on Kos
- New Hieromartyr Sergius Rodakovsky, Archpriest, of Tal, Belorussia
Other commemorations
- Spanish Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos
- Repose of Righteous Helen Voronova, disciple of Elder Barsanuphius of Optina Monastery.
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