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April 18, 2018

Saints and Feasts of April 18


On the eighteenth John was seen dead.

Venerable John, Disciple of Saint Gregory of Decapolis
 
 
 
 
Holy Martyr Savvas the General and Goth

Holy Martyr Savvas the General and Goth (+ 372)


Venerable Kosmas the Confessor, Bishop of Chalcedon

Synaxarion of Saint Kosmas the Confessor, Bishop of Chalcedon


Venerable Athanasia of Aegina the Wonderworker

Saint Athanasia of Aegina the Wonderworker


Venerable Matthew

Saint Athanasia of Aegina the Wonderworker


Saint Akakios, Bishop of Meletine

Saint Akakios, Bishop of Meletine (+ 438)


Venerable Naukratios the Confessor and Studite

Saint Naukratios the Studite (+ 847)


Holy New Martyr John the Tailor of Ioannina

Holy New Martyr John the Tailor of Ioannina (+ 1546)

Saint John of Ioannina as a Model for our Lives


Holy New Martyr Tounom the Emir

Saint Tounom the Emir (+ 1579)

Regarding the Column That Was Split By the Holy Fire in 1579


Holy Hieromartyr Cyril VI, Patriarch of Constantinople 
 
 
 

Synaxis of the Maximov Icon of the Mother of God
 
 
 
 

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