April 21, 2018

Saints and Feasts of April 21


On the twenty-first Januarius was beheaded.

Hieromartyr Januarius the Bishop of Benevento 
and his companions: Proculus, Sosius 
and Festus the Deacons, Desiderius the Reader,  
Acutius and Eutychius the Laymen

Life of the Holy Hieromartyr Januarius, Bishop of Benevento, and his Companions

Saint Januarius as a Model for our Lives


Saint Alexandra the Empress and her servants 
Apollo, Isaakios and Kodratos

Saint Alexandra the Empress of Rome, Wife of Emperor Diocletian


Saint Maximianos, Patriarch of Constantinople

Saint Maximianos, Patriarch of Constantinople (+ 434)


Venerable Anastasios of Sinai 
 
 
 
Holy New Martyr John Noultzos 
Together with his Brother and Brother-in-Law

Ecumenical Patriarchate Canonizes Seven New Martyrs of Kastoria