April 19 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

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April 18 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - April 20

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All fixed commemorations below are observed on May 2 by Eastern Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.

For April 19th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on April 6.

Saints

Pre-Schism Western saints

  • Saint Vincent of Collioure, a martyr in Collioure in Languedoc in the south of France, under Diocletian (c. 304)
  • Saint Crescentius, confessor, a subdeacon in Florence in Italy and a disciple of St Zenobius and St Ambrose (c. 396)
  • Saint Ursmar, missionary bishop, founder of Aulne Abbey and Wallers Abbey (713)
  • Saint Gerold, hermit at a village near Mitternach (978)
  • Hieromartyr Alphege of Canterbury, Archbishop of Canterbury (1012)

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

New martyrs and confessors

  • New Hiero-confessor Victor (Ostrovidov), Bishop of Glazov (1934)
  • New Hieromartyr Demetrius Vlasenkov, Priest of Alma-Ata (1942)

Other commemorations

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