April 25, 2018

Saints and Feasts of April 25


On the twenty-fifth the senseless ones dragged 
Mark along the ground.

Holy Glorious Apostle and Evangelist Mark

Holy Apostle Mark the Evangelist

Saint Mark the Evangelist as a Model for our Lives

Holy Apostle Mark the Evangelist: Epistle and Gospel Reading


Saint Macedonius, Patriarch of Constantinople

Saint Macedonius II, Patriarch of Constantinople (+ c. 517)


Holy Martyr Nike

Holy Martyr Nike


Holy Eight Venerable Martyrs and Anchorites

Holy Eight Venerable Martyrs and Anchorites


Venerable Basil the Hesychast, 
Abbot of Poiana Marului Skete

Saint Basil the Hesychast, Abbot of Poiana Marului Skete (+ 1767)


Commemoration of the Consecration of the 
Church of the Apostle Peter 
Next to Hagia Sophia in Constantinople

Commemoration of the Consecration of the Church of the Apostle Peter Next to Hagia Sophia in Constantinople