Hierarch
Holy Hierarch Niphon, Bishop of Novgorod († 1156)
In Russian: Свт. Нифонта, еп. Новгородского (1156)
In Church Slavonic: Ст҃а́гѡ ні́фонта, є҆пі́скопа новгоро́дскагѡ (1156)
Feast days
2026
Old calendar
- (8 April on the Old calendar), repose
New calendar
- , repose
2027
Old calendar
- (8 April on the Old calendar), repose
New calendar
- , repose
Also commemorated on 21 April 2026
- Apostles of the Seventy Herodion (Rodion), Agabus, Asyncritus, Rufus, Phlegon and Hermes (1st C)
- New Hieromartyr Priest Sergius († 1933)
- Venerable Rufus the Obedient of the Kiev Caves (14th C)
- Martyr Pausilippus of Heraclea in Thrace († 117-138)
- Holy Hierarch Celestine, Pope of Rome († 432)
- 600 Venerable Fathers martyred in the hermitage of David-Gareji, Georgia (17th C)
- Shuyskoy icon of the Mother of God “Odigitriya”