Saints of the day
Orthodox saints of April 1
The feasts and saints the Orthodox Church commemorates on April 1 — on the Old Calendar, civil April 14.
Commemorated on April 1
- St. Mary of Egypt
St. Mary of Egypt
A notorious sinner of Alexandria who, turned back from the church door by an unseen force, repented utterly and spent 47 years alone in the Jordan desert. The Church sets her before us each Great Lent.
When it falls
- New Calendar: April 1 every year
- Old Calendar: civil April 14
Commemorations follow the Menaion of the Orthodox Church. New Calendar parishes keep them on the date shown; Old Calendar parishes keep them 13 days later on the civil calendar. Local churches add their own saints — your parish calendar comes first.