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April 19 2021:

Hieromartyr Paphnutius of Jerusalem; Venerable John of the Ancient Caves (or of Old Lavra) in Palestine; Saint George the Confessor, Bishop of Antioch in Pisidia; Saint Tryphon, Patriarch of Constantinople; Martyrs Christopher, Theonas, and Anthony at Rome (or Nicomedia); Saint Nicephorus, Abbot of Katabad; Saint Symeon the Barefoot (Bosoi) of Philotheou Monastery on Mount Athos; Saint Joachim, Abbot of Opochka, Pskov; Martyr Agathangelus of Esphigmenou Monastery on Mount Athos; Saints Raphael, Nicholas and Irene of Mytilene; Saint Olympias of Mytilene; Hieromartyr Alphege, Archbishop of Canterbury; repose of Fool-for-Christ Asenatha of Goritsky and Schema-hieromonk Alexis of Valaam.

( April 6 2021: Julian Calendar )

Saint Eutychius, Patriarch of Constantinople; Saint Methodius, Equal-to-the-Apostles, Archbishop of Moravia, and Enlightener of the Slavs; 120 Martyrs of Persia; Saint Platonida (Platonis) of Nisibis, Syria; Martyrs Jeremiah and Archilias the presbyter; Venerable Gregory the Byzantine, of St. Athanasius' Monastery on Mount Athos, instructor of St. Gregory Palamas; Saint Gregory the Sinaite; Monkmartyr Gennadius of Dionysiou on Mount Athos; Martyrs of Samothrace; Saint Elstan, Bishop of Ramsbury; two martyrs of Askalon; Saint Brychan, Prince of Brecon; repose of Elder Mardarius of Nizhni-Novgorod Caves Monastery

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The Episcopal Assembly of North and Central America, founded in 2010, consists of all the active Orthodox bishops of North and Central America, representing multiple jurisdictions. It is the successor to SCOBA, and it is not, properly speaking, a synod. The Episcopal Assembly of North and Central America is one of several such bodies around the world which operate in the so-called "diaspora."

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