5 Апреля 1979 - Orthodox Calendar / Orthodox Menologion Online

Thursday, April 5, 1979 (March 23, 1979 by the Julian calendar)
5^th Week of the Great Lent, Tone eight

Great Lent. Monk-martyr Nicon and 199 disciples, in Sicily (251). New Hieromartyr Macarius priest (1931). New Hieromartyr Basil priest, New Martyr James, Virgin-martyr Anastasia, Martyr Alexis (1938). New Hieromartyr venerable confessor archbishop Sergius (Serebriansky) (1948). Martyrs Philetas the Senator, his wife Lydia, their sons Macedon and Theoprepius, the notary Cronides, and Amphilochius the Captain, in Illyria (125). Martyr Dometius the Persian, under Julian the Apostate (ca. 360-361). Martyr Luke the New of Mytilene, Mt. Athos (1802). St. Nicon, abbot of the Kiev Caves (1088). St. Pachomius, abbot of Nerekhta (1384). St. Basil of Mangazea in Siberia (1602). St. Bassian, archbishop of Rostov (1481).