April 17 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
April 16 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - April 18
All fixed commemorations below are observed on April 30 by Eastern Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.
For April 17th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on April 4.
Saints
- Hieromartyr Anicetus, Pope of Rome
- Martyr Adrian of Corinth, in Persia Hieromartyr Symeon, Bishop in Persia, and those with him :
- Saint Acacius II, Bishop of Melitene
- Saint Agapitus I, Pope of Rome
- Saint Ephraim the Great, Bishop of Atsquri, Georgia
Pre-Schism Western saints
- Martyrs Mappalicus and Companions, in Carthage under Decius
- Martyrs Fortunatus and Marcian.
- Saint Innocent of Tortona, Bishop of Tortona and Confessor
- Saint Pantagathus, a courtier who later became Bishop of Vienne in France
- Saint Villicus, a very virtuous Bishop of Metz in France 543-568
- Monk-martyr Donnán of Eigg and those with him, in Scotland
- Saint Landericus, Bishop of Meaux, then Abbot of Soignies
- Saint Wando, monk and Abbot of Fontenelle Abbey in France
- Martyrs Isidore, Elias and Paul of Cordoba, Spain, by the Moors
Post-Schism Orthodox saints
Venerable Zosimas of Solovki- Saint Macarios (Notaras) of Corinth
- Venerable Saints Apostolos and Theocharis, brothers, of Arta.
- Venerable Paisius, Fool-for-Christ, of the Kiev Caves
New martyrs and confessors
- New Hieromartyr John Prigorovsky of Krasnoyarsk, Priest
- New Hieromartyr Michael Novitsky, Confessor, Archpriest, of Uzda, Belorussia
- New Hieromartyr Theodore Nedosekin of Moscow, Priest
Other commemorations
- Uncovering of the relics of St. Alexander of Svir, founder of Svir Monastery
- Repose of Hiero-schema-monk Constantine of Ekaterinburg