So, in addition to Easter or the Resurrection of Christ, in April 2023 believers will celebrate Palm Sunday (the Lord's Entry into Jerusalem), the Annunciation of the Most Holy Theotokos.

Radonitsa is also waiting for Ukrainians, when they need to visit a cemetery to commemorate relatives who have died.

Church calendar for April 2023: list of holidays

What will be the church holidays in April 2023 - you can find out from the calendar:

• April 1

  is the day of commemoration of the martyrs Chrysanth and Daria;

• April 2

  is the day of commemoration of Saints John, Serhiy, Patrick and others;

• April 3

  — the day of memory of St. Jacob, bishop of Catania (Sicily);

• April 4

  is the day of commemoration of the holy martyr Vasyl, presbyter of Ankir;

• April 5

  is the day of commemoration of the venerable martyr Nikon of Sicilia, bishop, and his 199 disciples, the venerable Nikon, hegumen of Kyiv-Pechersk;

• April 6

  — the Annunciation of the Holy Mother of God, the day of memory of the venerable Zacharias Pecherskyi, a fasting person;

• April 7

  —

  Annunciation of the Holy Mother of God;

• April 8

  — Archangel Gabriel Cathedral, Lazarus Saturday;

• April 9

  —

  The Lord's Entry into Jerusalem (Palm Sunday)

  , the day of commemoration of the martyr Matrona of Thessalonica;

• April 10

  is the day of memory of Saint Hilarion the New;

• April 11

  is the day of memory of the martyrs Mark, bishop of Arefusii;

• April 12

  is the day of memory of Reverend John Listvychnyk;

• April 13

  —

  Maundy Thursday

  , the day of commemoration of the hierarch Hypatius, bishop of Gangra;

• April 14

  —

  Good Friday

  , the day of memory of Saint Mary of Egypt;

• April 15

  —

  Great Saturday

  , the day of memory of Saint Titus, the Miracle Worker;

• April 16

  —

  Christ's Easter

  , Light of Christ Sunday, icon of the Mother of God "Unfading Flower", Reverend Nikita the Confessor, Abbot of Mydykiyskyi;

• April 17

  -

  Bright Monday

  , Saint Joseph the Songwriter, Saint George of Peloponnese;

• April 18

  -

  Light Tuesday,

  martyrs Agaphodos, the deacon, Theodulus, the reader, and others with them;

• April 19

  —

  Holy Wednesday

  , the day of memory of St. Eutychius, Archbishop of Constantinople;

• April 20

  —

  Bright Thursday

  , the day of memory of St. George, confessor, Metropolitan of Mytilene;

• April 21

  —

  Good Friday

  , the day of memory of the Apostles from the 70th of Herodion;

• April 22

  —

  Holy Saturday,

  the day of commemoration of Martyr Euppsychios, Martyr Disan;

• April 23

  is the day of commemoration of the martyrs Terentius, Pompey, Africanus, Maximus, Zeno, Alexander, Theodore and others;

• April 24

  - hieromartyr Antipas, bishop of Pergamum of Asia;

• April 25

  — the day of memory of Venerable Vasyl, confessor, bishop of Paria,

  Radonitsa

  (day of special honoring of the memory of the deceased);

• April 26

  is the day of memory of the hieromartyr Artemon;

• April 27

  is the day of commemoration of St. Martin, the confessor, the Pope;

• April 28

  is the day of commemoration of the 70-year-old Apostles Aristarchus, Pud and Trochim, martyrs Vasylina and Anastasia, martyrs of Mesukeveia - Sukhiya and his wife, martyr Sava of Gotfsky;

• April 29

  is the day of commemoration of the martyrs Agapia, Irina, Chionia;

• April 30

  is the day of myrrh-bearing wives, the day of commemoration of the holy martyr Simeon, the bishop of Persia and with him, the venerable Akakiy.

It is also worth noting that the Great Lent, which began on February 27, continues until April 16.

During this period, believers refuse food of animal origin, observe dry food on certain days of the week.

Read also:

• The Great Lent of 2023 has already arrived: through an early Easter

• When is Easter 2023: history and traditions, folk omens and strong prayer

• Palm Sunday, Easter, Trinity: when Ukrainians will celebrate the major transitional holidays in 2023