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May Saints & Feasts

246 fixed commemorations recorded across 31 Julian calendar dates. Every entry for this month is readable below, without pagination.

The names below are taken from the website's existing commemorations register. This is not yet a comprehensive comparison against every commemoration in the Greek Liturgical Texts edition. Collective groups and feasts may appear as a single entry; a listed entry is not necessarily one individual saint.

1 May

Julian (Old Calendar)

  • prophet

    Prophet Jeremiah

  • venerable

    Venerable Paphnutius, Abbot of Borov

  • martyr

    New Martyr Euthymius of Mount Athos

  • martyr

    New Martyr Ignatius the Martyr of Mount Athos

  • martyr

    New Martyr Acacius, Martyr of Mount Athos and Seres

  • hieromartyr

    Hieromartyr Macarius, Metropolitan of Kiev

  • martyr

    Martyr Bata the Persian

  • saint

    Right-believing Tamara, Queen of Georgia

  • venerable

    Venerable Nikēphóros of Chios

  • saint

    “Unexpected Joy” Icon of the Mother of God

  • saint

    “Myrrh-Bearing” Icon of the Mother of God

  • saint

    Saint Panaretus of Cyprus

  • saint

    Saint Gerasimus of Boldino

  • martyr

    Martyr Isidora

  • saint

    Saint Zosimas II of Kumurdo

2 May

Julian (Old Calendar)

  • saint

    Saint Matrona of Moscow

  • hierarch

    Saint Athanasius the Great, Patriarch of Alexandria

  • saint

    Translation of the Relics of the Holy Passionbearers Boris and Gleb (in Baptism Roman and David—1072 and 1115)

  • hierarch

    Saint Athanasius of Lubensk, Patriarch of Constantinople

  • martyr

    Martyr Hesperus with his wife and sons at Attalia

  • saint

    Saint Boris (in Baptism Michael), Equal of the Apostles, Prince and Baptizer of Bulgaria

  • saint

    Icon of the Mother of God of Putivil

3 May

Julian (Old Calendar)

  • martyr

    Martyr Timothy the Reader and his wife, Maura, in Egypt

  • venerable

    Venerable Theodosius, Abbot of the Kiev Far Caves Monastery, and Founder of Coenobitic Monasticism in Russia

  • hierarch

    Saint Peter the Wonderworker, Bishop of Argos

  • saint

    “Svena” Icon of the Mother of God

  • feast

    Translation of the Dormition Icon of the Mother of God from Constantinople to the Kiev Caves, Far Caves

  • saint

    Saint Mamai, Catholicos of Georgia

  • saint

    Saints Michael and Arsenius of Ulompo, Georgia

  • saint

    Saint Ekouménios, Wonderworker of Trikala

  • martyr

    Holy Great Martyr Xenia of Kalamata

4 May

Julian (Old Calendar)

  • martyr

    New Martyr Archpriest Vasily Martysz

  • martyr

    Virgin Martyr Pelagia of Tarsus, in Asia Minor

  • venerable

    Venerable Alphan, with his brothers, of Novgorod, founders of the Sokolnitzky Monastery

  • confessor

    Holy Confessor Erasmus, Bishop of Formia in Campania

  • hieromartyr

    Hieromartyr Albian, Bishop of Anaea in Asia Minor

  • hieromartyr

    Hieromartyr Silvanus, Bishop of Gaza, and 40 Martyrs with him

  • venerable

    Venerable Nikēphóros of Mount Athos

  • saint

    “Staro Rus” Old Russian Icon of the Mother of God

  • saint

    Saint Monica

5 May

Julian (Old Calendar)

  • martyr

    Great Martyr Irene

  • venerable

    Uncovering of the relics of Venerable James, Abbot of Zhelezny Bor

  • martyr

    New Martyr Ephraim

  • saint

    Inexhastible Chalice Icon of the Mother of God

  • venerable

    Venerable Barlaam of Serpukhov

6 May

Julian (Old Calendar)

  • saint

    Icon of the Mother of God of Mt. Athos, “Sweet Kissing”

  • saint

    Righteous Job the Long-Suffering

  • venerable

    Venerable Micah, disciple of Venerable Sergius of Radonezh

  • martyr

    Martyr Barbarus the Soldier, and those with him, in Morea

  • martyr

    Martyr Barbarus in Thessaly, who was a robber

  • hierarch

    Translation of the relics of Saint Savva, first Archbishop of Serbia

  • saint

    Saint Seraphim of Labodeia

7 May

Julian (Old Calendar)

  • saint

    Commemoration of the Apparition of the Sign of the Precious Cross Over Jerusalem, in 351 AD

  • confessor

    Repose of Saint Alexis Toth, Confessor and Defender of Orthodoxy in America

  • martyr

    Martyr Acacius the Centurion at Byzantium

  • venerable

    Repose of Venerable Nilus, Abbot of Sora

  • saint

    Saint John Zedazeni of Zaden, Georgia, with his 12 disciples

  • venerable

    Venerable Nilus the Myrrhgusher of Lavra of Mount Athos

  • martyr

    Monastic Martyr Pachomius of Mount Athos

  • saint

    Icon of the Mother of God of Zhirovits

  • saint

    Icon of the Mother of God of Lubech

  • saint

    Saint Akaki Asistavi of Georgia

  • martyr

    Martyr Quadratus and his companions

8 May

Julian (Old Calendar)

  • apostle

    Apostle and Evangelist John the Theologian

  • venerable

    Venerable Arsenius the Great

  • venerable

    Venerable Arsenius the Lover-of-Labor of the Kiev Far Caves

  • venerable

    Venerable Pimen the Ascetic of the Kiev Far Caves

9 May

Julian (Old Calendar)

  • prophet

    Prophet Isaiah

  • martyr

    Martyr Christopher of Lycia, and, with him, the Martyrs Callinika and Aquilina

  • saint

    Translation of the relics of Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker from Myra to Bari

  • venerable

    Repose of Venerable Shio the Anchorite of Georgia

  • venerable

    Venerable Joseph of Optina

10 May

Julian (Old Calendar)

  • saint

    Appearance of the Icon of the Mother of God “The Footprint” at Pochaev

  • apostle

    Apostle Simon the Zealot

  • hierarch

    Saint Simon, Bishop of Vladimir and Suzdal of the Kiev Near Caves

  • saint

    Martyrs Philadelphus, Cyprian, Alphius, Onesimus, Erasmus, and 14 others, in Sicily

  • martyr

    Martyr Hesychius of Antioch

  • saint

    Blessed Isidora the Fool of Tabenna in Egypt

  • saint

    Blessed Thais of Egypt

  • saint

    “Kiev-Bratsk” Icon of the Mother of God

  • venerable

    Venerable Comgall of Bangor

11 May

Julian (Old Calendar)

  • saint

    Commemoration of the Founding of Constantinople

  • hieromartyr

    Hieromartyr Mocius the Presbyter of Amphipolis in Macedonia

  • saint

    Equals of the Apostles and Teachers of the Slavs, Cyril and Methodius

  • venerable

    Venerable Sophronius the Recluse of the Kiev Far Caves

  • hierarch

    Saint Joseph, Metropolitan of Astrakhan

  • hierarch

    Saint Nicodemus, Archbishop of Serbia

  • saint

    Saint Rostislav, Prince of Great Moravia

  • martyr

    New Martyr Dioscorus

  • martyr

    New Martyr Argyrus

  • saint

    Blessed Christopher, called Christesia

  • saint

    Holy Monastic Martyrs Olympia and Euphrosynē

12 May

Julian (Old Calendar)

  • hierarch

    Saint Epiphanius, Bishop of Cyprus

  • hierarch

    Saint Germanus, Patriarch of Constantinople

  • hieromartyr

    Hieromartyr Hermogenes, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia

  • venerable

    Venerable Dionysius, Archimandrite of Saint Sergius’ Monastery

  • hierarch

    Saint Sabinus, Archbishop of Cyprus

  • hierarch

    Saint Polybius, Bishop in Cyprus

  • martyr

    Martyr John of Vlachia, Romania

  • martyr

    Martyr Pancratius

13 May

Julian (Old Calendar)

  • martyr

    Virgin Martyr Glyceria at Heraclea

  • martyr

    Martyr Laodicius the Keeper of the Prison

  • saint

    Righteous Virgin Glyceria of Novgorod

  • venerable

    Venerable Macarius, Archimandrite of Ovruch

  • martyr

    Martyr Alexander of Rome

  • hierarch

    Saint Pausicacus, Bishop of Synnada

  • confessor

    Saint George the Confessor, with his wife and children, of Constantinople

  • saint

    Saint Irene, with her husband and children, of Constantinople

  • saint

    Saint Euthymius the New, Founder of the Iveron Monastery, and his fellow Georgian Saints of Mount Athos

  • martyr

    Monastic Martyr John of the Iveron Monastery on Mount Athos

  • martyr

    Monastic Martyr George of the Iveron Monastery on Mount Athos

  • martyr

    Monastic Martyr Gabriel of the Iveron Monastery on Mount Athos

  • saint

    Martyrs killed by the Latins at the Iveron Monastery on Mount Athos

14 May

Julian (Old Calendar)

  • saint

    Day of Rejoicing

  • saint

    Martyrs Isidore and Myrope of Chios

  • venerable

    Venerable Isidore the Fool-For-Christ and Wonderworker of Rostov

  • hierarch

    Saint Nikḗtas, Bishop of Novgorod, Recluse of the Kiev Far Caves

  • martyr

    Martyr Maximus

  • venerable

    Venerable Serapion of Egypt

  • hierarch

    Saint Leontius, Patriarch of Jerusalem

  • saint

    First opening of the relics of Saint Tikhon of Zadonsk

  • saint

    “Sweet-Kissing” Icon of the Mother of God

  • saint

    “Yaroslavl-Caves” Icon of the Mother of God

  • martyr

    New Martyr Raiko (John) of Bulgaria

  • hieromartyr

    Hieromartyr Therapontus of Cyprus

15 May

Julian (Old Calendar)

  • venerable

    Venerable Pachomius the Great, Founder of Coenobitic Monasticism

  • hierarch

    Saint Isaiah the Wonderworker, Bishop of Rostov

  • saint

    The Holy Right-believing Tsarevich Demetrios of Uglich and Moscow

  • venerable

    Venerable Isaiah, Wonderworker of the Kiev Near Caves

  • venerable

    Venerable Pachomius, Abbot of Nerekhta

  • venerable

    Venerable Silvanus of Nerekhta

  • venerable

    Venerable Euphrosynos, Igoumen of Pskov

  • venerable

    Venerable Serapion of Pskov

  • hierarch

    Saint Achilles, Bishop of Larissa

16 May

Julian (Old Calendar)

  • venerable

    Venerable Theodore the Sanctified, disciple of Venerable Pachomius the Great

  • venerable

    Translation of the relics of Venerable Ephraim, Abbot of Perekop, Novgorod

  • venerable

    Venerable Cassian, Abbot of Komel (Vologda)

  • venerable

    Venerable Laurence, Abbot of Komel

  • hierarch

    Saint Alexander, Archbishop of Jerusalem

  • saint

    Martyrs Vitus, Modestus, and Crescentia, at Lucania

  • saint

    Blessed Child Musa of Rome

  • hierarch

    Saint George, Bishop of Mitylene

  • venerable

    Venerable Monastic Martyrs of Saint Savva Lavra

  • saint

    Saint Theodore of Vrsac, Serbia

  • martyr

    New Martyr Vukasin of Klepci, Serbia

  • martyr

    New Martyr Nicholas of Metsovo

  • saint

    Saint Brendan the Navigator

17 May

Julian (Old Calendar)

  • apostle

    Apostle Andronicus of the Seventy and his fellow-laborer, Junia

  • saint

    Saint Euphrosynē, Great Princess of Moscow

  • saint

    Martyrs Solochon, Pamphamer, and Pamphalon, at Chalcedon

  • hierarch

    Saint Stephen, Archbishop of Constantinople

  • venerable

    Venerable Dodo of the Saint David-Gareji Monastery, Georgia

  • martyr

    Great Martyr Nicholas of Sofia (Bulgaria)

  • hierarch

    Saint Athanasius the New, Wonderworker and Archbishop of Christianopolis

  • hieromartyr

    Transfer of the relics of the Hieromartyr Adrian of Ondrusov, Wonderworker

18 May

Julian (Old Calendar)

  • martyr

    Martyr Theodotus of Ancyra, and with him the seven Virgin Martyrs: Alexandra, Tecusa, Claudia, Phaine, Euphraisa, Matrona, and Julia, who suffered under Decius

  • saint

    Martyrs Peter, Dionysius, Andrew, Paul, and Christina who suffered under Decius

  • saint

    Martyrs Simeon, Isaac and Bachtisius, of Persia

  • saint

    Martyrs Heraclius, Paulinus, and Benedimus

  • saint

    Martyrs David and Tarichan of Georgia

19 May

Julian (Old Calendar)

  • hieromartyr

    Hieromartyr Patrick, Bishop of Prusa, with Martyrs Acacius, Menander, and Polyenus

  • venerable

    Venerable Cornelius, Abbot of Komel, Vologda

  • venerable

    Venerable Cornelius, Abbot of Paleostrov

  • saint

    Right-believing John, Prince of Uglich, tonsured as Ignatius

  • venerable

    Venerable Sergius of Shukhtom

  • hierarch

    Saint John, Bishop of the Goths in the Crimea

  • saint

    Right-believing Demetrios Donskoy, Grand Prince of Moscow

  • martyr

    Martyr Caluf of Egypt

  • saint

    Entrance of Saint Nino (Nina) the Enlightener into Georgia

  • martyr

    Martyr Theotime

20 May

Julian (Old Calendar)

  • saint

    Unmercenary Physician Thallelaios at Aegae in Cilicia and his companions, Martyrs Alexander and Asterios

  • hierarch

    Uncovering of the relics of Saint Alexis, Metropolitan of Moscow and Wonderworker of All Russia

  • saint

    Blessed Dovmont (Timothy), Prince of Pskov

  • martyr

    Martyr Asclas of Egypt

  • venerable

    Glorification of Venerable Zabulon and Sosanna, parents of Saint Nino, Enlightener of Georgia

  • venerable

    Venerable Stephen of Piperi, Serbia

  • saint

    Saint Lydia of Philippi

21 May

Julian (Old Calendar)

  • saint

    Equal of the Apostles and Emperor Constantine with his Mother Helen

  • venerable

    Venerable Constantine, (in baptism Yaroslav), with his children Michael and Theodore, Wonderworkers of Murom

  • venerable

    Venerable Cassian the Greek of Uglich

  • saint

    Meeting of the Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God

  • saint

    “Tenderness” Icon of the Mother of God from the Pskov Caves

22 May

Julian (Old Calendar)

  • martyr

    Martyr Basiliscus, Bishop of Comana

  • saint

    Commemoration of the Holy Fathers of the Second Ecumenical Council

  • saint

    Saint John-Vladimir, Prince of Bulgaria, Greatmartyr, and Miracle-worker

  • martyr

    Monastic Martyr Paul of the Lavra, Mount Athos

  • saint

    Icon of the Mother of God of Cyprus

  • saint

    Blessed James of Borovichi, Wonderworker of Novgorod

  • saint

    Righteous Melchizedek, King of Salem

23 May

Julian (Old Calendar)

  • confessor

    Saint Michael the Confessor, Bishop of Synnada

  • saint

    Synaxis of the Saints of Rostov

  • venerable

    Venerable Euphrosyne, Abbess of Polotsk

  • venerable

    Venerable Paisius, Abbot of Galich

  • martyr

    Martyr Michael “the Black-Robed” of Saint Savva Monastery

  • saint

    Saint Damiane (Demetrius), King and Hymnographer

  • saint

    Icon of the Mother of God “You are a Vineyard” (Georgian: Shen khar venakhi)

  • saint

    Holy Myrrh-bearer Mary, the wife of Cleopas

  • hierarch

    Saint Leontius, Bishop of Rostov

24 May

Julian (Old Calendar)

  • venerable

    Venerable Simeon Stylites the Younger of Wonderful Mountain

  • venerable

    Venerable Niketas the Stylite, Wonderworker of Pereyaslavl, Zalesski

  • martyr

    Martyr Meletius Stratelates who suffered in Galatia, and those with him

  • saint

    Saint Vincent of Lerins

25 May

Julian (Old Calendar)

  • prophet

    Third Finding of the Honourable Head of the Holy Glorious Prophet, Forerunner and Baptist John

  • hieromartyr

    Hieromartyr Therapon, Bishop of Cyprus

  • hieromartyr

    Hieromartyr Urban, Pope of Rome

26 May

Julian (Old Calendar)

  • apostle

    Apostle Carpus of the Seventy

  • apostle

    Apostle Alphaeus of the Seventy

  • saint

    Greatmartyr George the New at Sofia, Bulgaria

  • venerable

    Uncovering of the relics of Venerable Macarius, Abbot of Kalyazin

  • apostle

    Martyrs Abercius and Helen, children of the Apostle Alphæus

  • venerable

    Venerable Confessor John Psykhaitis

  • saint

    Saint Augustine of Canterbury, Evangelizer of England

27 May

Julian (Old Calendar)

  • hieromartyr

    Hieromartyr Therapon, Bishop of Sardis

  • venerable

    Translation of the relics of Venerable Nilus of Stolobensk

  • confessor

    Saint John the Russian and Confessor, whose relics are on the island of Euboia

  • venerable

    Venerable Therapon, Abbot of White Lake

  • saint

    Translation of the relics of Saints Cyprian, Photius, and Jonah, Metropolitans of Moscow and All Russia

  • venerable

    Venerable Therapon, Abbot of Monza

  • martyr

    Virgin Martyr Theodora and Martyr Didymus the Soldier, of Alexandria

  • venerable

    Venerable Bede, the Church Historian

  • saint

    Saint Basil of Georgia, son of King Bagrat III

  • venerable

    Venerable Michael of Parekhi

  • venerable

    Venerable Matthew of Zaransk

28 May

Julian (Old Calendar)

  • hierarch

    Saint Niketas, Bishop of Chalcedon

  • hierarch

    Saint Ignatius the Wonderworker, Bishop of Rostov

  • hierarch

    Saint Eutychius, Bishop of Melitene

  • martyr

    Martyr Heliconis of Thessalonica

  • hieromartyr

    Hieromartyr Helladius, Bishop in the East

  • hierarch

    Saint Germanus, Bishop of Paris

  • saint

    Saint Sophronius the Bulgarian

  • martyr

    New Martyr Demetrius

  • saint

    Icon of the Mother of God of Nicea

  • saint

    Saint William of Gellone

29 May

Julian (Old Calendar)

  • martyr

    Holy Virgin Martyr Theodosia of Tyre

  • saint

    Repose of the Blessed John of Ustiug the Fool-for-Christ

  • martyr

    Virgin Martyr Theodosia the Nun of Constantinople

  • saint

    Icon of the Mother of God “the Surety of Sinners”

  • saint

    Martyred Fathers and Mothers of Atchara

30 May

Julian (Old Calendar)

  • venerable

    Venerable Isaac, Founder of Dalmátos Monastery at Constantinople

  • saint

    Saint Emmelia

31 May

Julian (Old Calendar)

  • apostle

    Apostle Hermas of the Seventy

  • martyr

    Martyr Hermias at Comana

  • martyr

    Martyr Philosophus at Alexandria

  • hieromartyr

    Hieromartyr Philosophos of St. Petersburg

  • hierarch

    Metropolitan Philotheos of Tobolsk, Enlightener of Siberia

  • saint

    Saint Apollonios (Apollo) of the Egyptian Thebaid

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