May 1 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Apr. 30 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - May 2.
All fixed commemorations below celebrated on May 14 by Old Calendarists.
Saints
- Prophet Jeremiah (6th-7th c. b.c.)[1][2][3]
- Martyr Andeolus of Smyrna, a subdeacon from Smyrna sent to France by St Polycarp, martyred near Viviers on the Rhône (208)[2][4]
- Martyrs Orentius and Patientia, husband and wife who lived at Loret near Huesca in Spain, parents of St. Laurence the Martyr (240)[2][4]
- Saint Philosophos at Alexandria (252)[5][6]
- Martyrs Acius (Ache) and Aceolus (Acheul), the former a deacon, the latter a subdeacon, martyred near Amiens in France under Diocletian (303)[4]
- Saint Grata of Bergamo, a holy woman from Bergamo in Italy, zealous in securing Christian burial for the bodies of the martyrs (ca.307)[4][7]
- Martyr Batas of Nisibis (Bata the Persian) (ca. 364)[8][9]
- Saint Isidora the Fool-for-Christ, of Tabennisi, Egypt (ca. 365)[10]
- Saint Agapetos (Amator), bishop of Auxerre (418)[2][4][11]
- Saint Orentius of Auch (or Orientius), a hermit in the Lavendan valley near Tarbes in France, Bishop of Auch (Augusta Ausciorum) for over 40 years (ca.439)[4]
- Saint Corentin, Bishop of Quimper (460)[12]
- Saint Brioc, Abbot of St. Brieuc (ca. 502)[4][6][12]
- Martyr Sigismund, king of Burgundy (524)[2][4][6]
- Saint Marcul, Hieromonk of Corbeny, founder of a monastery of hermits on the Egyptian model in Nanteuil in France (ca.558)[4]
- Saint Ceallach (Kellach), a disciple of St Kieran of Clonmacnoise, became Bishop of Killala in Ireland, ended his life as a hermit and may have been martyred (6th c.)[4]
- Saint Asaph, Bishop in North Wales (ca.600)[2][4][13]
- Saint Aredius of Gap (Arigius, Arey), Bishop of Gap in France for twenty years (604)[4]
- Saint Bertha of Val d'Or, martyr, founder and abbess of Avenay in the diocese of Châlons-sur-Marne (680)[4]
- Martyr Evermarus of Tongres, pilgrim murdered by robbers at Rousson, near Tongres, Belgium (ca.700)[4]
- New Monk-martyr Romanus of Raqqa (780)[6]
- St. Michael, ascetic of Chalcedon (8th-9th c.)[6][14]
- Saint Théodard, Archbishop of Narbonne (893)[4]
- Saint Benedict of Szkalka, a hermit on Mount Zobor in Hungary, disciple of St. Andrew Zorard, renowned for his asceticism, murdered by robbers (1012)[4]
- Saint Symeon of Syracuse (or of Mount Sinai or Trier) (1035)[15]
- Saint Tamar of Georgia, queen (1213)[16][17]
- Saint Paphnutius of Borovsk, abbot (1477)[18][19]
- Hieromartyr Macarius of Kiev, metropolitan (1497)[20][21]
- St. Zosimas, bishop of Kumurdo (15th c.)[22][23]
- Saint Gerasimus of Boldinsk, abbot (1554)[24][25]
- Saint Panaretus of Cyprus, archbishop (1791)[6][26]
- New Martyrs Euthymius, Ignatius (1814),[27][28][29] and Acacius (1815)[30][31] of Mount Athos
- Martyr Sabbas (1821)[12][32]
- Saint Nicephorus of Chios, monk (1821)[6][33][34]
- New Martyr Mary of Crete (Mary of Mirambelos) (1826)[6][35]
- Schemamonk Luke of Glinsk Hermitage (1898)[6]
- Virgin-martyr Nina (1938)[12]
Other commemorations
References
Sources
Greek Sources