May 11 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
May 10 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - May 12
All fixed commemorations below celebrated on May 24 by Old Calendarists
Saints
- Martyr Evellius, under Nero (66)[1][2]
- Martyrs Maximus, Bassus, and Fabius (284-305)[2][3]
- Hieromartyr Anthimus of Rome, and martyrs Sisinius the deacon with Diocletius and Florentius (disciples of St. Anthimus), (284-305)[2][4][5]
- Hieromartyr Mocius (Mucius), presbyter of Amphipolis in Macedonia, beheaded in Byzantium (288)[6][note 1]
- Martyr Armodius[7][note 2]
- Martyr Acacius of Lower Moesia[8]
- Saint Principia of Rome, a holy virgin in Rome and disciple of St Marcella (420)[5]
- Saint Mammertus, Archbishop of Vienne (475)[5][9]
- Saint Possessor of Verdun, Bishop of Verdun, he and his flock were greatly troubled by the barbarian invasions of Franks, Vandals and Goths (ca.486)[5]
- Saint Tudy (Tudinus, Tegwin, Thetgo), a disciple of St Brioc in Brittany (5th c.)[5]
- Saint Gangulphus (760)[5]
- Saints Cyril and Methodius, Equal-to-the-Apostles and enlighteners of the Slavs (869, 885)[10]
- Saints Clement of Ohrid, Sabbas, Angelarius, Gorazd, and Naum of Preslav — Disciples of Saints Cyril and Methodius and missionaries of the Slavs, Wonderworkers and Equal-to-the-Apostles (9th c.)[11][note 3]
- Saint Fremund of Dunstable, Anglo-Saxon hermit, killed by his kinsman Oswy with the help of Danish invaders who had also murdered King Edmund (866)[5]
- Saint Rostislav the Prince of Great Moravia, Confessor of the Faith (870)[8]
- Saint Odo of Cluny, the second Abbot of Cluny (942)[5]
- Saint Mayeul (Majolus, Maieul), Abbot of Cluny (994)[5][8]
- Saint Odilo of Cluny (1049)[5]
- Martyrs Olympia, abbess of Mytilene, and nun Euphrosyne (1235)[8][13]
- Saint Sophronius of the Kiev Caves, recluse (13th c.)[8][14][15][note 4]
- Saint Nicodemus of Pec, Archbishop of Serbia (1324)[8][16]
- Hieromartyr Joseph, first Metropolitan of Astrakhan (1672)[8][17][18]
- New Martyrs Dioscorus (Dioscorides)[19] and Argyrus (Argyrus, Argyres)[20] of Thessalonica (1806/1808)[8][21]
- Blessed Christopher of Georgia (called Christesias), monk at the Monastery of St. John the Baptist, at the David Gareja monastery complex, "The Thebaid of Georgia" (1771/1871)[22][23][note 5]
- Saint Theophylact, bishop of Stavropol and Ekaterinodar (1872)[24]
- New Hieromartyr Michael, priest (1920)[21]
- New Hieromartyr Alexander (Petrovsky), archbishop of Kharkov (1940)[25][26]
Other commemorations
Notes
- ^ The Roman Martyrology lists his feast day as May 13.
- ^ The Holy martyr Armodius is unknown in the Synaxaristes and Menaia, however his memory is preserved in an 11th c. Codex from the Abbey of Santa Maria di Grottaferrata (Greek: μονῆς Κρυπτοφέρρης) near Rome.
- ^ See also July 27 (Slavonic Menaion) for these 5 Saints.[12]
- ^ See also March 11.
- ^ The Greek Synaxarion gives his date as 1871. Slavonic sources give the date of 1771.
References
Sources
- May 11/24. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
- May 24 / May 11. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
- May 11. OCA - The Lives of the Saints.
- May. Self-Ruled Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America.
- May 11. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
- May 11. The Roman Martyrology.
Greek Sources