May 14 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
May 13 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - May 15
All fixed commemorations below celebrated on May 27 by Old Calendarists
Saints
- Martyrs Justa, Justina and Henedina, in Sardinia (c.130)[1][2]
- Martyr Maximus (250)[3][4]
- Martyr Isidore of Chios (251)[5]
- Saint Pontius of Cimiez (Pons de Cimiez), martyred in Cimella (Cimiez) near Nice, whose relics gave his name to the town of Saint-Pons. (ca.258)[1][2][note 1]
- Saints Alexander, Barbaras, and Acolythus (Acolouthus), martyred at the Church of St Irene (Holy Peace), near the sea in Constantinople[6]
- Martyrs Aristotle and Leandros[7]
- Hieromartyr Therapont, Bishop of Cyprus (3rd c.)[8][9][note 2]
- Saint Boniface of Tarsus, martyr (307)[1][2]
- Saint Aprunculus (Apruncule), first bishop of Langres, later of Clermont, Gaul (ca. 488)[3]
- Venerable Serapion the Sindonite, monk of Egypt (5th c.)[3][10][note 3]
- Saint Boniface, Bishop of Ferentino in Tuscany (6th c.)[1]
- Saint Carthage (Carthach Mochuda) the Younger, founder and first abbot of Lismore (637)[1][14]
- Saint Erembert, Bishop of Toulouse (657)[1]
- Saint Tuto (Totto), monk and Abbot of St Emmeram in Regensburg in Germany, where he later became bishop (930)[1]
- Saint Hallvard, Of the royal family of Norway, Patron-saint of Oslo, martyr (1043)[1]
- Saint Nicetas, Bishop of Novgorod and recluse of the Kiev Caves (1108)[15][note 4]
- Patriarch Leontius II of Jerusalem (1190)[18][19]
- Saint Isidore of Rostov, Fool-for-Christ and Wonderworker (1474)[9][20]
- New Martyr Mark of Crete, at Smyrna (1643)[9][21]
- New Martyr John of Bulgaria (Raiko-John of Shumena), the goldsmith (1802)[3][9][22]
- Saint Andrew, abbot of Raphael (Tobolsk) (1820)[3][23]
- New Hiero-confessor Matthew, Hieromonk of Yaransk in Vyatka (1927)[3][23]
- New Hieromartyr Peter, priest (1939)[23]
Other commemorations
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- Abbot Anthony with 40 monks and 1,000 laymen of the St. Paisius of Uglich Monastery,[24]
- Abbot Daniel with 30 monks and 200 laymen of the St. Nicholas Monastery (Kostroma)[25]
- Synaxis of the Yaroslavsk (Pechersk) Icon of the Mother of God (1823)[26][27][28]
- First uncovering of the relics (1846) of Saint Tikhon, Bishop of Voronezh, wonderworker of Zadonsk (1783)[3][23][note 5]
Notes
References
Sources
- May. Self-Ruled Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America.
- May 14/27. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
- May 27 / May 14. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
- May 14. OCA - The Lives of the Saints.
- May 14. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
- May 14. The Roman Martyrology.
Greek Sources