May 4 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
May 3 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - May 5
All fixed commemorations below celebrated on May 17 by Old Calendarists
Saints
- Hieromartyr Porphyrius (250)[1][2]
- Saint Curcodomus, a deacon in Rome sent to help St Peregrinus (2nd c.)[1][2]
- Virgin-martyr Pelagia of Tarsus in Asia Minor (287)[1][3]
- Hieromartyr Albian (Olbian), Bishop of Anaea in Asia Minor, and his disciples (284-303)[4]
- Hieromartyr Erasmus of Formiae, bishop in Campania, and 20,000 martyrs with him (303)[5]
- Martyrs Aphrodisius, Leontius, Anthony, Valerian, Macrobius, and others, monks at Scythopolis of Palestine (beg. of 4th c.)[6]
- Martyrs Florian and 40 companions, at Lorsch, Austria (304)[1][2][7]
- Hieromartyr Silvanus of Gaza, bishop, and with him 40 martyrs (311)[1][5][8]
- Saint Monica of Tagaste, the mother of St. Augustine of Hippo (387)[1][9]
- Saint Nepotianus, nephew of St Heliodorus, Bishop of Altino near Venice in Italy (395)[2][10]
- Saint Venerius of Milan, second bishop of Milan, a loyal supporter of St John Chrysostom (409)[1][2]
- Saint Hilary the Wonderworker of the desert[11]
- Saint Conleth, first Bishop of Kildare (ca.519)[2]
- Saint Anthony du Rocher, a disciple of St Benedict and companion of St Maurus in his mission to France, founder of the monastery of Saint Julian in Tours (6th c.)[2]
- Saint Æthelred (Ethelred, Ailred), king of Mercia and monk (716)[2][5]
- Saint Sacerdos of Limoges, Bishop of Limoges (720)[2]
- Saint Nicephorus of Medikion, abbot and founder of Medikion Monastery (813)[12]
- Saint Athanasios of Corinth, bishop (10th-11th c.)[13]
- Saint Gotthard of Hildesheim, became Bishop of Hildesheim in 1022 and did much to spread the Faith (1038)[2]
- Saint Theodosia (Fedosia), princess of Vladimir, (wife of Jaroslav Vsevolodovich; mother of St. Alexander Nevsky) (1244)[14]
- Saint Nicephorus (the Solitary, the Hesychast) of Mount Athos, teacher of St. Gregory Palamas (before 1300)[15][16]
- The Alfanov brothers of Novgorod:
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- Saints Nicetas; Cyril; Nicephorus; Clement; and Isaac of Novgorod; founders of the Sokolnitzki Monastery in 1389[17]
- New Hieromartyr John, priest, (1942)[18]
- New Hieromartyr Nicholas, deacon, (1943)[18]
- New Hieromartyr Archpriest Vasily Martysz (1945)[19]
Other commemorations
References
- ^ a b c d e f g May 4, The Roman Martyrology.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j May 4. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
- ^ Ἡ Ἁγία Πελαγία ἡ Μάρτυς. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ^ Hieromartyr Albian the Bishop of Anaea in Asia Minor. OCA - Feasts and Saints.
- ^ a b c May 4/17, Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU)
- ^ Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ἀντωνίνος, Ἀφροδίσιος, Βαλεριανός, Λεόντιος, Μακρόβιος καὶ Μίδας οἱ Μάρτυρες καὶ οἱ σὺν αὐτοῖς μαρτυρήσαντες. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ^ Ὁ Ἅγιος Φλωριανὸς ὁ Μάρτυρας. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ^ Hieromartyr Silvanus the Bishop of Gaza, and with him 40 Martyrs. OCA - Feasts and Saints.
- ^ Ἡ Ἁγία Μόνικα μητέρα τοῦ Ἁγίου Αὐγουστίνου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ^ Ὁ Ἅγιος Νεποτιανὸς ὁ πρεσβύτερος. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ^ Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἱλάριος ὁ Θαυματουργός. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ^ Ὁ Ὅσιος Νικηφόρος ἡγούμενος τῆς μονῆς Μηδικίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ^ Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀθανάσιος Ἐπίσκοπος Κορίνθου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ^ Ἡ Ὁσία Θεοδοσία πριγκίπισσα τοῦ Βλαδιμίρ, ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ^ Venerable Nicephorus of Mt. Athos, Albania. OCA - The Lives of the Saints.
- ^ Ὁ Ὅσιος Νικηφόρος ὁ ἐν Ἄθῳ ἀσκήσας. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ^ Οἱ Ὅσιοι Ἰσαάκ, Κλήμης, Κύριλλος, Νικήτας καὶ Νικηφόρος ἐκ Ρωσίας. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ^ a b c May 17, 2011 / May 4, HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow)
- ^ New Martyr Archpriest Vasily Martysz, OCA - The Lives of the Saints.
- ^ Ἀνακομιδὴ Τιμίων Λειψάνων Ἁγίου καὶ Δικαίου Λαζάρου καὶ τῆς Μαρίας τῆς Μαγδαληνῆς τῆς Μυροφόρου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ^ Σύναξις Ὑπεραγίας Θεοτόκου τῆς «Παλαιᾶς» ἐν Ρωσίᾳ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
Sources
Greek Sources