May 5 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
May 4 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - May 6
All fixed commemorations below celebrated on May 18 by Old Calendarists
Saints
- Great-martyr Irene of Thessaloniki (4th c.)[1]
- Martyrs Irenaeus, Pellegrinus and Irene, at Thessaloniki (284–305)[2][3]
- Martyr Jovinian, the lector of St. Peregrine of Auxerre (ca.304)[4]
- Martyrs Neophytus, Gaius, and Gaianus[5]
- Saint Brito (Britonius) (386)[4]
- Saint Eulogius the Confessor, bishop of Edessa (ca. 386)[3]
- Saints Martin and Heraclius, of Illyria (4th c.)[6][7]
- Saint Nectarius of Vienne, bishop of Vienne (ca.445)[4]
- Saint Nicetus of Vienne, fifteenth bishop of Vienne (ca.449)[4]
- Saint Hilarion, Archbishop of Arles (449)[3][4][8]
- Saint Geruntius of Milan (470)[3][4][9]
- Martyr Crescentiana of Rome (5th c.)[4][note 1]
- Saint Hydrock (Hydroc) of Cornwall (5th c.)[4]
- Saint Sacerdos of Saguntum (ca.560)[3][4]
- Saint Waldrada, first Abbess of Saint-Pierre-aux-Nonnais in Metz in France (ca.620)[4]
- Saint Maurontius of Douai (Maurontus, Mauront), founded monastery at Breuil-sur-lys near Douai, of which he is the patron-saint (701)[4]
- Saint Echa of Crayke, (Etha), Anglo-Saxon priest and monk-hermit at Crayke, near York, England (767)[4]
- Saint Euthymius the Wonderworker, bishop of Madytos on the Hellespont (ca. 990)[11]
- Saints Barlaam of Serpukhov and Gideon of Serpukhov (1377)[12]
- New Monk-martyr Ephraim of Nea Makri (1426)[13]
- Saint Adrian, abbot of Monza Monastery (1619)[14]
- New Hieromartyr Nicholas, priest (1919)[15]
- New Hieromartyr Platon of Banja Luka (Platon Jovanovic) (1941)[16]
Other commemorations
Notes
- ^ The only evidence for the life of Saint Crescentiana is a church in Rome dedicated to her that was already extant at the time of Pope Symmachus (498-514) (Benedictines).[10]
References
- ^ Ἡ Ἁγία Εἰρήνη ἡ Μεγαλομάρτυς. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ^ Οἱ Ἅγιοι Εἰρηναῖος, Περεγρίνος καὶ Εἰρήνη οἱ Μάρτυρες ἐκ Θεσσαλονίκης, ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ^ a b c d e May 5. The Roman Martyrology.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l May 5. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
- ^ Οἱ Ἅγιοι Γαϊανός, Γάιος καὶ Νεόφυτος οἱ Μάρτυρες. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ^ May 5/18, Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
- ^ SAINT MARTIN AND SAINT HERACLIUS (From the Prologue). St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church, McKinney (Dallas area) Texas.
- ^ Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἱλάριος Ἐπίσκοπος Ἀρελάτης. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ^ Ὁ Ἅγιος Γερόντιος Ἐπίσκοπος Μιλάνου, ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ^ Katherine I. Rabenstein. May 5. Saint of the Day - St. Patrick Catholic Church, Washington, D.C.
- ^ Ὁ Ὅσιος Εὐθύμιος ὁ Μυροβλύτης Ἐπίσκοπος Μαδύτου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ^ Οἱ Ὅσιοι Βαρλαὰμ καὶ Γεδεών, ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ^ Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἐφραὶμ ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας ὁ ἐν Νέᾳ Μάκρῃ Ἀττικῆς. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ^ Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἀδριανὸς ἐκ Ρωσίας. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ^ a b May 18, 2011 / May 5, HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow)
- ^ Ὁ Ἅγιος Πλάτων ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας Ἐπίσκοπος Ἀχρίδος, ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ^ Blair, John (2002). "A Handlist of Anglo-Saxon Saints". In Thacker, Aland and Sharpe, Richard. Local Saints and Local Churches in the Early Medieval West. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. p.512.
- ^ a b May 5, OCA - The Lives of the Saints.
- ^ Σύναξις Ὑπεραγίας Θεοτόκου ἐν Σιέρπουχωφ Ρωσίας. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
Sources
- May 5/18, Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU)
- May 18, 2011 / May 5, HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow)
- May 5, OCA - The Lives of the Saints.
- May 5. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
- May 5. The Roman Martyrology.
Greek Sources