May 12 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

May 11 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - May 13

All fixed commemorations below celebrated on May 25 by Old Calendarists

Saints

• Saint Domitilla the martyr (ca.81-96)^[1][2]
• Saints Nereus and Achilleus the martyrs (100)^[2][3]
• Saint Philip of Agira the Hieromartyr (103)^{[2][4][note 1]}
• Martyr Pancratius of Rome (304)^[2][5][6]
• Martyr Dionysius (Denis), uncle of St. Pancratius (304)^[2][7]
• Saint Dracontius, Bishop of Nicaea (ca.1st-3rd. c.)^{[8][note 2]}
• Saint Epiphanius, Bishop of Salamis and Metropolitan of Cyprus (403)^[2][9]
• Saint Calliope (Callitropos), nun, sister of St. Epiphanius of Cyprus.^[10]
• Saint Sabinus, Archbishop of Cyprus (successor of St. Epiphanius to the Cypriot cathedra) (5th c.)^[11][12]
• Saint Polybius, Bishop of Cyprus, Wonderworker (5th c.)^[11][13]
• Saint Díoma, teacher of St Declan of Ardmore, patron-saint of Kildimo in Co. Limerick in Ireland (5th c.)^[7]
• Saint Modoald, Archbishop of Trier, related by blood and united by friendship with most of the saints of the Merovingian period (640)^[2][7]
• Saint Rictrudis, Abbess of Marchiennes Abbey in Flanders (688)^{[7][note 3]}
• Saint Theophanes, Archbishop of Cyprus (7th c.^[14])^{[15][note 4]}
• Patriarch Germanus I of Constantinople (740)^[2][16]
• Saint Æthelhard, Archbishop of Canterbury (805)^[7]
• Venerable Theodore of Kythera, ascetic (922)^[17][18]
• Saint Euthemius (Euthymius), Patriarch of Jerusalem (ca.1084^[19])^{[20][note 5]}
• Saint Nikitas the Sinaite^{[21][note 6]}
• New Martyr John of Serres (15th c.)^[11][22]
• Saint Theophanes, Bishop of Solea (Solia), Cyprus, later a hermit in the Troodos Mountains; the Outpourer of Myrrh (1550)^{[23][note 7]}
• Monk Dorotheus, (disciple of St. Dionysius of Troitse-Sergiyeva Lavra) (1622)^{[11][note 8]}
• Venerable Dionysius of Radonezh, Archimandrite of the Troitse-Sergiyeva Lavra(1633)^[11][26][27]
• New Martyr John of Wallachia, at Constantinople (1662)^{[11][28][29][note 9]}
• Saint Anthony (Medvedev) of Radonezh, Archimandrite of Troitse-Sergiyeva Lavra (1877)^[11][30]
• Repose of Saint Nectarius (Tikhonov) of Optina (1928)^{[31][note 10]}
• New Martyr Abbess Athanasia (Lepeshkin), of the Smolensk Hodigitria Convent near Moscow (1931)^[11][32]
• New Hieromartyr Peter, priest (1937)^[32]

Other commemorations

• Glorification (1913) of Hieromartyr Patriarch Hermogenes of Moscow (1612)^[11][33][34]
• Discovery of the holy relics (1961) of Saint Irene of Lesvos the Virgin-martyr (1463)^[35]
• Second Uncovering of the relics (1992) of Righteous Simeon of Verkhoturye (1642)^[32]

Notes

1. ^ From the Roman Martyrology:
   

   "At Agirone in Sicily, St. Philip, a priest who was sent to that island by the Roman Pontiff, and converted to Christ a great portion of it. His sanctity is particularly manifested by the deliverance of persons possessed."

2. ^ Note, there is a "Dracontius of Pergamum" who attended the Council of Constantinople (360).
3. ^ Born in Gascony in France, she married St Adalbald, by whom she had four children - all saints, Maurontius, Eusebia, Clotsindis and Adalsindis. After her husband's repose she became a nun and founded the convent of Marchiennes in the north of France.
4. ^ His memory is preserved in the Codex Hierosolymitanus of the 11th-12th c.^[15]
5. ^ His name does not appear in the Synaxaria and the Menaia, but is preserved in the Codex Hierosolymitanus. The Church also observes his feast day on November 7.^[20]
6. ^ The feast day of the Venerable Sinaites of Serbia (from Ravanica) 14th c., is observed on May 6.
7. ^ One Orthodox calendar shows his feast day as May 17.^[24]
8. ^ Saint Dorotheus is commemorated together with Saint Hilarion (monk) on May 23 in the Great Synaxaristes. (Greek Menaion).^[25]
9. ^ Also John Valaha of Romania or Ioan Valahul (Românul).
10. ^ Saint Nectarius' is venerated on April 29, and with all the Optina Elders on October 11.

References

1. ^ Ἡ Ἁγία Δομιτίλλα ἡ Μάρτυς. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
2. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h} May 12. The Roman Martyrology.
3. ^ Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ἀχιλλέας καὶ Νερέος οἱ Μάρτυρες. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
4. ^ Ὁ Ἅγιος Φίλιππος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας ὁ Ἀργύριος. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
5. ^ Ὁ Ἅγιος Παγκράτιος ὁ Μάρτυρας. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
6. ^ Martyr Pancratius. OCA - Feasts and Saints.
7. ^ ^{a b c d e} May 12. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
8. ^ Ὁ Ἅγιος Δρακόντιος Ἐπίσκοπος Νικαίας. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
9. ^ Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἐπιφάνιος Ἐπίσκοπος Κωνσταντίας καὶ Ἀρχιεπίσκοπος Κύπρου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
10. ^ Ἡ Ὁσία Καλλίτροπος, ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
11. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h i} May 12/25. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
12. ^ St Sabinus the Archbishop of Cyprus. OCA - Feasts and Saints.
13. ^ St Polybius the Bishop in Cyprus. OCA - Feasts and Saints.
14. ^ Κατάλογος Αρχιεπισκόπων Κύπρου. Βικιπαίδεια.
15. ^ ^{a b} Ὁ Ἅγιος Θεοφάνης Ἀρχιεπίσκοπος Κύπρου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
16. ^ Ὁ Ἅγιος Γερμανὸς Πατριάρχης Κωνσταντινουπόλεως. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
17. ^ Ὁ Ὅσιος Θεόδωρος ὁ ἐν Κυθήροις ἀσκήσας. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
18. ^ May. Self-Ruled Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America.
19. ^ Κατάλογος Πατριαρχών Ιεροσολύμων. Βικιπαίδεια.
20. ^ ^{a b} Ὁ Ἅγιος Εὐθύμιος Πατριάρχης Ἱεροσολύμων. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
21. ^ Ὁ Ὅσιος Νικήτας ὁ Σιναΐτης. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
22. ^ Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἰωάννης ὁ Νεομάρτυρας ἐκ Σερρῶν. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
23. ^ Ὁ Ἅγιος Θεοφάνης Ἐπίσκοπος Σολέα Κύπρου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
24. ^ Rev. Oeconomos Christopher Klitou. FEASTS AND SAINTS 17th MAY. The Orthodox Pages.
25. ^ Οἱ Ὅσιοι Δωρόθεος καὶ Ἱλαρίων. 23 Μαΐου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
26. ^ Ὁ Ὅσιος Διονύσιος τοῦ Ραντονέζ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
27. ^ Venerable Dionysius the Archimandrite of St Sergius' Monastery. OCA - Feasts and Saints.
28. ^ Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἰωάννης ὁ Νεομάρτυρας ἐκ Βλαχίας. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
29. ^ Martyr John the Wallachian of Romania. OCA - Feasts and Saints.
30. ^ Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἀντώνιος τοῦ Ραντονέζ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
31. ^ Ὁ Ὅσιος Νεκτάριος τῆς Ὄπτινα. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
32. ^ ^{a b c} May 25 / May 12. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
33. ^ Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἑρμογένης ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας Πατριάρχης Μόσχας. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
34. ^ Hieromartyr Hermogenes the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia. OCA - Feasts and Saints.
35. ^ Εὕρεσις Τιμίων Λειψάνων Ἁγίας Εἰρήνης τῆς Παρθενομάρτυρος. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.

Sources

• May 12/25. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
• May 25 / May 12. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow)
• May 12. OCA - The Lives of the Saints.
• Complete List of Saints. Protection of the Mother of God Church (POMOG).
• May. Self-Ruled Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America.
• May 12. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
• May 12. The Roman Martyrology.

Greek Sources

• 12 ΜΑΪΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.