May 16 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

May 15 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - May 17

All fixed commemorations below celebrated on May 29 by Old Calendarists

Saints

• Saint Fort (Fort de Bordeaux), first Bishop of Bordeaux in France, venerated as a martyr (ca. 1st c.?)^[1][2]
• Saint Peregrinus, Bishop of Terni (138)^[1][3]
• Hieromartyr Alexander of Jerusalem, Archbishop (251)^{[4][note 1]}
• Saint Peregrine of Auxerre, martyr, the first bishop of Auxerre and the builder of its first cathedral (261 or 304)^[1][6][7]
• Martyrs Felix and Gennadius, at Uzalis in Africa^[1][7][8]
• Saint Papylinus the Martyr^[9]
• Martyrs Vitus (Guy), Modestus, and Crescentia at Lucania (ca. 303)^[10][11]
• Martyrs Bachtisius, Isaac and Symeon of Persia (339)^{[11][12][note 2]}
• Saint Theodore the Sanctified of Tabennisi, disciple of Saint Pachomios the Great (367)^[13]
• Martyrs Abda (Audas) and Abdjesus (Audiesus) the Bishops, Benjamin, and 38 other martyrs at Beth-Kashkar in the Persian Empire, under Ardashir II (375), including:^{[14][7][note 3]}

• 16 priests, 9 deacons, 6 monks, and 7 unnamed virgins.

• Saint Hilary, Bishop of Pavia, one of the bishops in the north of Italy who fought against Arianism (376)^[1]
• Saint Neadius (Neadios), Bishop and Wonderworker^{[15][note 4]}
• Saint Possidius, Bishop of Calama in Numidia in North Africa, a friend of Saint Augustine of Hippo (c.370-c.440)^[1][7]
• Saint Primael, ascetic, from Britain, he went to Brittany and became a hermit near Quimper (ca.450)^[1]
• Blessed child Saint Musa of Rome (5th c.)^[10][11]
• Saint Carantac (Carantog, Caimach, Carnath), Welsh prince who aided St Patrick in the enlightenment of Ireland (5th c.)^[1][17]
• Saint Fidolus (Phal), Abbot at Isle-Aumont, south of Troyes (ca.540-549)^[1][7][18]
• Saint Germerius, Bishop of Toulouse in France for fifty years (560)^[1]
• Saint Brendan the Navigator, abbot of Clonfert (ca.577)^[1][7][19]
• Saint Domnolus, Bishop of Le Mans (581)^[1][7][20]
• Saint Bardas, founder of the monastery of the Forerunner in Petra, Constantinople (5th-6th c.)^[11]
• Saint Carantoc, an abbot who founded the church of Llangrannog in Wales (6th c.)^{[1][21][note 5]}
• Saint Honoratus of Amiens, the seventh bishop of Amiens (ca.600)^[1][7][22]
• Martyrdom of the 44 Holy Sabaite fathers, monk-martyrs of the Great Lavra of St. Sabbas the Sanctified, massacred by the Saracens (610 or 614)^{[7][11][23][note 6]}
• Saint Annobert (Alnobert), a monk at Almenêches, consecrated Bishop of Séez in France (ca.689)^[1]
• Saint Franchy (Francovæcus), a monk at St Martin de la Bretonnière in France, later a hermit in the Nivernais (Diocese of Nevers) (7th c.)^[1]
• Martyr Peter of Blachernae (761)^{[25][note 7]}
• Saint Thomas, Patriarch of Jerusalem (820)^[11]
• Saint George of Mitylene, Bishop (821 or 842)^{[26][note 8]}
• Saint Nicholas Mystikos, Patriarch of Constantinople (925)^[28]
• Saints Cassian (1537) and Laurence (1548), disciples of Venerable Cornelius of Komel (May 19), Abbots of Komel ("Korneliev" Monastery), Vologda.^[29]
• New Hieromartyr Teodor (Nestorović) of Vršac, Bishop of Vršac in Banat, Serbia (1595)^[30]
• New Martyr Nicholas of Metsovo, at Trikala, whose relics are at Meteora (1617)^[10][11][31]
• New Martyr Vukasin of Serbia, under the Ustashi terrorists (1941)^[32]

Other commemorations

• Foundation of the church of Saint Euphemia, near the Neorion (port facilities), by the Dolmabahçe Palace of Constantinople.^[33]
• Translation of the relics (1545) of Saint Ephraim, Abbot of Perekop, Wonderworker of Novgorod (1492)^{[34][note 9]}
• Commemoration of Saint Macarius (Notaras) of Corinth (1805) in the village of Myloi, Samos island.^{[35][note 10]}
• Repose of Hieromonk Matthew of Yaramsk in Vyatka (1927)

Notes

1. ^ Also commemorated on December 12.^[5]
2. ^ In the Slavonic Menaion these are observed on May 18.
3. ^ It is well-known that under the reign Shapur (309-379), Ardashir II had served as governor-King of Adiabene, where he had reportedly persecuted Christians.
4. ^ His memory is preserved in a poem by St. Joseph the Hymnographer (9th c.) - (Parisian Codex 1575, sheet 846).^[16]
5. ^ He is linked with Crantock in Cornwall and Carhampton in Somerset in England and was also venerated in Brittany.
6. ^ Also commemorated on March 20.^[24]
7. ^ It appears that Saint Peter was an ascetic in the city of Petra. Later he was buried in a church at Blachernae.
8. ^ His feast day is on April 7. May 16 is likely the feast day of the translation his relics.^[27]
9. ^ His feast day is on September 26.
10. ^ His feast day is on April 17.^[36]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p} May 16. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
2. ^ Saint Fort de Bordeaux. Spiritualité Chrétienne.
3. ^ Ὁ Ἅγιος Περεγρίνος Ἐπίσκοπος Τέρνι. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
4. ^ Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀλέξανδρος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας Ἀρχιεπίσκοπος Ἱεροσολύμων. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
5. ^ Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀλέξανδρος ὁ Μάρτυρας. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
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7. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h i} May 16. The Roman Martyrology.
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10. ^ ^{a b c} Complete List of Saints. Protection of the Mother of God Church (POMOG).
11. ^ ^{a b c d e f g} May 16/29. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
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14. ^ Οἱ Ἅγιοι Αὐδᾶς, Αὐδιησοῦς, Βενιαμὶν καὶ ἄλλοι τριάντα ὀκτὼ Μάρτυρες. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
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18. ^ Ὁ Ὅσιος Φιδωλός. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
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20. ^ Ὁ Ἅγιος Δομνόλος. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
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24. ^ Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ἀββάδες Μαῦροι οἱ ἐν τῇ μονῇ Ἁγίου Σάββα ἀναιρεθέντες. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
25. ^ Ὁ Ἅγιος Πέτρος ὁ Ὁσιομάρτυρας. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
26. ^ Ὁ Ἅγιος Γεώργιος ὁ Ὁμολογητής Ἐπίσκοπος Μυτιλήνης. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
27. ^ Ὁ Ἅγιος Γεώργιος ὁ Σημειοφόρος Ἐπίσκοπος Μυτιλήνης. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
28. ^ Ὁ Ἅγιος Νικόλαος ὁ Α’ ὁ Μυστικὸς, Πατριάρχης Κωνσταντινουπόλεως. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
29. ^ Οἱ Ὅσιοι Κασσιανὸς καὶ Λαυρέντιος. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
30. ^ Ὁ Ἅγιος Θεόδωρος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας Ἐπίσκοπος Βρσάκ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
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33. ^ Μνήμη Ἁγίας Εὐφημίας πλησίον τοῦ Νεωρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
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