May 17 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

May 16 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - May 18

All fixed commemorations below celebrated on May 30 by Old Calendarists

Saints

• Apostles Andronicus of Pannonia and his fellow labourer Junia, of the Seventy Apostles (1st c.)^{[1][note 1]}
• Saint Restituta the martyr, in Carthage (255 or 304)^[3][4]
• Martyrs Heradius, Paul, and Aquilinus, near Lake Geneva (284-305)^[4][5][6]
• Martyrs Solochon, Pamphamer, and Pamphalon, at Chalcedon (ca.286-305)^[4][7]
• Martyrs Adrion, Victor and Basilla, in Alexandria.^[4][8]
• Saint Theodoret of Antioch, Hieromartyr, (361–363)^[9]
• Saint Maden (Madern, Madron, Madrona) (ca.545)^[6][10]
• Saint Cathán (Catan, Chattan, Cadan), Bishop in the Isle of Bute in Scotland (6th c.)^[6]
• Venerable Dodo of the St David-Gareji Monastery, Georgia (6th c.)^{[11][note 2]}
• Saint Mailduf (Maidulph, Maelduib), founder of Malmesbury Abbey (673)^[6][12]
• Saint Gerebernus (Gerebern, Gerebrand), Hieromartyr, priest from Ireland who accompanied St Dymphna to Belgium and shared in her martyrdom (7th c.)^[6]
• Saint Stephen the New, Patriarch of Constantinople (893)^[13][14]
• Saint Rasso (Ratho), ascetic, founder of a Benedictine abbey at Wörth, later named Grafrath after him (953)^[6]
• Venerable Eudokia^[15] (in monasticism Euphrosyne),^[16] Grand-Duchess of Moscow (1407)^{[17][note 3]}
• Saints Nectarius (1550) and Theophanes (1544) of Meteora^[18]
• Great-martyr Nicholas of Sofia (1555)^[19]
• Saint Nicolas (Basdanis) the New Martyr (St Nicolas the Vlach) (1617)^{[20][21][note 4]}
• Saint Athanasius the New, Bishop and Wonderworker of Christianopolis (1707 or 1735)^[13][22]
• New Martyr Eleazar (Lazarus), of the town of Vasen in Russia, martyred for the faith near Olonets (18th c.)^[23]
• Saint Jonah Atamansky, Archpriest of Odessa (1924)^[13][24]

Other commemorations

• Commemoration of the Fall of Jerusalem in 614 AD to the Persians, with the loss of the True Cross to Persia, damage to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre by fire, and the martyrdom of over 65,000 Christians (614)^{[25][26][note 5]}
• Translation of the relics (1551) of Saint Adrian of Ondrusov (Valaam), Abbot (1549)^[13][27]

Notes

1. ^ The Synaxis of the Seventy Apostles in celebrated on January 4.^[2]
2. ^ Two other sources list the feast day of Saint Dodo (disciple of Saint David of Georgia) as May 20:
   

   • Complete List of Saints. Protection of the Mother of God Church (POMOG).
   • St. Dodo, May 20. Syriac Orthodox Church of Antioch. (Oriental Orthodox)

3. ^ She is also commemorated on July 7, the day of her repose.
4. ^ The Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate formally canonized Nicolas Basdanis as a saint of the Universal Church on November 28, 1988. He is commemorated on that date, and on that of his martyrdom - May 17.
5. ^ Following the Sassanid King Khosrau II's early 7th century push into the Byzantine Empire, advancing through Syria, the Sassanid Generals Shahrbaraz and Shahin attacked the Byzantine-controlled city of Jerusalem. They were aided by the Jews of Palestine, who had risen up against the Byzantines.^[26] According to the account by the 7th century monk Antiochus Strategos, Abbott of the Great Lavra of St. Sabbas the Sanctified, the total number of Christian martyrs "was 66,509 souls";^[26] according to the account in the Great Synaxaristes of the Orthodox Church the total was "80,000" Christian martyrs.^[25]

References

1. ^ Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ἀνδρόνικος καὶ Ἰουνία οἱ Ἀπόστολοι. 17 Μαΐου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
2. ^ Σύναξις τῶν Ἁγίων Ἑβδομήκοντα Ἀποστόλων. 4 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
3. ^ Ἡ Ἁγία Ρεστιτούτα ἡ Μάρτυς. 17 Μαΐου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
4. ^ ^{a b c d} May 17. The Roman Martyrology.
5. ^ Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ἐράδιος, Παῦλος καὶ Ἀκυλίνος οἱ Μάρτυρες καὶ οἱ σὺν αὐτοῖς μαρτυρήσαντες. 17 Μαΐου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
6. ^ ^{a b c d e f} May 17. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
7. ^ Οἱ Ἅγιοι Παμφαμήρ, Παμφυλῶν καὶ Σολόχων οἱ Μάρτυρες. 17 Μαΐου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
8. ^ Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ἄνδριος, Βίκτωρ καὶ Βασίλλα οἱ Μάρτυρες. 17 Μαΐου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
9. ^ Ὁ Ἅγιος Θεοδώρητος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας. 17 Μαΐου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
10. ^ Ὁ Ὅσιος Ματρῶνος. 17 Μαΐου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
11. ^ Venerable Dodo of the St David-Gareji Monastery, Georgia. OCA - Feasts and Saints.
12. ^ Ὁ Ὅσιος Μαϊδοῦλφος. 17 Μαΐου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
13. ^ ^{a b c d} May 17/30. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
14. ^ St Stephen the Archbishop of Constantinople. OCA - Feasts and Saints.
15. ^ Ἡ Ὁσία Εὐδοκία. 17 Μαΐου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
16. ^ Ἡ Ὁσία Εὐφροσύνη ἡ ἐν Μόσχᾳ. 17 Μαΐου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
17. ^ The Nun Evphrosynia. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
18. ^ Οἱ Ὅσιοι Νεκτάριος καὶ Θεοφάνης οἱ Ἀψαράδες. 17 Μαΐου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
19. ^ Ὁ Ἅγιος Νικόλαος ὁ Μεγαλομάρτυρας. 17 Μαΐου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
20. ^ Ὁ Ἅγιος Νικόλαος ὁ Νεομάρτυρας ὁ Νέος. 17 Μαΐου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
21. ^ David Melling and Dimitri Brady. St. Nicolas Basdanis the New Martyr. The Society Farsarotul.
22. ^ Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀθανάσιος Ἀρχιεπίσκοπος Χριστιανουπόλεως. 17 Μαΐου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
23. ^ Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἐλεάζαρος. 17 Μαΐου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
24. ^ Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἰωνᾶς τῆς Ὀδησσοῦ. 17 Μαΐου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
25. ^ ^{a b} Μνήμη ἁλώσεως τῆς Ἱερουσαλὴμ. 17 Μαΐου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
26. ^ ^{a b c} Prof. F.C. Conybeare. Antiochus Strategos, The Capture of Jerusalem by the Persians in 614 AD. English Historical Review 25 (1910). pp. 502-517.
27. ^ Μετακομιδὴ Τιμίων Λειψάνων Ὁσίου Ἀδριανοῦ. 17 Μαΐου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.

Sources

• May 17/30. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
• May 30 / May 17. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A a parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
• May 17. OCA - The Lives of the Saints.
• May 17. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
• May 17. The Roman Martyrology.

Greek Sources

• 17 ΜΑΪΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.