May 18 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

May 17—Eastern Orthodox Church calendar—May 19

All fixed commemorations below celebrated on May 31 by Old Calendarists

Saints

• Martyr Venantius of Camerino (250)^[1][2][3]
• Martyrs Peter of Lampsacus, Andrew, Paul, Dionysia, and Christina, under Decius (ca.249-251)^{[4][note 1]}
• Martyrs Heraclius, Paulinus, and Benedimus of Athens (ca.249-251)^[4]
• Martyr Euphrasia of Nicaea (ca.303)^[6][7]
• Martyr Theodotus of Ancyra,^[2][8] and with him eight virgin-martyrs:

• Alexandra, Tecusa, Claudia, Phaine, Euphrasia, Theodota, Matrona, and Julia (304)^[2][9]

• Hieromartyr Felix, Bishop of Spoleto, in Umbria (304)^[2][3][10]
• Martyr Dioscorus, in Cynopolis of Egypt (305)^[2][11]
• Martyr Galactia^[12]
• Martyr Julian^[13]
• Martyrs Symeon, Isaac, and Bachtisius of Persia (339)^{[6][note 2]}
• Hieromartyr Potamon, Bishop of Heraclea in Egypt, and Confessor (340)^[2][14][15]
• The Holy clergy and lay martyrs massacred under Emperor Valens (364-378)^{[16][note 3]}
• Hieromartyr Pope John I of Rome (526)^[2][3][17]
• Hieromartyr Pope Theodore I of Rome (649)^[18]
• Martyrs David and Tarechan of Georgia (693)^[19]
• Martyr Merililaun (Merolilaun), a pilgrim murdered near Rheims and venerated as a martyr (8th c.)^[3]
• Saint Feredarius (Feradach mac Cormaic), Abbot of Iona (ca.880)^[3]
• Patriarch Stephen the New of Constantinople (893)^[20]
• Saint Elgiva, Widow of King Edmund, Abbess of Shaftesbury (944)^[3]
• Saint Anastaso (Anastasia) of Leukadion (or Laucation), near the Bithinian sea-shore^[21]
• Saint Martinian of Areovinthus (Areobindus, Areovinchus), monk of the church of the Theotokos of the Areovinthus quarter, Constantinople^[22]
• Hosios Stephanos the Chorabyte^[23]
• Saint John Gashkevich, Archpriest of Korma (1917)^[6]
• New Hieromartyr Michael, priest (1932)^[24]
• New Hieromartyr Damian (Damjan) Strbac, Jr., priest of Grahovo, Serbia (1940s)^[6]
• New Hieromartyr Basil, priest (1942)^[24]

Other commemorations

• Repose of Archimandrite Macarius (Glukharev) of the Altai, missionary to the Altay region in Siberia (1847)^{[25][note 4]}
• Repose of Blessed Philip, founder of the Gethsemane Caves Skete of St. Sergius Lavra (1869)^[6]

Notes

1. ^ The Roman Martyrology lists "Saints Peter, Andrew, Paul, and Dionysia" for May 15.^[5]
2. ^ In the Greek Menaion these are commemorated on May 16.
3. ^ When the pro-Arian Emperor Valens (364 to 378 AD) AD) lived in Nicomedia, a committee of eighty Orthodox clergy visited him to talk about the issue of Arius. These Holy Martyrs had a martyric end, after having been put on a ship which was burned near Dakyvizi (or Dakymizi).
4. ^ Also commemorated on May 15.

References

1. ^ Ὁ Ἅγιος Βενάντιος ὁ Μάρτυρας. 18 Μαΐου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
2. ^ ^{a b c d e f g} May 18. The Roman Martyrology.
3. ^ ^{a b c d e f} May 18. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
4. ^ ^{a b} Οἱ Ἅγιοι Πέτρος, Διονύσιος, Ἀνδρέας, Παῦλος, Χριστίνα, Ἡράκλειος, Παυλίνος καὶ Βενέδιμος οἱ Μάρτυρες. 18 Μαΐου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
5. ^ May 15. The Roman Martyrology.
6. ^ ^{a b c d e} May 18/31. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
7. ^ Ἡ Ἁγία Εὐφρασία ἡ Μάρτυς. 18 Μαΐου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
8. ^ Ὁ Ἅγιος Θεόδοτος ὁ Μάρτυρας. 18 Μαΐου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
9. ^ Οἱ Ἁγίες Ἀλεξανδρία, Εὐφρασία, Θεοδότη, Ἰουλία, Κλαυδία, Ματρώνα, Τεκοῦσα καὶ Φαεινὴ οἱ Παρθενομάρτυρες. 18 Μαΐου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
10. ^ Ὁ Ἅγιος Φήλικας ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας. 18 Μαΐου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
11. ^ Ὁ Ἅγιος Διόσκορος ὁ Μάρτυρας. 18 Μαΐου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
12. ^ Ἡ Ἁγία Γαλακτία ἡ Μάρτυς. 18 Μαΐου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
13. ^ Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἰουλιανὸς ὁ Μάρτυρας. 18 Μαΐου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
14. ^ Ὁ Ἅγιος Ποταμὼν ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας Ἐπίσκοπος Ἡρακλείας. 18 Μαΐου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
15. ^ Rev. Alban Butler (1711–73). May 18 - St. Potamon, Bishop and Martyr. The Lives of the Saints, Volume V: May. 1866.
16. ^ Οἱ Ἅγιοι κληρικοὶ καὶ λαϊκοί Μάρτυρες οἱ ἀναιρεθέντες ὑπὸ τὸν αὐτοκράτορα Οὐάλη. 18 Μαΐου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
17. ^ John I May 18. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
18. ^ Ὁ Ἅγιος Θεόδωρος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας Ἐπίσκοπος Ρώμης. 18 Μαΐου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
19. ^ Οἱ Ἅγιοι Δαβὶδ καὶ Ταριχάνι οἱ Μάρτυρες. 18 Μαΐου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
20. ^ Ὁ Ἅγιος Στέφανος Πατριάρχης Κωνσταντινουπόλεως. 18 Μαΐου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
21. ^ Ἡ Ὁσία Ἀναστασὼ ἡ ἐν τοῖς Λευκαδίου. 18 Μαΐου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
22. ^ Ὁ Ὅσιος Μαρτινιανὸς ὁ ἐν τοῖς Ἀρεοβίνθου. 18 Μαΐου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
23. ^ Ὁ Ὅσιος Στέφανος ὁ Χωρηβίτης. 18 Μαΐου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
24. ^ ^{a b} May 31 / May 18. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
25. ^ Ὁ Ὅσιος Μακάριος ὁ Ἱεραπόστολος. 18 Μαΐου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.

Sources

• May 18/31. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
• May 31 / May 18. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
• May 18. The Roman Martyrology.
• May 18. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.

Greek Sources

• 18 ΜΑΪΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.