May 21 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

May 20 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - May 22

All fixed commemorations below celebrated on June 3 by Old Calendarists

Saints

• Holy Equals-to-the-Apostles Emperor Constantine (337), and Helena, his mother (327)^[1]
• Hieromartyrs Timothy, Polius and Eutychius, deacons, in in Mauretania Caesariensis (Morocco).^[2][3][4]
• Martyrs Polyeuctus, Victorinus, and Donatus, at Caesarea in Cappadocia.^[3][5]
• Hieromartyr Valens and Companions, Bishop who was martyred in Auxerre in France along with three children.^[3][4]
• Martyr Secundinus, in Cordoba in Spain under Diocletian (ca.306)^[3][4]
• Hieromartyr Secundus and those with him, in Alexandria (356)^[3]
• Saint Adelphios, Bishop of Onouphis, in Byzantine Egypt (ca.362, or ca.431)^{[6][note 1]}
• Saint Hospitius the Hermit of Nice, Wonderworker (581)^[3][4][7]
• Saint Barrfoin (Bairrfhionn, Barrindus) of Killbarron (6th c.)^{[4][note 2]}
• Saint Gollen (Collen, Colan) of Denbighshire, a saint who has given his name to Llangollen in Wales (7th c.)^[4]
• Saint Boros, monk.^{[8][note 3]}
• Saint Isberga (Itisberga) of Aire, reputed sister of Charlemagne, nun at Aire (Aria) in the Artois, of which she is the patroness (ca.800)^[4]
• Saint Ageranus (Ayran, Ayrman) of Beze, a monk at Bèze in France, martyred by the Vikings (888)^[4]
• Saint Christopher I, Patriarch of Antioch (967)^[9]
• Saint Theobald (Thibaud), Archbishop of Vienne (970-1001)^[4]
• Blessed Constantine (Yaroslav), prince, and his children Michael and Theodore, Wonderworkers of Murom (1129)^[10][11]
• Saint Cyril II (Kirill), Bishop of Rostov (1262)^[12][13]
• Saint Basil of Ryazan, Bishop (1295)^{[11][14][note 4]}
• Saint Helen of Decani, Serbia, Princess (ca. 1350)^[11][15]
• Saint Cassian the Greek, monk of Uglich, Wonderworker (1504)^[11][16]
• Saint Agapitus of Marku-shev (Vologda) the Hieromartyr, Abbot (1584)^[11][17]
• Saint Constantine the Fool-for-Christ, of Novotorzanin, Russia (ca.16th c.)^{[18][note 5]}
• New Martyrs King Constantine Brancoveanu of Wallachia and his four sons Constantine, Stephen, Radu, and Matthew, and his counsellor Ianache (1714)^{[19][note 6]}
• Martyr Pachomios of Patmos (1730)^[20]

Other commemorations

• Synaxis of the “Vladimir” Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos (1521)^{[21][22][note 7]}
• Synaxis of the "Virgin of Tenderness" Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos from Pskov-Pechersk (1524)^{[23][24][note 8]}
• Uncovering of the relics (1998) of St. Andrew Ogorodnikov, fool-for-Christ of Simbirsk (1841)^[11]
• Repose of Elena Pavlova of Chepel, Kharkov (1885)^[11]
• Repose of Elder Isaac of Dionysiou Monastery of Mount Athos (1932)^[11]
• Synaxis of Hieromartyrs of Karelia.^[11][25]
• Synaxis of Hieromartyrs of Ufa.^[25][26]

Notes

1. ^ Onouphis: also Onouphitai, Mehallet Menuf, Mahallat Minuf. Date for this Saint is either ca.362 (Adelphios I); or ca.431 (Adelphios II). See:

   • K. A. Worp. "A Checklist of Bishops in Byzantine Egypt (A.D. 325- c. 750)". Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik, Bd. 100 (1994), pp.283-318. Page 303.

2. ^ By tradition he was in charge of the church founded by St Columba in Drum Cullen in Offaly, Ireland and later he lived in Killbarron near Ballyshannon in Donegal. It is said that he reached America on one of his missions by sea and informed St Brendan the Navigator of his discovery. He is also said to have been a bishop.^[4]
3. ^ His memory is recalled in the "Jerusalemitic Canonarion", in conjunction with Isidore and Theodore.
4. ^ Also commemorated on April 12.
5. ^ St Constantine is mentioned by Archbishop Dmitri Sambikin (1905-1908), in the Menologion and Paterikon of Tver.
6. ^ Commemorated on August 16 in the Slavonic Menaion. (May 21 may refer to the Translation of his relics, in 1720.)
7. ^ The Celebration of the Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God was established in memory of the saving of Moscow in the year 1521 from an invasion of Tatars led by Khan Makhmet-Girei. It is commemorated on May 21, as well as June 23 and August 26.
8. ^ Commemorated on May 21, August 26, June 23, October 7 and on the 7th Sunday of Pascha.

References

1. ^ Οἱ Ἅγιοι Κωνσταντίνος καὶ Ἑλένη οἱ Ἱσαπόστολοι. 21 Μαΐου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
2. ^ Οἱ Ἅγιοι Τιμόθεος, Πόλιος καὶ Εὐτύχιος οἱ Ἱερομάρτυρες. 21 Μαΐου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
3. ^ ^{a b c d e f} May 21. The Roman Martyrology.
4. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h i j} May 21. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
5. ^ Οἱ Ἅγιοι Πολύευκτος, Βίκτωρ καὶ Δονάτος οἱ Μάρτυρες. 21 Μαΐου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
6. ^ Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀδέλφιος. 21 Μαΐου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
7. ^ Ὁ Ὅσιος Ὁσπίτιος ὁ Ἐρημίτης. 21 Μαΐου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
8. ^ Ὁ Ὅσιος Βόρος. 21 Μαΐου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
9. ^ Ὁ Ἅγιος Χριστόφορος Α’ Πατριάρχης Ἀντιοχείας. 21 Μαΐου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
10. ^ Οἱ Ἅγιοι Κωνσταντίνος, Μιχαὴλ καὶ Θεόδωρος οἱ Πρίγκιπες καὶ Θαυματουργοί. 21 Μαΐου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
11. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h i} May 21/June 3. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
12. ^ Ὁ Ἅγιος Κύριλλος Β’ Ἐπίσκοπος Ροστώβ. 21 Μαΐου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
13. ^ Fr. S. Janos (Transl.). Sainted Kirill (Cyril), Bishop of Rostov. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
14. ^ Ὁ Ἅγιος Βασίλειος Ἐπίσκοπος Ριαζὰν καὶ Μουρώμ. 21 Μαΐου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
15. ^ Ἡ Ἁγία Ἑλένη ἡ πριγκίπισσα. 21 Μαΐου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
16. ^ Ὁ Ὅσιος Κασσιανὸς ὁ Θαυματουργός ὁ Ἕλληνας. 21 Μαΐου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
17. ^ Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀγαπητὸς ὁ Ὁσιομάρτυρας. 21 Μαΐου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
18. ^ Ὁ Ἅγιος Κωνστανίνος ὁ διὰ Χριστὸν Σαλός. 21 Μαΐου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
19. ^ Ὁ Ἅγιος Κωνσταντίνος ὁ Νεομάρτυρας καὶ οἱ σὺν αὐτῷ μαρτυρήσαντες. 21 Μαΐου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
20. ^ Ὁ Ἅγιος Παχώμιος ὁ Ὁσιομάρτυρας ὁ Νέος. 21 Μαΐου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
21. ^ Σύναξις Ὑπεραγίας Θεοτόκου τοῦ Βλαδιμήρου. 21 Μαΐου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
22. ^ Fr. S. Janos (Transl.). The Celebration of the Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
23. ^ Σύναξις Ὑπεραγίας Θεοτόκου τῆς Τρυφερῆς. 21 Μαΐου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
24. ^ The "Umilenie-Tenderness" Pskovo-Pechersk Icon of the Mother of God. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
25. ^ ^{a b} June 3 / May 21. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
26. ^ Hieromartyrs And Martyrs Of Ufa And Orenburg. St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church, McKinney (Dallas area) Texas.

Sources

• May 21/June 3. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
• June 3 / May 21. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
• May 21. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
• May 21. The Roman Martyrology.

Greek Sources

• 21 ΜΑΪΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.