May 11 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - May 13
All fixed commemorations below celebrated on May 25 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.[note 1]
For May 12th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on April 29.
Saints
- Saint Domitilla the martyr (c. 81-96)[1][2]
- Saints Nereus and Achilleus the martyrs (100)[2][3]
- Saint Dracontius, Bishop of Nicaea (c. 1st to 3rd centuries)[4][note 2]
- Saint Epiphanius, Bishop of Salamis and Metropolitan of Cyprus (403)[2][5]
- Saint Calliope (Callitropos), nun, sister of St. Epiphanius of Cyprus.[6]
- Saint Sabinus, Archbishop of Cyprus (successor of St. Epiphanius to the Cypriot cathedra) (5th century)[7][8]
- Saint Polybius, Bishop of Cyprus, Wonderworker (5th century)[7][9]
- Saint Theophanes, Archbishop of Cyprus (7th century)[10][11][note 3]
- Patriarch Germanus I of Constantinople (740)[2][12]
- Venerable Theodore of Kythera, ascetic (922)[13][14]
Pre-Schism Western saints
- Saint Philip of Agira the Hieromartyr (103)[2][15][note 4]
- Martyr Pancratius of Rome (304)[2][16][17]
- Martyr Dionysius (Denis), uncle of St. Pancratius (304)[2][18]
- Saint Díoma, teacher of St Declan of Ardmore, patron-saint of Kildimo in Co. Limerick in Ireland (5th century)[18]
- Saint Modoald, Archbishop of Trier, related by blood and united by friendship with most of the saints of the Merovingian period (640)[2][18]
- Saint Rictrudis, Abbess of Marchiennes Abbey in Flanders (688)[18][note 5]
- Saint Æthelhard, Archbishop of Canterbury (805)[18]
Post-Schism Orthodox saints
- Saint Euthemius (Euthymius), Patriarch of Jerusalem (c. 1084? c. 1224?)[19])[20][note 6]
- Saint Nikitas the Sinaite[21]
- New Martyr John of Serres (15th century)[7][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)[7][note 8]
- Venerable Dionysius of Radonezh, Archimandrite of the Troitse-Sergiyeva Lavra(1633)[7][26][27]
- New Martyr John of Wallachia, at Constantinople (1662)[7][28][29][note 9]
- Saint Anthony (Medvedev) of Radonezh, Archimandrite of Troitse-Sergiyeva Lavra (1877)[7][30]
- Repose of Saint Nectarius (Tikhonov) of Optina (1928)[31][note 10]
- Holy Elders of the Sofronievo-Molchensk (Molchansk) Hermitage (glorification in 2009):[32][33][note 11]
- Archimandrite Theodosy (Maslov);
- Hieromonk Serapion;
- Monk Sophronius (Batovrin);
- Novice Sergius (Tikhonov), fool-for-Christ.
New martyrs and confessors
Other commemorations
- Consecration of the Cathedral of the Theotokos at Kiev (in 996)[37]
- Glorification (1913) of Hieromartyr Patriarch Hermogenes of Moscow (1612)[7][38][39]
- Discovery of the holy relics (1961) of Saint Irene of Lesvos the Virgin-martyr (1463)[40]
- Second Uncovering of the relics (1992) of Righteous Simeon of Verkhoturye (1642)[35]
Icon gallery
- Sts. Domitilla, Nereus, and Achilleus, by Peter Paul Rubens.
- Patriarch Germanus I of Constantinople and the Liddskaja icon.
- St. Pancratius of Rome.
Notes
References
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.
- Dr. Alexander Roman. May. Calendar of Ukrainian Orthodox Saints (Ukrainian Orthodoxy - Українське Православ'я).
- May 12. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
- May 12. The Roman Martyrology.
Greek Sources
- Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) 12 ΜΑΪΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- (in Greek) Συναξαριστής. 12 Μαΐου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).
Russian Sources
- (in Russian) 25 мая (12 мая). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).
- (in Russian) 12 мая (ст.ст.) 25 мая 2013 (нов. ст.). Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR).
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