May 8 – Eastern Orthodox Church calendar – May 10
All fixed commemorations below celebrated on May 22 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.[note 1]
For May 9th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on April 26.
Saints
Pre-Schism Western saints
- Saint Beatus, Apostle of Switzerland (2nd century)[13]
- Martyrs Epimachus and Gordianus of Rome, in the persecution of Decius (c. 249 – 251)[14]
- Saint John of Châlon, third Bishop of Châlon-sur-Saône in France (c. 475)[13]
- Saint Gerontius, bishop of Cervia near Ravenna in Italy, martyr (c. 501)[13][15]
- Saint Sanctan, Bishop of Kill-da-Les and Kill-na-Sanctan near Dublin in Ireland (6th century)[13]
- Blessed Adalgar, third archbishop of Hamburg-Bremen (909)[16][17]
- Saint Vincent, Abbot of St Peter de Montes in Spain, a disciple and successor of St. Gennadius of Astorga (c. 950)[13]
- Saint Gregory, Bishop of Ostia (c. 1044)[13]
Post-Schism Orthodox saints
- Saint Dmitry Donskoy, Prince of Moscow (1389)[18][note 2]
- New Hieromartyr Methodius of Amaria, Crete (1793)[21]
- Saint Joseph (Litovkin) of Optina, Hiero-schema-monk of Optina Monastery (1911)[22][23][note 3]
- Venerable Elder Ieronymos of Simonopetra (1957)[25][note 4][note 5][note 6] (see also: April 26 - OS)
New martyrs and confessors
Other commemorations
- Translation of the Relics of Saint Nicholas from Myra to Bari in 1087.[11] (see also: May 20 – Greek)
- Zaraysk Icon of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker (1225)[30]
- Translation of the relics (1775) of Child-martyr Gabriel of Slutsk (1690)[24][30][34]
Icon gallery
- Prophet Isaiah.
- Fresco of St. Christopher, (Limburg Cathedral).
- St. Aquilina.
- St Shio of Mgvime.
- Sts. Gordianus and Epimachus (Illustration from the Nuremberg Chronicle).
- Martyrdom of St. Gordianus.
- St. Dmitry Donskoy.
Notes
References
Sources
- Complete List of Saints. Protection of the Mother of God Church (POMOG).
- May 9, OCA – The Lives of the Saints.
- May 9/22, Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
- May 22 / May 9, HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow)
- New Martyrs and Confessors of the Soviet Yoke, Saints of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church.
- Dr. Alexander Roman. May. Calendar of Ukrainian Orthodox Saints (Ukrainian Orthodoxy – Українське Православ'я).
- May 9. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
- May 9. The Roman Martyrology.
Greek Sources
- Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) 9 ΜΑΪΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- (in Greek) Συναξαριστής. 9 Μαΐου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).
Russian Sources
- (in Russian) 22 мая (9 мая). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia – Pravenc.ru).
- (in Russian) 9 мая (ст.ст.) 22 мая 2013 (нов. ст.). Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR).
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