May 16 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

May 15 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - May 17

The Eastern Orthodox cross

All fixed commemorations below celebrated on May 29 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.^{[note 1]}

For May 16th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on May 3.

Saints

• Hieromartyr Alexander of Jerusalem, Archbishop (251)^{[1][note 2]}
• Saint Papylinus the Martyr^[3]
• Martyrs Bachtisius, Isaac and Symeon of Persia (339)^{[4][5][note 3]}
• Saint Theodore the Sanctified of Tabennisi, disciple of Saint Pachomios the Great (367)^[6]
• Martyrs Abda (Audas) and Abdjesus (Audiesus) the Bishops, Benjamin, and 38 other martyrs at Beth-Kashkar in the Persian Empire, under Ardashir II (375), including:^{[7][8][note 4]}

• 16 priests, 9 deacons, 6 monks, and 7 unnamed virgins.

• Saint Neadius (Neadios), Bishop and Wonderworker.^{[9][note 5]}
• Saint Bardas, founder of the monastery of the Forerunner in Petra, Constantinople (5th-6th century)^[5]
• Martyrdom of the 44 Holy Sabaite fathers, monk-martyrs of the Great Lavra of St. Sabbas the Sanctified, massacred by the Saracens (610 or 614)^{[5][8][11][note 6]}
• Martyr Peter of Blachernae (761)^{[13][note 7]}
• Saint Thomas I, Patriarch of Jerusalem (820)^[5]
• Saint George of Mitylene, Bishop (821 or 842)^{[14][note 8]}
• Saint Nicholas Mystikos, Patriarch of Constantinople (925)^[16]

Pre-Schism Western saints

• Saint Fort (Fort de Bordeaux), first Bishop of Bordeaux in France, venerated as a martyr (c. 1st century?)^[17][18]
• Saint Peregrinus, Bishop of Terni (138)^[17][19]
• Saint Peregrine of Auxerre, martyr, the first bishop of Auxerre and the builder of its first cathedral (261 or 304)^[8][17][20]
• Martyrs Felix and Gennadius, at Uzalis in Africa^[8][17][21]
• Martyrs Vitus, Modestus, and Crescentia at Lucania (c. 303)^[5][22]
• Saint Hilary, Bishop of Pavia, one of the bishops in the north of Italy who fought against Arianism (376)^[17]
• Saint Possidius, Bishop of Calama in Numidia in North Africa, a friend of Saint Augustine of Hippo (c. 370 - c. 440)^[8][17]
• Saint Primael, ascetic, from Britain, he went to Brittany and became a hermit near Quimper (c. 450)^[17]
• Blessed child-saint Musa of Rome (5th century)^[5][22]
• Saint Carantac (Carantog, Caimach, Carnath), Welsh prince who aided St Patrick in the enlightenment of Ireland (5th century)^[17][23]
• Saint Fidolus (Phal), Abbot at Isle-Aumont, south of Troyes (c. 540 - 549)^[8][17][24]
• Saint Germerius, Bishop of Toulouse in France for fifty years (560)^[17]
• Saint Brendan the Navigator, abbot of Clonfert (c. 577)^[8][17][25]
• Saint Domnolus, Bishop of Le Mans (581)^[8][17][26]
• Saint Carantoc, an abbot who founded the church of Llangrannog in Wales (6th century)^{[17][27][note 9]}
• Saint Honoratus of Amiens, the seventh bishop of Amiens (c. 600)^[8][17][28]
• Saint Annobert (Alnobert), a monk at Almenêches, consecrated Bishop of Séez in France (c. 689)^[17]
• Saint Franchy (Francovæcus), a monk at St Martin de la Bretonnière in France, later a hermit in the Nivernais (Diocese of Nevers) (7th century)^[17]

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

• Saints Cassian (1537) and Laurence (1548), disciples of Venerable Cornelius of Komel, Abbots of Komel ("Korneliev" Monastery), Vologda.^[29]
• New Hieromartyr Teodor (Nestorović) of Vršac, Bishop of Vršac in Banat, Serbia (1595)^[30]
• New Martyr Nicholas of Metsovo, at Trikala, whose relics are at Meteora (1617)^[5][22][31]

New martyrs and confessors

• Venerable Hieromonk Matthew of Yaransk the Wonderworker ( 'Mitrophan Kuzmich Zvetsov' ) (1927)^{[32][33][note 10]}
• New Martyr Vukasin of Serbia, under the Ustashi terrorists (1941)^{[35][note 11]}

Other commemorations

• Foundation of the church of Saint Euphemia, near the Neorion (port facilities), by the Dolmabahçe Palace of Constantinople.^[36]
• Translation of the relics (1545) of Saint Ephraim, Abbot of Perekop, Wonderworker of Novgorod (1492)^{[37][note 12]}
• Commemoration of Saint Macarius (Notaras) of Corinth (1805) in the village of Myloi, Samos island.^{[38][note 13]}

Icon gallery

• 
  St. Alexander of Jerusalem.
• 
  St. Abdias (Abidas or Obadiah) of Persia (Menologion of Basil II, 10th century).
• 
  Patriarch Nicholas Mystikos.
• 
  The martyrdom of Vitus, Modestus, and Crescentia.
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  Martyrdom of Saint Vitus.
• 
  Bishop St. Germerius of Toulouse, represented in a sculpture on the Church of Our Lady of Dalbade, Toulouse.
• 
  St. Brendan of Clonfert.
• 
  St. Domnolus, Bishop of Le Mans, stained glass.
• 
  St. Carantoc's Church, Crantock.
• 
  Tympanum of the southern door of the Cathedral of Amiens, showing the life of Saint Honoratus of Amiens, including his appointment as bishop, and translation of his relics.
• 
  St. Honoratus of Amiens.
• 
  Venerable Hieromonk Matthew of Yaransk, the Wonderworker.

Notes

1. The notation Old Style or (OS) is sometimes used to indicate a date in the Julian Calendar (which is used by churches on the "Old Calendar").
   The notation New Style or (NS), indicates a date in the Revised Julian calendar (which is used by churches on the "New Calendar").
2. Also commemorated on December 12.^[2]
3. In the Slavonic Menaion these are observed on May 18.
4. It is well known that under the reign Shapur (309-379), Ardashir II had served as governor-King of Adiabene, where he had reportedly persecuted Christians.
5. His memory is preserved in a poem by St. Joseph the Hymnographer (9th century) - (Parisian Codex 1575, sheet 846).^[10]
6. See also another group of Sabaite Fathers commemorated on March 20 († 796).^[12]
7. It appears that Saint Peter was an ascetic in the city of Petra. Later he was buried in a church at Blachernae.
8. His feast day is on April 7. May 16 is likely the feast day of the translation his relics.^[15]
9. He is linked with Crantock in Cornwall and Carhampton in Somerset in England and was also venerated in Brittany.
10. He is also commemorated on October 8 on the celebration of the "Synaxis of the Saints of Vyatka".^[34] Saint Matthew was born in the city of Vyatka (now Kirov); in 1891 he became a monk at the Monastery of St. Alexander Nevsky, and was tonsured with the name Matthew; here he practiced asceticism, obedience, and unceasing prayer, and God blessed him as a Wonderworker. He reposed in peace in 1927.
11. See also: (in Serbian): Старац Вукашин. Serbian Wikipedia.
12. His feast day is on September 26.
13. His feast day is on April 17.^[39]