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May 27 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

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May 27 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
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May 26 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - May 28

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All fixed commemorations below celebrated on June 9 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.[note 1]

For May 27th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on May 14.

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Saints

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Pre-Schism Western saints

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

Other commemorations

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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. Her feast day is celebrated on March 4.[11] It is unknown why the Synaxaristes has this entry here on May 27.
    • "At Sora, in the time of Emperor Aurelian and the proconsul Agathius, St. Restituta, virgin and martyr, who overcame in a trial for the faith the violence of the demons, the affections of her family, and the cruelty of the executioners. Being finally beheaded with other Christians, she obtained the honour of martyrdom."[18]
    • "Born in Rome of a noble family, she fled to Sora in Campania in Italy to escape persecution under Aurelian but was martyred there with several companions."[19]
    • In Iconography she is shown together with her guardian angel.[17]
  3. Born in Marseilles, he succeeded St Justin as Bishop of Orange in France, when the diocese had been laid waste by the Visigoths.
  4. A holy virgin who lived as an anchoress in Powys in Wales. Her shrine is in Pennant Melangell.
  5. He was the father of St. Hadulph, Bishop of Arras-Cambrai.
  6. His feast day is celebrated on December 12. On this day is celebrated the holy ascetic's name-in-common with Saint Therapont of Sardis and Therapont of White Lake.
  7. A Kozak, St John was taken captive and sold into slavery by the Tatars into a Turkish family. His holiness and miracles inspired that same family to build his church-shrine after his repose. He is very popular in Greece.[31]
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