May 5 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

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The Eastern Orthodox cross

All fixed commemorations below celebrated on May 18 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.^{[note 1]}

For May 5th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on April 22.

Saints

• Virgin-martyr Sandukht [Sagdukht] (c. 50)^[1]
• Great Virgin-martyr Irene of Thessaloniki (4th century)^[2]
• Martyrs Irenaeus, Pellegrinus and Irene, at Thessaloniki (284–305)^[3][4]
• Martyrs Neophytus, Gaius, and Gaianus^[5]
• Saint Eulogius the Confessor, bishop of Edessa (c. 386)^[4]
• Saints Martin and Heraclius, of Illyria (4th century)^[6][7]
• Saint Hierax of Egypt (5th century)^[8]
• Saint Euthymius the Wonderworker, bishop of Madytos on the Hellespont (c. 990)^[9]
• Nun-martyr Martha, abbess of Monemvasia with three companions (990)^[10]

Pre-Schism Western saints

• Martyr Jovinian, the lector of St. Peregrine of Auxerre (c. 304)^[11]
• Saint Brito (Britonius) (386)^[11]
• Saint Nectarius of Vienne, bishop of Vienne (c. 445)^[11]
• Saint Nicetus of Vienne, fifteenth bishop of Vienne (c. 449)^[11]
• Saint Hilary (Hilarion), Archbishop of Arles (449)^[4][11][12]
• Saint Gerontius of Milan (470)^[4][11][13]
• Martyr Crescentiana of Rome (5th century)^{[11][note 2]}
• Saint Hydrock (Hydroc) of Cornwall (5th century)^[11]
• Saint Gibrian, hermit in Ireland (509)^[15]
• Saint Sacerdos of Saguntum (c. 560)^[4][11]
• Saint Waldrada, first abbess of Saint-Pierre-aux-Nonnains in Metz in France (c. 620)^[11]
• Saint Diuma, first Bishop of Mercia (c. 650)^[16]
• Saint Maurontius of Douai (Maurontus, Mauront), founded monastery at Breuil-sur-lys near Douai, of which he is the patron-saint (701)^[11]
• Saint Echa of Crayke, (Etha), Anglo-Saxon priest and monk-hermit at Crayke, near York, England (767)^[11]

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

• Saints Barlaam of Serpukhov, and Gideon of Serpukhov (1377)^{[17][note 3]}
• New Monk-martyr Ephraim of Nea Makri (1426)^[19]
• New Hieromartyr Ephraim of Damascus, prophet (15th century)^[20]
• Saint Adrian, abbot of Monza Monastery (1619)^[21]

New martyrs and confessors

• New Hieromartyr Nicholas, priest (1919)^[22]
• New Hieromartyr Platon of Banja Luka (Platon Jovanovic) (1941)^[23] (see also: April 22)

Other commemorations

• Translation of the relics (980)^[24] of Saint Aldhelm, Bishop of Sherborne (709)^[22]
• Dedication of the Church of Mother of God of Kirou at Constantinople and commemoration of commemoration of the solar eclipse (1369)^[25]
• Uncovering of the relics (1613) of Saint James of Zheleznoborov, Abbot of Zhelezny Bor (1442)^[26]
• Uncovering of the relics (1675) of Saint Pachomius of Nerekhta, Abbot of Zhelezny Bor (1384)^[27]
• Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos "Inexhaustible Cup" (1878)^[26][28]

Icon gallery

• 
  Great-martyr Irene of Thessaloniki.
• 
  St. Hydrock's Church, in Lanhydrock, Cornwall.
• 
  St. Platon of Banja Luka.
• 
  Icon of the Theotokos the Inexhaustible Chalice.

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. The only evidence for the life of Saint Crescentiana is a church in Rome dedicated to her that was already extant at the time of Pope Symmachus (498-514) (Benedictines).^[14]
3. St Barlaam and his holy icon are venerated in Ukraine by those afflicted with the inclination to drinking; their friends and relatives also invoke his intercession on their behalf.^[18]

References

1. "САНДУХТ - Древо". drevo-info.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2023-05-17.
2. Ἡ Ἁγία Εἰρήνη ἡ Μεγαλομάρτυς. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
3. Οἱ Ἅγιοι Εἰρηναῖος, Περεγρίνος καὶ Εἰρήνη οἱ Μάρτυρες ἐκ Θεσσαλονίκης, ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
4. May 5. The Roman Martyrology.
5. Οἱ Ἅγιοι Γαϊανός, Γάιος καὶ Νεόφυτος οἱ Μάρτυρες. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
6. May 5/18, Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
7. SAINT MARTIN AND SAINT HERACLIUS (From the Prologue). St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church, McKinney (Dallas area) Texas.
8. "5 МАЯ - Древо". drevo-info.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2023-05-17.
9. Ὁ Ὅσιος Εὐθύμιος ὁ Μυροβλύτης Ἐπίσκοπος Μαδύτου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
10. "МАРФА МОНЕМВАСИЙСКАЯ - Древо". drevo-info.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2023-05-17.
11. May 5. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
12. Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἱλάριος Ἐπίσκοπος Ἀρελάτης. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
13. Ὁ Ἅγιος Γερόντιος Ἐπίσκοπος Μιλάνου, ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
14. Katherine I. Rabenstein. May 5. Saint of the Day - St. Patrick Catholic Church, Washington, D.C.
15. "Celtic and Old English Saints - 5 May". celticsaints.org. Retrieved 2023-05-17.
16. "Celtic and Old English Saints - 5 May". celticsaints.org. Retrieved 2023-05-17.
17. Οἱ Ὅσιοι Βαρλαὰμ καὶ Γεδεών, ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
18. Dr. Alexander Roman. May. Calendar of Ukrainian Orthodox Saints (Ukrainian Orthodoxy - Українське Православ'я).
19. Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἐφραὶμ ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας ὁ ἐν Νέᾳ Μάκρῃ Ἀττικῆς. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
20. "www.synaxaristis - ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ". www.synaxarion.gr. Retrieved 2023-05-17.
21. Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἀδριανὸς ἐκ Ρωσίας. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
22. May 18, 2011 / May 5, HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow)
23. Ὁ Ἅγιος Πλάτων ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας Ἐπίσκοπος Ἀχρίδος, ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
24. Blair, John (2002). "A Handlist of Anglo-Saxon Saints". In Thacker, Aland and Sharpe, Richard. Local Saints and Local Churches in the Early Medieval West. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. p.512.
25. "5 МАЯ - Древо". drevo-info.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2023-05-17.
26. May 5, OCA - The Lives of the Saints.
27. "ПАХОМИЙ НЕРЕХТСКИЙ - Древо". drevo-info.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2023-05-17.
28. Σύναξις Ὑπεραγίας Θεοτόκου ἐν Σιέρπουχωφ Ρωσίας. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.

Sources

• May 5/18, Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU)
• May 18, 2011 / May 5, HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow)
• May 5, OCA - The Lives of the Saints.
• May 5. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
• May 5. The Roman Martyrology.

Greek Sources

• Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) 5 ΜΑΪΟΥ, ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
• (in Greek) Συναξαριστής. 5 Μαΐου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).

Russian Sources

• (in Russian) 18 мая (5 мая). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).
• (in Russian) 5 мая (ст.ст.) 18 мая 2013 (нов. ст.). Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR).