May 11 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
May 10 – Eastern Orthodox Church calendar – May 12
All fixed commemorations below celebrated on May 24 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.[note 1]
For May 11th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on April 28.
Saints[edit]
- Martyr Evellius, under Nero (66)[1][2]
- Martyrs Maximus, Bassus, and Fabius (284–305)[2][3]
- Hieromartyr Mocius (Mucius), presbyter of Amphipolis in Macedonia, beheaded in Byzantium (288)[4][note 2]
- Martyr Armodius[5][note 3]
- Martyr Acacius of Lower Moesia[6]
- Saints Cyril and Methodius, Equal-to-the-Apostles and Enlighteners of the Slavs (869, 885)[7][8] (see also: July 17 )
- Saints Clement of Ohrid (916), Sabbas (10th century), Angelarius (Angelyar) (ca. 886), Gorazd (896), and Naum of Preslav (910) — Disciples of Saints Cyril and Methodius and missionaries of the Slavs, Wonderworkers and Equal-to-the-Apostles[9][note 4]
- Saint Rostislav the Prince of Great Moravia, Confessor of the Faith (870)[6][8] (see also: October 29)
Pre-Schism Western saints[edit]
- Hieromartyr Anthimus of Rome, and martyrs Sisinius the deacon with Diocletius and Florentius (disciples of St. Anthimus), (284–305)[2][11][12]
- Saint Principia of Rome, a holy virgin in Rome and disciple of St Marcella (420)[12]
- Saint Mammertus, Archbishop of Vienne (475)[12][13]
- Saint Possessor of Verdun, Bishop of Verdun, he and his flock were greatly troubled by the barbarian invasions of Franks, Vandals and Goths (c. 486)[12]
- Saint Tudy (Tudinus, Tegwin, Thetgo), a disciple of St Brioc in Brittany (5th century)[12]
- Saint Credan of Cornwall, hogherd.[14]
- Saint Gangulphus (760)[12]
- Saint Fremund of Dunstable, Anglo-Saxon hermit, killed by his kinsman Oswy with the help of Danish invaders who had also murdered King Edmund (866)[12]
- Saint Odo of Cluny, the second Abbot of Cluny (942)[12]
- Saint Mayeul (Majolus, Maieul), Abbot of Cluny (994)[6][12]
- Saint Odilo of Cluny (1049)[12]
Post-Schism Orthodox saints[edit]
- Martyrs Olympia, abbess of Mytilene, and nun Euphrosyne (1235)[6][15]
- Saint Sophronius of the Kiev Caves, recluse (13th century)[6][16][17][note 5]
- Saint Nicodemus of Pec, Archbishop of Serbia (1324)[6][18]
- Hieromartyr Joseph, first Metropolitan of Astrakhan (1672)[6][19][20]
- Blessed Christopher of Georgia (Christesias), monk at the Monastery of St. John the Baptist, at the David Gareja monastery complex, "The Thebaid of Georgia" (1771/1871)[21][22][note 6]
- New Martyr Dioscorus (Dioscorides) the New, of Smyrna[6][23][24]
- New Martyr Argyrus (Argyrus, Argyres) of Thessalonica (1806/1808)[6][24][25]
- Saint Theophylact, bishop of Stavropol and Ekaterinodar (1872)[26]
New martyrs and confessors[edit]
- New Hieromartyr Michael Belorossov, priest (1920)[8][24]
- New Hieromartyr Alexander (Petrovsky), Archbishop of Kharkov (1940)[8][27][28]
Other commemorations[edit]
- Commemoration of the Founding of Constantinople (330) as Capital of the Roman Empire[29][30]
- Consecration of the Saint Sophia Cathedral in Kiev (960).[31]
Icon gallery[edit]
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Saints Saints Cyril and Methodius, Equals-to-the-Apostles. -
St. Clement of Ohrid. -
Saint Naum of Preslav. -
St. Rostislav the Prince of Great Moravia, Confessor of the Faith. -
St. Mamertus, Archbishop of Vienne. -
Sancreed church and war memorial, Cornwall. -
St. Gangulphus of Burgundy. -
St. Odo of Cluny. -
St. Odo of Cluny. -
St. Majolus of Cluny. -
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Notes[edit]
- ^ 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"). - ^ The Roman Martyrology lists his feast day as May 13.
- ^ The Holy martyr Armodius is unknown in the Synaxaristes and Menaia, however his memory is preserved in an 11th-century codex from the Abbey of Santa Maria di Grottaferrata (Greek: μονῆς Κρυπτοφέρρης) near Rome.
- ^ See also July 27 (Slavonic Menaion) for these 5 Saints.[10]
- ^ See also March 11.
- ^ The Greek Synaxarion gives his date as 1871. Slavonic sources give the date of 1771.
References[edit]
- ^ Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἐβέλλιος ὁ Μάρτυρας. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ^ a b c May 11 Archived September 27, 2011, at the Wayback Machine. The Roman Martyrology.
- ^ Οἱ Ἅγιοι Μάξιμος, Βάσσος καὶ Φάβιος οἱ Μάρτυρες. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ^ Ὁ Ἅγιος Μώκιος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ^ Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἁρμόδιος ὁ Μάρτυρας. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i May 11/24 Archived April 6, 2012, at the Wayback Machine. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
- ^ Οἱ Ἅγιοι Κύριλλος καὶ Μεθόδιος οἱ Ἰσαπόστολοι καὶ Φωτιστὲς τῶν Σλάβων. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ^ a b c d (in Russian) 11 мая (ст.ст.) 24 мая 2013 (нов. ст.) Archived December 25, 2013, at the Wayback Machine. Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR).
- ^ Οἱ Ἅγιοι Κλήμης, Σάββας, Ἀγγελάριος, Γοράσδος καὶ Ναοὺμ οἱ Θαυματουργοὶ Ἰσαπόστολοι. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ^ Equal of the Apostles Clement of Ochrid the Bishop of Greater Macedonia. OCA – Feasts and Saints.
- ^ Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ἄνθιμος καὶ Σισίνιος οἱ Ἱερομάρτυρες καὶ οἱ σὺν αὐτοῖς Διόκλητος καὶ Φλωρέντιος. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j May 11. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
- ^ Rev. Alban Butler (1711–73). St. Mammertus, Archbishop of Vienne, Confessor. The Lives of the Saints. Volume V: May. 1866.
- ^ The Autonomous Orthodox Metropolia of Western Europe and the Americas (ROCOR). St. Hilarion Calendar of Saints for the year of our Lord 2004. St. Hilarion Press (Austin, TX). p.35.
- ^ Οἱ Ἁγίες Ὀλυμπία καὶ Εὐφροσύνη οἱ Ὁσιομάρτυρες. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ^ Ὁ Ὅσιος Σωφρόνιος ὁ Ἔγκλειστος. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ^ Venerable Sophronius the Recluse of the Kiev Far Caves. OCA – Feasts and Saints.
- ^ Ὁ Ἅγιος Νικόδημος Ἀρχιεπίσκοπος Σερβίας. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ^ Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἰωσὴφ ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ^ St Joseph the Metropolitan of Astrakhan. OCA – Feasts and Saints.
- ^ Ὁ Ὅσιος Χριστόφορος ἐκ Γεωργίας. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ^ Blessed Christopher, called Christesia. OCA – Feasts and Saints.
- ^ Ὁ Ἅγιος Διόσκορος ὁ Νέος. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ^ a b c May 24 / May 11. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
- ^ Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀργύριος ὁ Νεομάρτυρας ὁ Ἐπανομίτης. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ^ Ὁ Ἅγιος Θεοφύλακτος Ἐπίσκοπος Σταυρουπόλεως. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ^ Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀλέξανδρος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας Ἀρχιεπίσκοπος Χάρκωβ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ^ Hiero-Martyr Alexander (Petrovsky), Archbishop of Kharkov. Transl. from the Russian by Maria Ashot. Holy Trinity Orthodox Mission. 2001.
- ^ Μνήμη ἐγκαινίων τῆς Κωνσταντινουπόλεως. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ^ Commemoration of the Founding of Constantinople. OCA – Feasts and Saints.
- ^ The Autonomous Orthodox Metropolia of Western Europe and the Americas (ROCOR). St. Hilarion Calendar of Saints for the year of our Lord 2004. St. Hilarion Press (Austin, Texas). p.35.
Sources[edit]
- May 11/24. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
- May 24 / May 11. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
- The Lives of the Saints – May 11 OCA
- May. Self-Ruled Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America.
- May 11. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
- May 11. The Roman Martyrology.
Greek Sources
- Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) 11 ΜΑΪΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ
- (in Greek) Συναξαριστής. 11 Μαΐου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).
Russian sources
- (in Russian) 24 мая (11 мая). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia – Pravenc.ru).
- (in Russian) 11 мая (ст.ст.) 24 мая 2013 (нов. ст.). Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR).
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