May 14 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

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May 13 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - May 15

All fixed commemorations below celebrated on May 27 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.[note 1]

For May 14th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on May 1.

Saints

• Martyr Maximus, under Decius (250)[1][2]
• Martyr Isidore of Chios (251)[3]
• Saints Alexander, Barbaras, and Acolythus (Acolouthus), martyred at the Church of St Irene (Holy Peace), near the sea in Constantinople[4]
• Martyrs Aristotle and Leandros[5]
• Hieromartyr Therapont, Bishop of Cyprus (3rd century)[6][7][note 2]
• Saint Boniface of Tarsus, martyr (307)[8][9]
• Venerable Serapion the Sindonite, monk of Egypt (5th century)[1][10][note 3]

Pre-Schism Western saints

• Martyrs Justa, Justina and Henedina, in Sardinia (c. 130)[8][9]
• Saint Pontius of Cimiez (Pons de Cimiez), martyred in Cimella (Cimiez) near Nice, whose relics gave his name to the town of Saint-Pons. (c. 258)[8][9][note 4]
• Saint Aprunculus (Apruncule), first bishop of Langres, later of Clermont, Gaul (c. 488)[1]
• Saint Boniface, Bishop of Ferentino in Tuscany (6th century)[8]
• Saint Carthage (Carthach Mochuda) the Younger, founder and first abbot of Lismore (637)[8][14]
• Saint Erembert, Bishop of Toulouse (657)[8]
• Saint Tuto (Totto), monk and Abbot of St Emmeram in Regensburg in Germany, where he later became bishop (930)[8]
• Saint Hallvard, of the royal family of Norway, patron saint of Oslo, martyr (1043)[8]

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

• Saint Nicetas, Bishop of Novgorod and recluse of the Kiev Caves (1108)[15][note 5]
• Patriarch Leontius II of Jerusalem, Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem (1190)[18][19][20]
• Saint Isidore of Rostov, Fool-for-Christ and Wonderworker (1474)[7][21]
• New Martyr Mark of Crete, at Smyrna (1643)[7][22]
• New Martyr John of Bulgaria (Raiko-John of Shumena), the goldsmith (1802)[1][7][23]
• Saint Andrew, abbot of Raphael (Tobolsk) (1820)[1][24]

New martyrs and confessors

• New Hieromartyr Peter Rozhdestvin, Priest (1939)[20][24]

Other commemorations

• Commemoration of the martyrdom by the Poles (1609),[1] of:

• Abbot Anthony with 40 monks and 1,000 laymen of the St. Paisius of Uglich Monastery,[25]
• Abbot Daniel with 30 monks and 200 laymen of the St. Nicholas Monastery (Kostroma)[26]

• Commemoration of Victor Chornayiv, Archimandrite of the Annunciation Monastery at Nizhyn (1761)[27]
• Synaxis of the Yaroslavsk (Pechersk) Icon of the Mother of God (1823)[28][29][30]
• First uncovering of the relics (1846) of Saint Tikhon, Bishop of Voronezh, Wonderworker of Zadonsk (1783)[1][24][note 6]

Icon gallery

• 
  Byzantine Pilgrim Stamp of Saint Isidore (6th century).
• 
  Mosaic in the St. Isidore chapel, in the Basilica of San Marco - Translation of the relics of St. Isidore, Chios.
• 
  St. Boniface of Tarsus (Bonifatius).
• 
  St. Boniface of Tarsus (Bonifatius).
• 
  St. Erembert, Bishop of Toulouse, stained glass.

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. Not to be confused with Therapont of Sardis (+259); or Therapont of White Lake (+1426). Note however, that the Orthodox Calendar at Pravoslavie.ru gives St. Therapont's date as (+632).
3. Not to be confused with the 4th-century Saint Serapion, Bishop of Thmuis, in Egypt, Confessor (4th century), which is commemorated on March 21st.[11][12][13]
4. Not to be confused with Pontius of Carthage (c. 260), who is commemorated on March 8.
5. See also: January 31,[16] the day of his repose, and April 30, the day of the Uncovering of his Relics (1558).[17]
6. This is observed on May 15 in the Greek Synaxarion.

References

1. May 14/27. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
2. Martyr Maximus. OCA - Feasts and Saints.
3. Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἰσίδωρος ὁ Μάρτυρας ἐν Χίῳ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
4. Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ἀλέξανδρος, Βάρβαρος καὶ Ἀκόλουθος οἱ Μάρτυρες. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
5. Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ἀριστοτέλης καὶ Λέανδρος οἱ Μάρτυρες. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
6. Ὁ Ἅγιος Θεράποντας ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας Ἐπίσκοπος Κύπρου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
7. May. Self-Ruled Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America.
8. May 14. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
9. May 14. The Roman Martyrology.
10. Venerable Serapion of Egypt. OCA - Feasts and Saints.
11. Ὁ Ὅσιος Σεραπίων ὁ Σιδώνιος. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
12. March 21. The Roman Martyrology.
13. Rev. Alban Butler (1711–73). St. Serapion, Bishop of Thmuis, in Egypt, Confessor. The Lives of the Saints. 1866. (Bartleby.com).
14. Ὁ Ἅγιος Καρτέγιος Ἐπίσκοπος Λίσμορ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
15. Ὁ Ὅσιος Νικήτας ὁ Ἔγκλειστος. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
16. Ὁ Ὅσιος Νικήτας ἐκ Κιέβου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
17. Ἀνακομιδὴ Τιμίων Λειψάνων Ἁγίου Νικήτα Ἀρχιεπισκόπου Νόβγκοροντ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
18. Ὁ Ἅγιος Λεόντιος Πατριάρχης Ἱεροσολύμων. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
19. St Leontius the Patriarch of Jerusalem. OCA - Feasts and Saints.
20. (in Russian) 14 мая (ст.ст.) 27 мая 2013 (нов. ст.). Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR).
21. Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἰσίδωρος ὁ Θαυματουργός ὁ διὰ Χριστὸν σαλός. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
22. Ὁ Ἅγιος Μᾶρκος ὁ Νεομάρτυρας. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
23. Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἰωάννης ὁ Νεομάρτυρας ὁ Βούλγαρος, ὁ χρυσοχόος. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
24. May 27 / May 14. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
25. Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀντώνιος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας καὶ οἱ σὺν αὐτῷ Μάρτυρες μοναχοὶ καὶ λαϊκοί. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
26. Ὁ Ἅγιος Δανιὴλ ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας καὶ οἱ σὺν αὐτῷ Μάρτυρες μοναχοὶ καὶ λαϊκοί. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
27. Dr. Alexander Roman. May. Calendar of Ukrainian Orthodox Saints (Ukrainian Orthodoxy - Українське Православ'я).
28. Σύναξις Ὑπεραγίας Θεοτόκου ἐν Ἰαροσλάβλ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
29. The Yaroslavsk (Pechersk) Icon of the Mother of God. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
30. Icon of the Mother of God of Chelnsk and Pskov Caves. OCA - Feasts and Saints.

Sources

• May. Self-Ruled Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America.
• May 14/27. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
• May 27 / May 14. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
• May 14. OCA - The Lives of the Saints.
• Dr. Alexander Roman. May. Calendar of Ukrainian Orthodox Saints (Ukrainian Orthodoxy - Українське Православ'я).
• May 14. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
• May 14. The Roman Martyrology.

Greek Sources

• Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) 14 ΜΑΪΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
• (in Greek) Συναξαριστής. 14 Μαΐου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).

Russian Sources

• (in Russian) 27 мая (14 мая). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).
• (in Russian) 14 мая (ст.ст.) 27 мая 2013 (нов. ст.). Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR).