May 12 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

May 11 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - May 13

The Eastern Orthodox cross

All fixed commemorations below celebrated on May 25 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.[note 1]

For May 12th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on April 29.

Saints

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Pre-Schism Western saints

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Post-Schism Orthodox saints

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  • Archimandrite Theodosy (Maslov);
  • Hieromonk Serapion;
  • Monk Sophronius (Batovrin);
  • Novice Sergius (Tikhonov), fool-for-Christ.

New martyrs and confessors

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Other commemorations

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Notes

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  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. ^ Note, there is a "Dracontius of Pergamum" who attended the Council of Constantinople (360).
  3. ^ His memory is preserved in the Codex Hierosolymitanus of the 11th century.[11]
  4. ^ From the Roman Martyrology:
    "At Agirone in Sicily, St. Philip, a priest who was sent to that island by the Roman Pontiff, and converted to Christ a great portion of it. His sanctity is particularly manifested by the deliverance of persons possessed."
  5. ^ Born in Gascony in France, she married St Adalbald, by whom she had four children - all saints, Maurontius, Eusebia, Clotsindis and Adalsindis. After her husband's repose she became a nun and founded the convent of Marchiennes in the north of France.
  6. ^ His name does not appear in the Synaxaria and the Menaia, but is preserved in the Codex Hierosolymitanus. The Church also observes his feast day on November 7.[20]
  7. ^ One Orthodox calendar shows his feast day as May 17.[24]
  8. ^ Saint Dorotheus is commemorated together with Saint Hilarion (monk) on May 23 in the Great Synaxaristes. (Greek Menaion).[25]
  9. ^ Also John Valaha of Romania or Ioan Valahul (Românul).
  10. ^ Saint Nectarius' is venerated on April 29, and with all the Optina Elders on October 11.
  11. ^ On June 28, 2009, at the Sophrony-Molchensk Pechersk Monastery of the Nativity of Theotokos (in the village of Nova Sloboda, Putivl district of Sumy region), at the Divine Liturgy, headed by Metropolitan Volodymyr, took place the rite of glorification of four God-pleasers, who bore obedience at the monastery at different times. The Holy Synod of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church on the decision of April 14, 2009 blessed for the local glorification and veneration: Archimandrite Theodosy (Maslov), Hieromonk Serapion, monk Sophrony (Batovrin) in the ranks of the venerable fathers, and lay brother Serhiy Tikhonov as fool for Christ.[34]

References

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  1. ^ Ἡ Ἁγία Δομιτίλλα ἡ Μάρτυς. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h May 12. The Roman Martyrology.
  3. ^ Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ἀχιλλέας καὶ Νερέος οἱ Μάρτυρες. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  4. ^ Ὁ Ἅγιος Δρακόντιος Ἐπίσκοπος Νικαίας. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  5. ^ Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἐπιφάνιος Ἐπίσκοπος Κωνσταντίας καὶ Ἀρχιεπίσκοπος Κύπρου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  6. ^ Ἡ Ὁσία Καλλίτροπος, ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h i May 12/25. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
  8. ^ St Sabinus the Archbishop of Cyprus. OCA - Feasts and Saints.
  9. ^ St Polybius the Bishop in Cyprus. OCA - Feasts and Saints.
  10. ^ Κατάλογος Αρχιεπισκόπων Κύπρου. Βικιπαίδεια.
  11. ^ a b Ὁ Ἅγιος Θεοφάνης Ἀρχιεπίσκοπος Κύπρου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  12. ^ Ὁ Ἅγιος Γερμανὸς Πατριάρχης Κωνσταντινουπόλεως. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  13. ^ Ὁ Ὅσιος Θεόδωρος ὁ ἐν Κυθήροις ἀσκήσας. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  14. ^ May. Self-Ruled Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America.
  15. ^ Ὁ Ἅγιος Φίλιππος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας ὁ Ἀργύριος. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  16. ^ Ὁ Ἅγιος Παγκράτιος ὁ Μάρτυρας. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  17. ^ Martyr Pancratius. OCA - Feasts and Saints.
  18. ^ a b c d e May 12. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
  19. ^ Κατάλογος Πατριαρχών Ιεροσολύμων. Βικιπαίδεια.
  20. ^ a b Ὁ Ἅγιος Εὐθύμιος Πατριάρχης Ἱεροσολύμων. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  21. ^ Ὁ Ὅσιος Νικήτας ὁ Σιναΐτης. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  22. ^ Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἰωάννης ὁ Νεομάρτυρας ἐκ Σερρῶν. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  23. ^ Ὁ Ἅγιος Θεοφάνης Ἐπίσκοπος Σολέα Κύπρου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  24. ^ Rev. Oeconomos Christopher Klitou. FEASTS AND SAINTS 17th MAY. The Orthodox Pages.
  25. ^ Οἱ Ὅσιοι Δωρόθεος καὶ Ἱλαρίων. 23 Μαΐου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  26. ^ Ὁ Ὅσιος Διονύσιος τοῦ Ραντονέζ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  27. ^ Venerable Dionysius the Archimandrite of St Sergius' Monastery. OCA - Feasts and Saints.
  28. ^ Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἰωάννης ὁ Νεομάρτυρας ἐκ Βλαχίας. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  29. ^ Martyr John the Wallachian of Romania. OCA - Feasts and Saints.
  30. ^ Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἀντώνιος τοῦ Ραντονέζ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  31. ^ Ὁ Ὅσιος Νεκτάριος τῆς Ὄπτινα. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  32. ^ Dr. Alexander Roman. May. Calendar of Ukrainian Orthodox Saints (Ukrainian Orthodoxy - Українське Православ'я).
  33. ^ Vladimir (Sabodan) of Kiev, Metropolitan of Kyiv and All Ukraine. New-Year Address of the Hierarchs of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church. Orthodoxy Cognate PAGE (OCP). December 26, 2009.
  34. ^ Maxim Sydorenko. Glorification Among Saints of Four God-Pleasers Held at Sophrony-Molchensk Pechersk Monastery of Nativity of Theotokos. THE VOICE OF ORTHODOXY. MAY-JUNE 2009.
  35. ^ a b c May 25 / May 12. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
  36. ^ a b (in Russian) 12 мая (ст.ст.) 25 мая 2013 (нов. ст.). Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR).
  37. ^ 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.
  38. ^ Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἑρμογένης ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας Πατριάρχης Μόσχας. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  39. ^ Hieromartyr Hermogenes the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia. OCA - Feasts and Saints.
  40. ^ Εὕρεσις Τιμίων Λειψάνων Ἁγίας Εἰρήνης τῆς Παρθενομάρτυρος. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.

Sources

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  • May 12/25. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
  • May 25 / May 12. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow)
  • May 12. OCA - The Lives of the Saints.
  • Complete List of Saints. Protection of the Mother of God Church (POMOG).
  • May. Self-Ruled Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America.
  • Dr. Alexander Roman. May. Calendar of Ukrainian Orthodox Saints (Ukrainian Orthodoxy - Українське Православ'я).
  • May 12. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
  • May 12. The Roman Martyrology.

Greek Sources

  • Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) 12 ΜΑΪΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  • (in Greek) Συναξαριστής. 12 Μαΐου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).

Russian Sources

  • (in Russian) 25 мая (12 мая). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).
  • (in Russian) 12 мая (ст.ст.) 25 мая 2013 (нов. ст.). Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR).