Sunday 16 May 2021 |
Sunday 3 May 2021 |
Sunday 16 May 2021 |
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Orthodox (New) Revised Julian Calendar |
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Orthodox (Old) Julian Calendar |
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Catholic (Gregorian) Calendar |
Feasts |
Feasts |
Time of the Liturgical Year |
- Sunday of the Myrrhbearers
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- Sunday of the Myrrhbearers
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Saints |
Saints |
Solemnity |
- Hieromartyr Alexander of Jerusalem, Archbishop (251)
- Saint Papylinus the Martyr
- Martyrs Bachtisius, Isaac and Symeon of Persia (339)
- Saint Theodore the Sanctified of Tabennisi, disciple of Saint Pachomios the Great (367)
- Martyrs Abda (Audas) and Abdjesus (Audiesus) the Bishops, Benjamin, and 38 other martyrs at Beth-Kashkar in the Persian Empire, under Ardashir II (375), including:
- Saint Neadius (Neadios), Bishop and Wonderworker.
- Saint Bardas, founder of the monastery of the Forerunner in Petra, Constantinople (5th-6th century)
- Martyrdom of the 44 Holy Sabaite fathers, monk-martyrs of the Great Lavra of St. Sabbas the Sanctified, massacred by the Saracens (610 or 614)
- Martyr Peter of Blachernae (761)
- Saint Thomas, Patriarch of Jerusalem (820)
- Saint George of Mitylene, Bishop (821 or 842)
- Saint Nicholas Mystikos, Patriarch of Constantinople (925)
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- Martyrs Timothy the Reader and his wife Moura of Antinoöpolis in Egypt (304)
- Martyrs Diodoros and Rodopianos, at Aphrodisia in Anatolia, by stoning (285-305)
- Holy 27 Martyrs who died by fire.
- Great martyr Xenia of Peloponnesus, Wonderworker (318)
- Saint Mamai the Katholikos of Georgia (744)
- Saint Michael of Ulompo, Georgia (9th century)
- Saint Arsenius of Georgia (9th century)
- Saint Peter the Wonderworker, Bishop of Argolis (925)
- Saint Ecumenius of Trikala, the Wonderworker (10th century)
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Pre-Schism Western Saints |
Pre-Schism Western Saints |
Feast |
- Saint Fort (Fort de Bordeaux), first Bishop of Bordeaux in France, venerated as a martyr (c. 1st century?)
- Saint Peregrinus, Bishop of Terni (138)
- Saint Peregrine of Auxerre, martyr, the first bishop of Auxerre and the builder of its first cathedral (261 or 304)
- Martyrs Felix and Gennadius, at Uzalis in Africa
- Martyrs Vitus (Guy), Modestus, and Crescentia at Lucania (c. 303)
- Saint Hilary, Bishop of Pavia, one of the bishops in the north of Italy who fought against Arianism (376)
- Saint Possidius, Bishop of Calama in Numidia in North Africa, a friend of Saint Augustine of Hippo (c. 370 - c. 440)
- Saint Primael, ascetic, from Britain, he went to Brittany and became a hermit near Quimper (c. 450)
- Blessed child-saint Musa of Rome (5th century)
- Saint Carantac (Carantog, Caimach, Carnath), Welsh prince who aided St Patrick in the enlightenment of Ireland (5th century)
- Saint Fidolus (Phal), Abbot at Isle-Aumont, south of Troyes (c. 540 - 549)
- Saint Germerius, Bishop of Toulouse in France for fifty years (560)
- Saint Brendan the Navigator, abbot of Clonfert (c. 577)
- Saint Domnolus, Bishop of Le Mans (581)
- Saint Carantoc, an abbot who founded the church of Llangrannog in Wales (6th century)
- Saint Honoratus of Amiens, the seventh bishop of Amiens (c. 600)
- Saint Annobert (Alnobert), a monk at Almenêches, consecrated Bishop of Séez in France (c. 689)
- Saint Franchy (Francovæcus), a monk at St Martin de la Bretonnière in France, later a hermit in the Nivernais (Diocese of Nevers) (7th century)
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- Saint Alexander I, the fifth Pope of Rome (c. 106-115)
- Martyrs Alexander, Eventius and Theodulus (c. 113-119)
- Saint Juvenal of Narni (c. 369/377)
- Saint Glywys (Gluvias) of Cornwall (5th century)
- Saint Scannal of Cell-Coleraine in Ireland, a disciple of St Columba (563)
- Saint Adalsindis, sister of St Waldalenus, founder of the Monastery of Bèze in France, Abbess of a convent near Bèze (c. 680)
- Saint Æthelwine (Elwin, Ethelwin), Bishop of Lindsey (c. 700)
- Saint Philip of Worms (770) (Philip of Zell)
- Saint Ansfried, Bishop of Utrecht (1010)
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- Poland: Saint Andrew Bobola, priest and martyr
- Czech Republic: Saint John Nepomucene, priest and martyr
- Exaudi/Feast of Our Lady, Queen of the Apostle's/Sunday of the Roses
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Post-Schism Orthodox Saints |
Post-Schism Orthodox Saints |
Memorial |
- Saints Cassian (1537) and Laurence (1548), disciples of Venerable Cornelius of Komel, Abbots of Komel ("Korneliev" Monastery), Vologda.
- New Hieromartyr Teodor (Nestorović) of Vršac, Bishop of Vršac in Banat, Serbia (1595)
- New Martyr Nicholas of Metsovo, at Trikala, whose relics are at Meteora (1617)
- Venerable Hieromonk Matthew of Yaransk the Wonderworker ( 'Mitrophan Kuzmich Zvetsov' ) (1927)
- New Martyr Vukasin of Serbia, under the Ustashi terrorists (1941)
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- Saint Theodosius, abbot of the Kiev Caves Monastery and founder of cenobitic monasticism in Russia (1074)
- St. Theophanes of Vatopedi, Metropolitan of Peritheorion (near Xanthi) (14th century)
- Schema-abbess Juliana (1393) and Schema-nun Eupraxia (1394), of the Monastery of the Conception in Moscow
- Saint Gregory Archbishop of Rostov, Yiaroslavl and White Lake (Abbott of Kamennoi Monastery (Monastery of the Transfiguration) at Kubenski Lake, in Vologda province) (1416)
- Martyr Saint Ahmet the Calligrapher of Constantinople (1682)
- Martyr Paul of Vilnius, Lithuania (17th century)
- New Martyrs Anastasia and Christodoulos, at Achaea (1821)
- Saint Irodion of Lainici, Abbot of Lainici Monastery in Romania (1900)
- New Hieromartyr Nicholas Benevolsky, priest of Alma-Ata (1941)
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- Society of St. Francis de Sales (Salesian Priests and Sisters): Saint Louis Orione, priest
- Passionists: Saint Gemma Galgani, virgin
- Carmelites: Saint Simon Stock, religious
- Slovakia: Saint John Nepomucene, priest and martyr
- Russia: Saint Theodosius of the Caves, abbot
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Other Commemorations |
Other Commemorations |
Optional Memorial |
- Foundation of the church of Saint Euphemia, near the Neorion (port facilities), by the Dolmabahçe Palace of Constantinople.
- Translation of the relics (1545) of Saint Ephraim, Abbot of Perekop, Wonderworker of Novgorod (1492)
- Commemoration of Saint Macarius (Notaras) of Corinth (1805) in the village of Myloi, Samos island.
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- Translation of the relics of Saint Luke of Mt. Stirion (953)
- Translation of the Dormition Icon of the Mother of God from Constantinople, to the Kiev-Pechersk Far Caves (1073)
- "Svenskaya" (Kiev Caves) Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos (1288)
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- Jesuits: Saint Andrew Bobola, priest and martyr
- Discalced Carmelites: Saint Simon Stock, religious
- Ukraine: Saint Andrew Bobola, priest and martyr
- Slovenia: Saint John Nepomucene, priest and martyr
- Romania: Blessed Vladimir Ghika, priest and martyr
- Mexico: Saint John Nepomucene, priest and martyr
- Lithuania: Saint Andrew Bobola, priest and martyr
- Ireland: Saint Brendan, abbot
- Hungary: Saint John Nepomucene, priest and martyr
- Austria, Germany, Switzerland: Saint John Nepomucene, priest and martyr
- Argentina: Saint Luigi Orione, priest
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- Augustinians: St. Alypius and St. Possidius
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