May 14 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

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

^ 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").
^ 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).
^ 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]
^ Not to be confused with Pontius of Carthage (c. 260), who is commemorated on March 8.
^ See also: January 31,^[16] the day of his repose, and April 30, the day of the Uncovering of his Relics (1558).^[17]
^ This is observed on May 15 in the Greek Synaxarion.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g May 14/27. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
^ Martyr Maximus. OCA - Feasts and Saints.
^ Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἰσίδωρος ὁ Μάρτυρας ἐν Χίῳ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
^ Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ἀλέξανδρος, Βάρβαρος καὶ Ἀκόλουθος οἱ Μάρτυρες. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
^ Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ἀριστοτέλης καὶ Λέανδρος οἱ Μάρτυρες. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
^ Ὁ Ἅγιος Θεράποντας ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας Ἐπίσκοπος Κύπρου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d May. Self-Ruled Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h May 14. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
^ ^a ^b ^c May 14. The Roman Martyrology.
^ Venerable Serapion of Egypt. OCA - Feasts and Saints.
^ Ὁ Ὅσιος Σεραπίων ὁ Σιδώνιος. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
^ March 21. The Roman Martyrology.
^ Rev. Alban Butler (1711–73). St. Serapion, Bishop of Thmuis, in Egypt, Confessor. The Lives of the Saints. 1866. (Bartleby.com).
^ Ὁ Ἅγιος Καρτέγιος Ἐπίσκοπος Λίσμορ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
^ Ὁ Ὅσιος Νικήτας ὁ Ἔγκλειστος. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
^ Ὁ Ὅσιος Νικήτας ἐκ Κιέβου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
^ Ἀνακομιδὴ Τιμίων Λειψάνων Ἁγίου Νικήτα Ἀρχιεπισκόπου Νόβγκοροντ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
^ Ὁ Ἅγιος Λεόντιος Πατριάρχης Ἱεροσολύμων. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
^ St Leontius the Patriarch of Jerusalem. OCA - Feasts and Saints.
^ ^a ^b (in Russian) 14 мая (ст.ст.) 27 мая 2013 (нов. ст.). Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR).
^ Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἰσίδωρος ὁ Θαυματουργός ὁ διὰ Χριστὸν σαλός. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
^ Ὁ Ἅγιος Μᾶρκος ὁ Νεομάρτυρας. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
^ Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἰωάννης ὁ Νεομάρτυρας ὁ Βούλγαρος, ὁ χρυσοχόος. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
^ ^a ^b ^c May 27 / May 14. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
^ Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀντώνιος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας καὶ οἱ σὺν αὐτῷ Μάρτυρες μοναχοὶ καὶ λαϊκοί. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
^ Ὁ Ἅγιος Δανιὴλ ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας καὶ οἱ σὺν αὐτῷ Μάρτυρες μοναχοὶ καὶ λαϊκοί. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
^ Dr. Alexander Roman. May. Calendar of Ukrainian Orthodox Saints (Ukrainian Orthodoxy - Українське Православ'я).
^ Σύναξις Ὑπεραγίας Θεοτόκου ἐν Ἰαροσλάβλ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
^ The Yaroslavsk (Pechersk) Icon of the Mother of God. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
^ 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).

[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").

[9] 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).

[16] 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]

[17] Not to be confused with Pontius of Carthage (c. 260), who is commemorated on March 8.

[22] See also: January 31,^[16] the day of his repose, and April 30, the day of the Uncovering of his Relics (1558).^[17]

[36] This is observed on May 15 in the Greek Synaxarion.

[PRAVOSLAVIE-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g May 14/27. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).

[3] Martyr Maximus. OCA - Feasts and Saints.

[4] Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἰσίδωρος ὁ Μάρτυρας ἐν Χίῳ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.

[5] Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ἀλέξανδρος, Βάρβαρος καὶ Ἀκόλουθος οἱ Μάρτυρες. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.

[6] Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ἀριστοτέλης καὶ Λέανδρος οἱ Μάρτυρες. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.

[7] Ὁ Ἅγιος Θεράποντας ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας Ἐπίσκοπος Κύπρου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.

[AOC-8] May. Self-Ruled Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America.

[LATIN-ORTHODOX-10] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h May 14. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.

[ROMAN-11] May 14. The Roman Martyrology.

[12] Venerable Serapion of Egypt. OCA - Feasts and Saints.

[13] Ὁ Ὅσιος Σεραπίων ὁ Σιδώνιος. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.

[14] March 21. The Roman Martyrology.

[15] Rev. Alban Butler (1711–73). St. Serapion, Bishop of Thmuis, in Egypt, Confessor. The Lives of the Saints. 1866. (Bartleby.com).

[18] Ὁ Ἅγιος Καρτέγιος Ἐπίσκοπος Λίσμορ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.

[19] Ὁ Ὅσιος Νικήτας ὁ Ἔγκλειστος. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.

[20] Ὁ Ὅσιος Νικήτας ἐκ Κιέβου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.

[21] Ἀνακομιδὴ Τιμίων Λειψάνων Ἁγίου Νικήτα Ἀρχιεπισκόπου Νόβγκοροντ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.

[23] Ὁ Ἅγιος Λεόντιος Πατριάρχης Ἱεροσολύμων. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.

[24] St Leontius the Patriarch of Jerusalem. OCA - Feasts and Saints.

[DECR-25] (in Russian) 14 мая (ст.ст.) 27 мая 2013 (нов. ст.). Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR).

[26] Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἰσίδωρος ὁ Θαυματουργός ὁ διὰ Χριστὸν σαλός. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.

[27] Ὁ Ἅγιος Μᾶρκος ὁ Νεομάρτυρας. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.

[28] Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἰωάννης ὁ Νεομάρτυρας ὁ Βούλγαρος, ὁ χρυσοχόος. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.

[MOSPAT-29] May 27 / May 14. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).

[30] Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀντώνιος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας καὶ οἱ σὺν αὐτῷ Μάρτυρες μοναχοὶ καὶ λαϊκοί. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.

[31] Ὁ Ἅγιος Δανιὴλ ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας καὶ οἱ σὺν αὐτῷ Μάρτυρες μοναχοὶ καὶ λαϊκοί. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.

[32] Dr. Alexander Roman. May. Calendar of Ukrainian Orthodox Saints (Ukrainian Orthodoxy - Українське Православ'я).

[33] Σύναξις Ὑπεραγίας Θεοτόκου ἐν Ἰαροσλάβλ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.

[34] The Yaroslavsk (Pechersk) Icon of the Mother of God. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).

[35] Icon of the Mother of God of Chelnsk and Pskov Caves. OCA - Feasts and Saints.

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