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May 14 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - May 16

All fixed commemorations below celebrated on May 28 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.^{[note 1]}

For May 15th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on May 2.

Saints

• The Seven Apostolic Men, Martyr Bishops, ordained in Rome by Saints Peter and Paul and sent to evangelize Spain (1st century):

• Saints Torquatus, Ctesiphon, Secundus, Indaletius, Caecilius, Hesychius, and Euphrasius^[1][2][3]

• Saint Achillius (Achillios), Bishop of Larissa (330)^[4][5]
• Saint Pachomius the Great, founder of cenobitic monasticism (348)^[6][7]
• Saint Silvanus of Tabennisi, disciple of Saint Pachomius the Great (in the Thebaid) (4th century)^[8]
• Saint Pyrrhus of Breti, one of Thirteen Assyrian Fathers (6th century)^[9]
• Saint Barbarus the Myrrh-gusher of Greece (c. 820 - 829)^[10]
• Saint Panegyrios of Cyprus (Panigerios, Panegyrius), Wonderworker of Malounta^{[11][12][note 2]}

Pre-Schism Western saints

• Saint Liberator, bishop, martyr (130)^[13]
• Saint Peter, Andrew, Paul, and Denise (150)
• Martyrs Cassius, Victorinus, Maximus, and their companions, in the Auvergne (Clermont) in France (c. 264)^{[2][3][note 3]}
• Saint Eutychius of Ferento, bishop, martyr (270)^[14]
• Martyr Simplicius of Olbia, Bishop, in Sardinia (c. 284-305)^[2][3][15]
• Saint Sophia of Rome (303)
• Virgin recluse Caesarea of Otranto^[3]
• Saint Reticius, bishop of Autun (4th century)^[16]
• Saint Kaleb of Axum, king (542)
• Saint Severin of Sanseverino, Bishop of Settempeda (545)
• Saint Hilary of Galeata (Hilary of Tuscany), founder of the monastery called Galeata, later known as Sant'Ilaro (Sant'Ellero di Galeata) (558)^[3][17]
• Saint Colmán of Oughaval (Colman mac Ua Laoighse, Colman Mc O'Laoighse), a disciple of St Columba and St Fintan of Clonenagh (6th century)^{[3][note 4]}
• Virgin-martyr Dymphna of Geel, Flanders (c. 650)^{[2][3][18][19][20]}
• Saint Gerebern (Gerebarn), presbyter, martyr (c.650)^[21]
• Saint Waldalenus, founder of monastery of Bèze in France (7th century)^[3]
• Saint Bercthun (Bertin), a disciple of St John of Beverley and first Abbot of Beverley in England (733)^[3]
• Saint Bertha of Bingen (c. 757), and her son Saint Rupert of Bingen (732)^[3]
• Saint Witesind of Córdoba, martyr (855)^[22]
• Saint Hallvard Vebjørnsson of Husaby (1043)^[23]

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

• Saint Anastasia of Latra^[24]
• Saint Panigirius of Cyprus, Wonderworker^[25]
• Saint Isaiah of Rostov, Bishop and Wonderworker (1090)^[26]
• Saint Isaiah of the Kiev Caves, wonderworker (1115)^[27][28]
• Saint Andrew the Hermit, of Mt. Kalana, Epirus, wonderworker (c. 1237 - 1271)^[18][29]
• Saint Pachomius of Nerekhta, abbot (1384),^[30][31] and Saint Silvanus of Nerekhta (1384)^[32]
• Saint Cali of Anatolia (14th century)^[33]
• Saint Euphrosynus of Pskov (Eleazar), abbot and wonderworker (1481)^[34][35]
• Saint Serapion of Pskov, disciple of St Euphrosynus of Pskov (1481)^{[36][37][38][note 5]}
• Saint Ignatius, Charalampius and Pamphilus, brothers and disciples of Euphrosynus of Pskov (15th century)^[39]
• Saint Pachomius of Keno Lake Monastery (1525)^{[40][note 6]}
• Saint Demetrius of Moscow the Wonderworker, Slain Crown Prince (1591)^[43]
• Saint James of Putna, Metropolitan of Moldavia (1778)^[44]
• Saint Elias (Chebotariov) of Verkhoturye, schemamonk (1900)^[45]
• Saint Arethas (Katargin) of Valaam and Verkhoturye, archimandrite (1903)^[18][32][46]

Other commemorations

• Discovery of the revered icon of Kamoulianos "Acheiropoieta" ("made without human hands").^{[50][note 8]}
• Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos Kazan-Vysha (1812)^[51]
• Uncovering of the relics (1991) of Saint Arsenius of Konevits^[52]
• Uncovering of the relics (2012) of Saint Elias (Ganzha) of Makeevka^[53]
• Translation of the sacred relics of the Holy Apostle Titus of Crete, from Venice (which had taken the relics in 1669), back to the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Crete (1966)^[54][55]
• Uncovering of the relics (1846) of Saint Tikhon, Bishop of Voronezh, wonderworker of Zadonsk (1783)^{[56][note 9]}

Icon gallery

• 
  Sts. Achillius of Larissa and Pachomius the Great.
• 
  St. Pachomius the Great.
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  Stained glass of St. Cassius of Clermont.
• 
  Chair of Saint Hilary of Galeata, in the cell in which the saint used to pray.
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  St. Bertha of Bingen.
• 
  St. Euphrosynus of Pskov.
• 
  St. Dmitry of Uglich.
• 
  St. Dmitry of Uglich.

Notes

References

Sources

• May. Self-Ruled Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America.
• May 15/28. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
• May 28 / May 15. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
• May 15. OCA - The Lives of the Saints.
• Complete List of Saints. Protection of the Mother of God Church (POMOG).
• May 15. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
• May 15. The Roman Martyrology.

Greek Sources

• Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) 15 ΜΑΪΟΥ . ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
• (in Greek) Συναξαριστής. 15 Μαΐου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).

Russian Sources

• (in Russian) 28 мая (15 мая). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).
• (in Russian) 15 мая (ст.ст.) 28 мая 2013 (нов. ст.). Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR).