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May 26 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - May 28

All fixed commemorations below celebrated on June 9 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.^{[note 1]}

For May 27th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on May 14.

Saints

• Hieromartyr Therapont of Sardis, Bishop, by beheading (259)^{[1][2][3][4][5]}
• Martyr Julius the Veteran, at Dorostolum in Moesia (297)^[2][6]
• Virgin-martyr Theodora, and Martyr Didymus the Soldier, of Alexandria (304)^[2][7]
• Martyr Eusebiotus, by fire.^[8]
• Martyr Alypius, by stoning.^[9]
• Martyr Juliana.^{[10][note 2]}
• Hieromartyr Helladios, Bishop (4th century)^[2][12]
• Saint Michael of Parekhi, Georgia (8th-9th century)^[2][13][14]
• Saint Basil of Khakhuli, son of King Bagrat III (11th century)^[2][15][16]

Pre-Schism Western saints

• Saint Restituta and Companions (272)^{[17][18][19][note 3]}
• Saint Eutropius of Orange (475)^{[19][20][note 4]}
• Venerable Melangell of Wales, Abbess (590)^{[19][21][note 5]}
• Martyr Ranulf (Ragnulf), in Thélus near Arras in France (700)^{[19][22][note 6]}
• Venerable Bede the Confessor, Hieromonk of Wearmouth-Jarrow (735)^[18][23][24]
• Saint Bruno of Würzburg, Bishop of Würzburg (1045)^[19]

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

• Venerable Therapont of White Lake, Abbot of Byelozersk (White Lake) and Mozhaisk (1426)^[2][25][26]
• Saint Philip I, Metropolitan of Moscow (1473)^[27]
• Venerable Therapont of Monza, Abbot of Monza (1597)^{[2][28][note 7]}
• Venerable Hiero-schema-monk Lazarus of Pskov-Caves Monastery (1824)^[2][29]
• Saint John the Russian the Confessor, whose relics are on the island of Euboea (1730)^{[2][30][note 8]}

Other commemorations

• Translation of the relics (1472) of Sts. Cyprian (1406), Photius (1431), and Jonah (1461), Metropolitans of Kiev.^[2][32][33]
• Translation of the relics (1667) of Venerable Nilus of Stolobny Island (1554)^[2][34][35]
• Blessed Zina of Vetluga (1960)^[2]

Icon gallery

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  St. Julius the Veteran.
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  Mosaic of the Theotokos and Christ child, between St. and St. Restituta (Naples Cathedral - Chapel of St. Restituta).
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  Icon of St. Eutropius of Orange. (Cathedrale Notre-Dame-de-Nazareth, in Orange, Vaucluse, France).
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  Shrine of St. Melangell.
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  A page from a copy of Bede's Lives of St. Cuthbert, showing King Athelstan presenting the work to the St. Bede. This manuscript was given to St. Cuthbert's shrine in 934.
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  St. Bede the Venerable.
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  Saint Bruno of Würzburg in a stained glass window from the parish church of Liesing.
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  St. Therapont of White Lake.
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  St. Philip I, Metropolitan of Moscow.
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  St. John the Russian, whose relics are on the island of Euboea.
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  St Alexey (Mechev), Priest of Moscow.
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  St. Cyprian, Metropolitan of Moscow.
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  Sts. Photius, Theognostus and Cyprian, Metropolitans of Kiev and all Rus'.
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  The Large Sakkos of Photius, created in the late Byzantine era for Photius, Metropolitan of Moscow around 1417.
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  Venerable Nilus of Stolobny Island.

Notes

References

Sources

• May 27/June 9. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
• June 9 / May 27. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
• Complete List of Saints. Protection of the Mother of God Church (POMOG).
• May 27. OCA - The Lives of the Saints.
• Dr. Alexander Roman. May. Calendar of Ukrainian Orthodox Saints (Ukrainian Orthodoxy - Українське Православ'я).
• May 27. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
• May 27. The Roman Martyrology.

Greek Sources

• Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) 27 ΜΑΪΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
• (in Greek) Συναξαριστής. 27 Μαΐου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).

Russian Sources

• (in Russian) 9 июня (27 мая). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).
• (in Russian) 27 мая (ст.ст.) 9 июня 2013 (нов. ст.). Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR).