May 16 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

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May 15 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - May 17

All fixed commemorations below celebrated on May 29 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.

For May 16th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on May 3.

Saints

• Hieromartyr Alexander of Jerusalem, Archbishop (251)
• Saint Papylinus the Martyr, by the sword.
• 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), successive bishops of Beth-Kashkar, and 38 other martyrs in the Persian Empire, under Ardashir II (376), including:
• 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 Bedouins (614)