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May 27 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - May 29

All fixed commemorations below celebrated on June 10 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.

For May 28th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on May 15.

Saints

  • Hieromartyr Eutychius of Melitene, Bishop of Melitene (1st century)
  • Woman martyr Heliconis of Thessalonica (244)
  • Saint Alexander, Bishop of Thessalonica (4th century)
  • Hieromartyr Helladius of the East, bishop (4th century) <small>(see also May 27)</small>
  • Venerable Nicetas the Confessor, Archbishop of Chalcedon (early 9th century)
  • Blessed Andrew of Constantinople, Fool-for-Christ of Constantinople (911)
  • Venerable Virgin-Martyr Philothea (Philothea of Pamphylia), Wonderworker

Pre-Schism Western saints

  • Martyrs Crescens, Paul, Dioscorides and Helladius, of Rome (244)
  • Martyrs Aemilius, Felix, Priamus, and Lucian, in Sardinia.
  • Hieromartyr Caraunus (Ceraunus, Cheron), Deacon, near Chartres (5th century)
  • Saint Justus of Urgell, first recorded Bishop of Urgell, in Catalonia in Spain (527)
  • Saint Germain of Paris (Germanus), Bishop (576)
  • Saint William of Gellone, built a monastery at Gellone in France, later named Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert (812)
  • Saint Gerontius, Metropolitan of Moscow (1489)
  • Venerable Sophronius of Bulgaria, Monk (1510)
  • New Martyr Demetrius (Mitros) of Tripolitsa (1794)
  • Blessed Domnica (Likvinenko), Ascetic of Cherson (1967)

New martyrs and confessors

  • Hieromartyrs Macarius Morzhov, and Nicholas Aristov (Deacon) (1931)
  • Martyrs Dionisius Petushkov, Ignatius Markov and Peter Yudin (1931)
  • Hieromartyr Hermogenes Kadomtsev (1942)
  • Icon of the Mother of God "the Unbreakable Wall".
  • Icon of the Mother of God the "Softener of Evil Hearts".
  • Synaxis of the Galich "Umilenie-Tenderness" Icon of the Mother of God (1350) <small>(see also: July 20, August 15)</small>

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File:Nicetas the Confessor (Menologion of Basil II).jpg|St. Nicetas the Confessor, Archbishop of Chalcedon (Menologion of Basil II).

File:Sant'AndreafolleinCristo.jpg|St. Andrew of Constantinople.

File:Saint Senator 4.jpg|St. Senator of Milan.

File:Saint Justus.PNG|St. Justus of Urgell.

File:Catedral Urgell 1.jpg|Side of the Cathedral of St. Justus of Urgell, Spain.

File:Saintgermanusofparis.jpg|St. Germain of Paris (from a Book of Hours illuminated by Jean le Tavernier, c. 1450-1460).

File:Chevet gellone.jpg|Romanesque apse of Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert, in Hérault, France - the monastery William of Gellone founded in 804 and entered in 806.

File:Ignatiy of Rostov.jpg|St. Ignatius of Rostov.

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Notes

References

Sources

  • May 28/June 10. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
  • June 10 / May 28. 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 28. OCA - The Lives of the Saints.
  • Dr. Alexander Roman. May. Calendar of Ukrainian Orthodox Saints (Ukrainian Orthodoxy - Українське Православ'я).
  • May 28. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
  • May 28. The Roman Martyrology.

; Greek Sources

  • Great Synaxaristes: 28 ΜΑΪΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  • Συναξαριστής. 28 Μαΐου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).

; Russian Sources

  • 10 июня (28 мая). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).
  • 28 мая (ст.ст.) 10 июня (нов. ст.). Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR).