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May 3 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - May 5

All fixed commemorations below celebrated on May 17 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.

For May 4th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on April 21.

Saints

  • Virgin-martyr Pelagia of Tarsus in Asia Minor (287)
  • Hieromartyr Albian (Olbian), Bishop of Anaea in Asia Minor, and his disciples (284-303)
  • Martyrs Aphrodisius, Leontius, Anthony, Valerian, Macrobius, others, at Scythopolis of Palestine (4th c.)
  • Hieromartyr Silvanus of Gaza, bishop, and with him 40 martyrs (311) <small>(see also: October 14)</small>
  • Saint Hilary of the desert, the Wonderworker.
  • Saint Nicephorus of Medikion, abbot and founder of Medikion Monastery (813)
  • Saint Athanasios of Corinth, bishop (10th-11th century)

Pre-Schism Western saints

  • Hieromartyr Porphyrius (250)
  • Saint Curcodomus, a deacon in Rome sent to help St Peregrinus (2nd century)
  • Saint Monica of Tagaste, the mother of St. Augustine of Hippo (387)
  • Saint Nepotianus, nephew of St Heliodorus, Bishop of Altino near Venice in Italy (395)
  • Saint Venerius of Milan, second bishop of Milan, a loyal supporter of St John Chrysostom (409)
  • Saint Anthony du Rocher, a disciple of St Benedict and companion of St Maurus in his mission to France, founder of the monastery of Saint Julian in Tours (6th century)

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

  • Saint Theodosia (Fedosia, in monasticism Euphrosyne), princess of Vladimir, wife of Jaroslav Vsevolodovich, mother of St. Alexander Nevsky (1244)
  • Venerable Nicephorus (the Hesychast) of Mount Athos, teacher of St. Gregory Palamas (1340)
  • Saint Maura of Mount Ceahlău, Schemanun, a great hesychast hermit (18th c.)

New martyrs and confessors

  • New Martyrs of Reskovac <small>(sr)</small>, Republika Srpska, who suffered at the hands of the Turks (1688)
  • 4,000–5,000 New Martyrs of Batak, Bulgaria, by the Ottoman Turks (1876)
  • New Hieromartyr Dimitry (Lyubimov), Archbishop of Gdov (1935)
  • New Hieromartyr Nicholas Tochtuev, deacon, (1943) <small>(see also April 21)</small>

Other commemorations

  • Translation of the relics of the Righteous Lazarus and Saint Mary Magdalene, Equal-to-the-Apostles, to Constantinople
  • Translation of the relics (1775) of the Alfanov brothers of Novgorod, founders of the Sokolnitzki Monastery (14th-15th c.):

:* Saints: Nicetas, Cyril, Nicephorus, Clement, and Isaac.

  • Icon of the Mother of God "Staro Rus" (Staraya Russa, Old Russian) (1570)

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File:Pelagia of Tarsus (Menologion of Basil II).jpg|St. Pelagia of Tarsus (Menologion of Basil II, 10th century).

File:Waldburg-Gebetbuch 082.jpg|The Martyrdom of Erasmus of Formiae.

File:Bildstock Ausseregg, Strallegg 04 - Saint Florian.jpg|St. Florian.

File:Uppenbarelsekyrkan, kor (Monica, Augustinus).JPG|St. Monica of Tagaste, mother of St. Augustine of Hippo.

File:021 San Nazaro Milan - Left Transept - Niche.jpg|Altar with sarcophagus containing the corpses of Sts. Venerius, Marolus, Glycerius, Lazarus, bishops of Milan (San Nazaro Maggiore basilica in Milan).

File:St John's Church, Chester - Westfenster 2.jpg|Stained glass window (1890): Foundation of the church of St John's Church, Chester, England, by king Æthelred of Mercia 689.

File:Баташки новомъченици.jpg|4,000–5,000 New Martyrs of Batak, Bulgaria.

File:Димитрий (Любимов).jpg|New Hieromartyr Dimitry (Lyubimov), Archbishop of Gdov.

File:Bazyli Martysz.png|New Hieromartyr Protopresbyter Basil Martysz of Teratyn.

File:Starorusskaja iona1.jpg| Icon of the Mother of God "Staro Rus" (Staraya Russa).

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Notes

References

Sources

  • May 3/16. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
  • May 17, 2011 / May 4, HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow)
  • May 4, 2011, OCA - The Lives of the Saints.
  • May 4. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
  • May 4, The Roman Martyrology.

Greek Sources

  • Great Synaxaristes: 4 ΜΑΪΟΥ, ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  • Συναξαριστής. 4 Μαΐου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).

Russian Sources

  • 17 мая (4 мая). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).
  • 4 мая (ст.ст.) 17 мая 2013 (нов. ст.). Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR).