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May 8 – Eastern Orthodox Church calendar – May 10

All fixed commemorations below celebrated on May 22 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.

For May 9th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on April 26.

Saints

  • Prophet Isaiah (8th century BC)
  • Great-martyr Christopher of Lycia (c. 250) and with him:

:* Martyrs Callinica (Callinike of Lycia), Aquilina (Aquilina of Lycia) and 200 soldiers (c. 250)

  • Saint Maximus III of Jerusalem, Patriarch (350) <small>(see also: August 26)</small>
  • Saint Shio of Mgvime, monk, of Georgia (6th century)
  • Monk-martyr Nicholas of Vouneni, in Thessaly (901)

Pre-Schism Western saints

  • Saint Beatus, Apostle of Switzerland (2nd century)