May 23 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

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May 22 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - May 24

All fixed commemorations below celebrated on June 5 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.[note 1]

For May 23rd, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on May 10.

Saints

Pre-Schism Western saints

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

  • Saint Damian (King Demetrius of Georgia (1125-1156), Damianos in monasticm), Hymnographer (1156)[1][31][32]
  • Saint Simon, Bishop of Suzdal (c. early 12th century)[33]
  • Saint Euphrosyne of Polotsk, Princess (1173)[1][34][35][note 9]
  • Saint Ioannicius I, Metropolitan of Peć and Archbishop of Serbia 1272-1276 AD (1279)[1]
  • Saint Anthony, Bishop of Rostov (1336)[36]
  • Saint Cyril, Bishop of Rostov (1384)[37]
  • Saint Paisius of Galich, abbot (1460)[1][38]
  • Saints Adrian and Bogolep of Uglich, monks of St. Paisius of Uglich Monastery (late 15th century)[39][note 10]
  • Saints Anthony and Joannicius of Zaonikiev Monastery (Vologda) (16th century)[41]
  • Saint Dorotheus of Pskov Lavra, monk and hermit (1622) and Monk Hilarion of the Dormition of the Theotokos monastery near Podolsk (17th-18th century)[42] (see also: May 12)
  • Saint Alexander, Bishop and Wonderworker of Pereiaslav (17th century)[43]
  • Saint Joachim, monk of St. Nicholas monastery of Shartoma (17th century)[44]
  • Rostov Wonderworkers: Bishop Leontius (1073); Archimandrite Abraham the wonderworker (1073-1077); Bishop Isaiah, wonderworker (1090); Prince Basil (1238); Bishop Ignatius (1288); Peter, Tsarevich of Ordynsk (1290); Bishop James (1391); Archbishop Theodore (1394); Blessed Isidore, Fool-for-Christ (1474); Blessed John of the Hair-Shirt (the Merciful), Fool-for-Christ (1580); Monk Irenarchus the Hermit (1616); Metropolitan Demetrius (1709);
  • Yaroslav Wonderworkers: Princes Basil (1249); Constantine (1257); Theodore (1299) and his sons David (1321) and Constantine (XIV);
  • Pereslavl Wonderworkers: Monk Nikita the Stylite (1186); Prince Alexander Nevsky (1263); Prince Andrew of Smolensk (15th century); Monk Daniel the Archimandrite (1540);
  • Uglich Wonderworkers: Prince Roman (1285); Monk Paisius (1504); Monk Cassian (1504); Monk Ignatius of Lomsk (1591); Tsarevich Demetrius (1591);
  • Poshekhonsk Wonderworkers: Monk Sylvester of Obnora (1379); Monk Sebastian (1542); Hieromartyr Adrian (1550); Monk Gennadius of Liubimograd and Kostroma (1565).

Other commemorations

  • Repose of Hieromonk Damascene of Valaam (1825)[1]
  • Repose of Hieroschemamonk Meletius of Svir, disciple of Elder Theodore of Svir (1877)[1]
  • Repose of Nun Euphrosyne, disciple of St. Barsanuphius of Optina (1934)[1]

Notes

  1. ↑ The notation Old Style or (OS) is sometimes used to indicate a date in the Julian Calendar (which is used by churches on the "Old Calendar").
    The notation New Style or (NS), indicates a date in the Revised Julian calendar (which is used by churches on the "New Calendar").
  2. ↑ "A local saint on Cyprus, not mentioned in the synaxaria. He was the successor of St. Philon (January 24)."[9]
  3. ↑ A close friend of Saint Tarasios of Constantinople, venerated together with him and depicted on the miraculous icon of the Theotokos “Economissa” of Mount Athos which was popular among the Cossacks who became monastics there.[13]
  4. ↑ In the late 5th century AD the Christians built a church on the site of the burial ground of the martyrs; and in 1145 AD the holy relics of the martyrs were translated to the cathedral of Nantes ("Église Saint-Donatien et Saint-Rogatien").
  5. ↑ The Great Synaxaristes records that St. Desiderius reposed in peace. However, the Roman Martyrlogy notes that he was martyred after visiting the king to offer entreaties on behalf of his people who were mistreated by the Vandal army.
  6. ↑ Saint Gregory the Great praised their virtues and miracles.
  7. ↑ Crowned with martyrdom by being stoned at the order of King Theuderic II of Burgundy.
  8. ↑ Saint Syagrius was a relative of Charlemagne. When Charlemagne visited Cimiez, which had been devastated by the Lombards in 574, he caused St. Syagrius to build the monastery of St. Pontius on its ruins, the largest Alpine abbey of the Middle Ages.[30]
  9. ↑ A descendant of St Volodymyr the Great, St Euphrosynia led a very holy life, dying while in Jerusalem on pilgrimage. Her relics were enshrined in the Kyiv Caves where they were later taken to her native Belarus – a portion of her relics remained in the Kyiv Caves however. Her two-bar blessing Cross has become the national Cross of Belarus.[13]
  10. ↑ Two disciples of Paisius of Uglich who helped him to spread devotion to The Protection of the Mother of God, which devotion had come to Paisius and Adrian in a vision of the Theotokos around 1472 AD. The Monk Bogolep is commemorated on August 22.[40]
  11. ↑ See: (in Russian) Собор Ростово-Ярославских святых. Википедии. (Russian Wikipedia).
  12. ↑ He was formally glorified by the Ecumenical Patriarchate on April 14, 2022. The official communiqué of the Ecumenical Patriarchate was as follows:
    (in Greek) "Συνῆλθε σήμερον, 14ην τ.μ. Ἀπριλίου 2022, ἡ Ἁγία καί Ἱερά Σύνοδος εἰς τήν τακτικήν συνεδρίαν τοῦ μηνός Ἀπριλίου, ὑπό τήν προεδρίαν τῆς Α. Θ. Παναγιότητος, καθ᾿ ἥν:
    α) εἰσηγήσει τῆς Κανονικῆς Ἐπιτροπῆς, προέβη ὁμοφώνως εἰς τήν ἀναγραφήν εἰς τό Ἁγιολόγιον τῆς κατ᾿ Ἀνατολάς Ὀρθοδόξου Ἐκκλησίας τοῦ Ὁσίου καί Θεοφόρου Πατρός ἡμῶν Εὐμενίου τοῦ νέου (Σαριδάκη)."[52]
  13. ↑ See: (in Greek) Όσιος Ευμένιος Σαριδάκης ο Λεπρός. Βικιπαίδεια. (Greek Wikipedia).
  14. ↑ See: (in Russian) Леонтий Ростовский. Википедии. (Russian Wikipedia).
  15. ↑ The celebration was included in the calendar with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill on November 28, 2011.[63]
  16. ↑ See: (in Russian) Шейкова, Евдокия Александровна. Википедии. (Russian Wikipedia).

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  2. ↑ Holy Myrrh-bearer Mary, the wife of Cleopas. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
  3. ↑ Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ἡ Ἁγία Μαρία ἡ Μυροφόρος τοῦ Κλωπᾶ. 23 Μαΐου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
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  43. ↑ Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀλέξανδρος ὁ Θαυματουργός ἐκ Ρωσίας. 23 Μαΐου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
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  45. ↑ Synaxis of the Saints of Rostov. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
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