May 12 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

May 11 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - May 13

The Eastern Orthodox cross

All fixed commemorations below celebrated on May 25 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.^{[note 1]}

For May 12th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on April 29.

Saints

• Saint Domitilla the martyr (c. 81-96)^[1][2]
• Saints Nereus and Achilleus the martyrs (100)^[2][3]
• Saint Dracontius, Bishop of Nicaea (c. 1st to 3rd centuries)^{[4][note 2]}
• Saint Epiphanius, Bishop of Salamis and Metropolitan of Cyprus (403)^[2][5]
• Saint Calliope (Callitropos), nun, sister of St. Epiphanius of Cyprus.^[6]
• Saint Sabinus, Archbishop of Cyprus (successor of St. Epiphanius to the Cypriot cathedra) (5th century)^[7][8]
• Saint Polybius, Bishop of Cyprus, Wonderworker (5th century)^[7][9]
• Saint Theophanes, Archbishop of Cyprus (7th century)^{[10][11][note 3]}
• Patriarch Germanus I of Constantinople (740)^[2][12]
• Venerable Theodore of Kythera, ascetic (922)^[13][14]

Pre-Schism Western saints

• Saint Philip of Agira the Hieromartyr (103)^{[2][15][note 4]}
• Martyr Pancratius of Rome (304)^[2][16][17]
• Martyr Dionysius (Denis), uncle of St. Pancratius (304)^[2][18]
• Saint Díoma, teacher of St Declan of Ardmore, patron-saint of Kildimo in Co. Limerick in Ireland (5th century)^[18]
• Saint Modoald, Archbishop of Trier, related by blood and united by friendship with most of the saints of the Merovingian period (640)^[2][18]
• Saint Rictrudis, Abbess of Marchiennes Abbey in Flanders (688)^{[18][note 5]}
• Saint Æthelhard, Archbishop of Canterbury (805)^[18]

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

• Saint Euthemius (Euthymius), Patriarch of Jerusalem (c. 1084? c. 1224?)^[19])^{[20][note 6]}
• Saint Nikitas the Sinaite^[21]
• New Martyr John of Serres (15th century)^[7][22]
• Saint Theophanes, Bishop of Solea (Solia), Cyprus, later a hermit in the Troodos Mountains; the Outpourer of Myrrh (1550)^{[23][note 7]}
• Monk Dorotheus, (disciple of St. Dionysius of Troitse-Sergiyeva Lavra) (1622)^{[7][note 8]}
• Venerable Dionysius of Radonezh, Archimandrite of the Troitse-Sergiyeva Lavra(1633)^[7][26][27]
• New Martyr John of Wallachia, at Constantinople (1662)^{[7][28][29][note 9]}
• Saint Anthony (Medvedev) of Radonezh, Archimandrite of Troitse-Sergiyeva Lavra (1877)^[7][30]
• Repose of Saint Nectarius (Tikhonov) of Optina (1928)^{[31][note 10]}
• Holy Elders of the Sofronievo-Molchensk (Molchansk) Hermitage (glorification in 2009):^{[32][33][note 11]}

• Archimandrite Theodosy (Maslov);
• Hieromonk Serapion;
• Monk Sophronius (Batovrin);
• Novice Sergius (Tikhonov), fool-for-Christ.

New martyrs and confessors

• New Martyr Abbess Athanasia (Lepeshkina), of the Smolensk Hodigitria Convent near Moscow (1931)^[7][35]
• New Hieromartyr Peter Popov, priest of Yaroslavl-Rostov (1937)^[35][36]
• Martyr Evdokia Martishkina (1938)^[36]

Other commemorations

• Consecration of the Cathedral of the Theotokos at Kiev (in 996)^[37]
• Glorification (1913) of Hieromartyr Patriarch Hermogenes of Moscow (1612)^[7][38][39]
• Discovery of the holy relics (1961) of Saint Irene of Lesvos the Virgin-martyr (1463)^[40]
• Second Uncovering of the relics (1992) of Righteous Simeon of Verkhoturye (1642)^[35]

Icon gallery

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  Sts. Domitilla, Nereus, and Achilleus, by Peter Paul Rubens.
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  St. Epiphanius of Salamis.
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  Patriarch Germanus I of Constantinople.
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  Patriarch Germanus I of Constantinople and the Liddskaja icon.
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  St. Pancratius of Rome.

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. Note, there is a "Dracontius of Pergamum" who attended the Council of Constantinople (360).
3. His memory is preserved in the Codex Hierosolymitanus of the 11th century.^[11]
4. From the Roman Martyrology:

   "At Agirone in Sicily, St. Philip, a priest who was sent to that island by the Roman Pontiff, and converted to Christ a great portion of it. His sanctity is particularly manifested by the deliverance of persons possessed."

5. Born in Gascony in France, she married St Adalbald, by whom she had four children - all saints, Maurontius, Eusebia, Clotsindis and Adalsindis. After her husband's repose she became a nun and founded the convent of Marchiennes in the north of France.
6. His name does not appear in the Synaxaria and the Menaia, but is preserved in the Codex Hierosolymitanus. The Church also observes his feast day on November 7.^[20]
7. One Orthodox calendar shows his feast day as May 17.^[24]
8. Saint Dorotheus is commemorated together with Saint Hilarion (monk) on May 23 in the Great Synaxaristes. (Greek Menaion).^[25]
9. Also John Valaha of Romania or Ioan Valahul (Românul).
10. Saint Nectarius' is venerated on April 29, and with all the Optina Elders on October 11.
11. On June 28, 2009, at the Sophrony-Molchensk Pechersk Monastery of the Nativity of Theotokos (in the village of Nova Sloboda, Putivl district of Sumy region), at the Divine Liturgy, headed by Metropolitan Volodymyr, took place the rite of glorification of four God-pleasers, who bore obedience at the monastery at different times. The Holy Synod of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church on the decision of April 14, 2009 blessed for the local glorification and veneration: Archimandrite Theodosy (Maslov), Hieromonk Serapion, monk Sophrony (Batovrin) in the ranks of the venerable fathers, and lay brother Serhiy Tikhonov as fool for Christ.^[34]

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29. Martyr John the Wallachian of Romania. OCA - Feasts and Saints.
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Sources

• May 12/25. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
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• Dr. Alexander Roman. May. Calendar of Ukrainian Orthodox Saints (Ukrainian Orthodoxy - Українське Православ'я).
• May 12. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
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Greek Sources

• Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) 12 ΜΑΪΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
• (in Greek) Συναξαριστής. 12 Μαΐου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).

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• (in Russian) 25 мая (12 мая). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).
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