May 9 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

May 8 – Eastern Orthodox Church calendar – May 10

The Eastern Orthodox cross

All fixed commemorations below celebrated on May 22 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.^{[note 1]}

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

Saints

• Prophet Isaiah (8th century BC)^[1][2]
• Great-martyr Christopher of Lycia (c. 249–251),^[3][4] and with him:

• Martyrs Callinica (Callinike of Lycia),^[5] and Aquilina (Aquilina of Lycia)^[6] (c. 249 – 251)^[7]

• Saint Maximus III of Jerusalem, Patriarch (350)^[8](see also: August 26)
• Saint Shio of Mgvime, monk, of Georgia (6th century)^[9][10][11]
• Monk-martyr Nicholas of Vouneni, in Thessaly (901)^[12]

Pre-Schism Western saints

• Saint Beatus, Apostle of Switzerland (2nd century)^[13]
• Martyrs Epimachus and Gordianus of Rome, in the persecution of Decius (c. 249 – 251)^[14]
• Saint John of Châlon, third Bishop of Châlon-sur-Saône in France (c. 475)^[13]
• Saint Gerontius, bishop of Cervia near Ravenna in Italy, martyr (c. 501)^[13][15]
• Saint Sanctan, Bishop of Kill-da-Les and Kill-na-Sanctan near Dublin in Ireland (6th century)^[13]
• Blessed Adalgar, third archbishop of Hamburg-Bremen (909)^[16][17]
• Saint Vincent, Abbot of St Peter de Montes in Spain, a disciple and successor of St. Gennadius of Astorga (c. 950)^[13]
• Saint Gregory, Bishop of Ostia (c. 1044)^[13]

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

• Saint Dmitry Donskoy, Prince of Moscow (1389)^{[18][note 2]}
• New Hieromartyr Methodius of Amaria, Crete (1793)^[21]
• Saint Joseph (Litovkin) of Optina, Hiero-schema-monk of Optina Monastery (1911)^{[22][23][note 3]}
• Venerable Elder Ieronymos of Simonopetra (1957)^{[25][note 4][note 5][note 6]} (see also: April 26 - OS)

New martyrs and confessors

• New Hieromartyr Demetrius Voskresensky, Priest (1938)^[11][30]
• New Hieromartyr Basil Kolosov, Priest (1939)^[11][30]
• New Martyrs of Slobozhanschyna (Slobodskaya Ukraine).^{[31][32][note 7]}

Other commemorations

• Translation of the Relics of Saint Nicholas from Myra to Bari in 1087.^[11](see also: May 20 – Greek)
• Zaraysk Icon of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker (1225)^[30]
• Translation of the relics (1775) of Child-martyr Gabriel of Slutsk (1690)^[24][30][34]

Icon gallery

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  Prophet Isaiah.
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  Fresco of St. Christopher, (Limburg Cathedral).
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  St. Aquilina.
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  St Shio of Mgvime.
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  Sts. Gordianus and Epimachus (Illustration from the Nuremberg Chronicle).
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  Martyrdom of St. Gordianus.
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  St. Dmitry Donskoy.

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. The Great Synaxaristes also has another entry for Saint Dmitry Donskoy on May 19,^[19] which is confirmed by an entry on the Calendar of a Russian Orthodox parish similarly for May 19.^[20]
3. A Ukrainian, St Joseph was a holy Elder in the tradition of St Paisius Velichkovsky (as were the other 13 glorified holy Elders). The Optina Monastery is, in fact, a spiritual fruit of the Ukrainian Paisian spiritual heritage. There are 16 New Venerable Martyrs of Optina of the Soviet era, among whom are also Ukrainians.^[24]
4. On October 20, 2019, at the Protaton Church in Karyes on Mt. Athos, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew announced the glorification of four great 20th-century Athonite elders would soon proceed, including:
   • Daniel of Katounakia (†1929)
   • Ieronymos of Simonopetra (†1957)
   • Joseph the Hesychast (†1959), and
   • Ephraim of Katounakia (†1998).^[26][27]
   The official statement from the Ecumenical Patriarchate was made on November 27, 2019:
   
   • (in Greek) "Εἰδικώτερον, ἡ Ἁγία καί Ἱερά Σύνοδος, ἀποδεχθεῖσα εἰσήγησιν τῆς Κανονικῆς Ἐπιτροπῆς ἀνέγραψεν εἰς τό Ἁγιολόγιον τῆς Ὀρθοδόξου Ἐκκλησίας τούς ἐγνωσμένης ὁσιακῆς βιοτῆς καί πολιτείας Ἱερομόναχον Ἱερώνυμον Σιμωνοπετρίτην, Καθηγούμενον χρηματίσαντα τῆς ἐν Ἁγίῳ Ὄρει Ἱερᾶς Βασιλικῆς, Πατριαρχικῆς καί Σταυροπηγιακῆς Μονῆς Σίμωνος Πέτρας, καί ἀκολούθως Οἰκονόμον καί Πνευματικόν τοῦ Μετοχίου Ἀναλήψεως Βύρωνος Ἀττικῆς, καί Ἀρχιμανδρίτην Σωφρόνιον Σαχάρωφ, Καθηγούμενον χρηματίσαντα καί κτίτορα τῆς ἐν Ἔσσεξ Ἀγγλίας Ἱερᾶς Πατριαρχικῆς καί Σταυροπηγιακῆς Μονῆς Τιμίου Προδρόμου."^[28]
5. On April 20, 1920, the Sunday of the Holy Myrrhbearers, he was enthroned as the Abbot of the Monastery of his repentance (Simonopetra).
   On June 15, 1931, he was exiled to the Monastery of Koutloumousiou and in three months he was sent to the "Metochion" ("Dependency") of Simonopetra in Athens, named after the Holy Ascension of Christ.
   In 1937 he was re-elected Abbot of Simonopetra, but he declined this, and he remained at Holy Ascension for twenty more years, until he reposed on January 7th 1957 (the feast of Christmas on the Old Calendar).
   Therefore, he lived 17 years in his homeland of Asia Minor, 43 years in the Monastery of Simonopetra and 26 years at Holy Ascension in Athens.^[29]
6. See: (in Greek) Όσιος Ιερώνυμος Σιμωνοπετρίτης ο Μικρασιάτης. Βικιπαίδεια. (Greek Wikipedia).
7. The Great Synaxaristes also has a longer entry for the New Hieromartyrs of Slobozhanschyna (Slobodskaya), Ukraine, on May 19.^[33]

References

1. Ὁ Προφήτης Ἡσαΐας. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
2. Prophet Isaiah. OCA – Feasts and Saints.
3. Ὁ Ἅγιος Χριστοφόρος ὁ Μεγαλομάρτυρας. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
4. Martyr Christopher of Lycia. OCA – Feasts and Saints.
5. Martyr Callinike of Lycia. OCA – Feasts and Saints.
6. Martyr Aquilina of Lycia. OCA – Feasts and Saints.
7. Οἱ Ἁγίες Ἀκυλίνα καὶ Καλλινίκη οἱ Μάρτυρες. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
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10. Repose of the Venerable Shio the Anchorite of Georgia. OCA – Feasts and Saints.
11. (in Russian) 9 мая (ст.ст.) 22 мая 2013 (нов. ст.) December 25, 2013, at the Wayback Machine. Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR).
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13. May 9. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
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15. May 9 September 27, 2011, at the Wayback Machine. The Roman Martyrology.
16. Adalgar van Hamburg. De heiligen
17. The Autonomous Orthodox Metropolia of Western Europe and the Americas (ROCOR). St. Hilarion Calendar of Saints for the year of our Lord 2004. St. Hilarion Press (Austin, TX). p.35.
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20. June 1 / May 19. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
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23. Venerable Joseph of Optina. OCA – Feasts and Saints.
24. Dr. Alexander Roman. May. Calendar of Ukrainian Orthodox Saints (Ukrainian Orthodoxy – Українське Православ'я).
25. (in Greek) Άγιος Ιερώνυμος Σιμωνοπετρίτης: Η πρώτη τιμή του ως Αγίου στη Μονή του. Ορθοδοξία News Agency (ORTHODOXIA). 29 Νοεμβρίου, 2019 - 22:35. Retrieved: 22 May, 2020.
26. ELDER JOSEPH THE HESYCHAST, THREE OTHER 20TH-CENTURY ATHONITE ELDERS CANONIZED. Orthodox Christianity. Mt. Athos, October 21, 2019.
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29. (in Greek) Μητροπολίτης Μεσογαίας & Λαυρεωτικής Νικόλαος Χατζηνικολάου. Γέρων Ιερώνυμος Σιμωνοπετρίτης (μέρος 1ο): «Πτωχός εκ πτωχών αλλ’ ευσεβών γονέων». Πεμπτουσία. 12 Απριλίου 2013. Retrieved: 28 December, 2019.
30. May 22 / May 9, HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow)
31. Οἱ Ἅγιοι Νεομάρτυρες τῆς Σλομπόντσκαγια Οὐκρανίας. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
32. New Martyrs and Confessors of the Soviet Yoke, Saints of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church.
33. Οἱ Ἅγιοι Νεομάρτυρες ἐν Σλομπόντσκαγια Οὐκρανίας. 19 Μαΐου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
34. Complete List of Saints Archived 2012-06-29 at archive.today. Protection of the Mother of God Church (POMOG).

Sources

• Complete List of Saints. Protection of the Mother of God Church (POMOG).
• May 9, OCA – The Lives of the Saints.
• , Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
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• New Martyrs and Confessors of the Soviet Yoke, Saints of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church.
• Dr. Alexander Roman. May. Calendar of Ukrainian Orthodox Saints (Ukrainian Orthodoxy – Українське Православ'я).
• May 9. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
• . The Roman Martyrology.

Greek Sources

• Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) 9 ΜΑΪΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
• (in Greek) Συναξαριστής. 9 Μαΐου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).

Russian Sources

• (in Russian) 22 мая (9 мая). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia – Pravenc.ru).
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