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May 20 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

May 19 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - May 21

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All fixed commemorations below celebrated on June 2 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.

For May 20th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on May 7.

Saints

  • Saint Lydia of Thyatira (Lydia of Philippi), mentioned in Acts 16:14-15 (1st century)
  • Martyrs Thalelaeus the Unmercenary, at Anazarbus in Cilicia, and his companions Alexander and Asterius (284)
  • Martyr Asclas of the Thebaid, Egypt (287)
  • Sts. Zabulon and Susanna, of Cappadocia and Jerusalem (parents of St. Nina (Nino), enlightener of Georgia), (4th century)
  • Saint Mark the Hermit (Marcus Eremita) (5th century)
  • Holy Martyrs of Mamilla, Jerusalem (614)
  • Saint Thalassius the Myrrh-gusher, of Libya (648)
  • Saints John, Joseph and Nicetas, monks of Nea Moni on Chios (c. 1050)

    • Pre-Schism Western Saints

  • Saint Plautilla the Roman, martyr, (67)
  • Hieromartyr Baudelius, missionary in France and northern Spain, martyred in Nîmes (2nd or 3rd century)
  • Virgin-martyr Basilla (304)
  • Saint Hilary (Hilarius, Hilaire), Bishop of Toulouse in France (360)
  • Saint Anastasius, Bishop of Brescia in Lombardy, in Italy (610)
  • Saint Austregisilus (Aoustrille, Outrille), Bishop of Bourges and Confessor (624)
  • Saint Theodore of Pavia, Bishop of Pavia (778)
  • Saint Ethelbert (Albert, Albright), King of East Anglia in England, martyr (794) (see also May 29)

    • Post-Schism Orthodox Saints

  • St. Daumantas (Timothy, Dovmont-Timothy), prince of Pskov (1299)
  • Saint Stephen, Abbot of Piperi in Serbia (1697)

    • New Martyrs and Confessors

  • New Martyrs of Moscow (1922):
  • Hieromartyr Macarius, priest-monk;
  • Hieromartyrs Alexander Zaozersky and Basil Sokolov, Protopresbyters;
  • Hieromartyr Christopher Nadezhdin, priest;
  • Martyr Sergius Tikhomirov.
  • Venerable New Martyr Olympiada Verbetska, Igumenia of Kozelschansk women's monastery of the Nativity of the Mother of God (1938)

    • Other commemorations

  • Translation of the holy relics (1087) of Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker (343) (see also: May 9 - Slavonic)
  • Uncovering of the relics (1431) of St. Alexis, Metropolitan of Moscow, Wonderworker (1378)
  • Repose of Schema-monk Cyriacus of Valaam (1798)

    • References

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