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May 21 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

May 20 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - May 22

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All fixed commemorations below celebrated on June 3 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.

For May 21st, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on May 8.

Saints

  • Holy Equals-to-the-Apostles Emperor Constantine (337), and Empress Helena, his mother (327)
  • Martyrs Polyeuctus, Victorinus, and Donatus, at Caesarea in Cappadocia.
  • Hieromartyr Secundus and those with him, in Alexandria (356)
  • Saint Adelphios, Bishop of Onouphis, in Byzantine Egypt (c. 362, or c. 431)
  • Saint Boros, monk.
  • Saint Christopher I, Patriarch of Antioch (967)

    • Pre-Schism Western Saints

  • Hieromartyrs Timothy, Polius and Eutychius, deacons, in Mauretania Caesariensis (Morocco).
  • Hieromartyr Valens and Companions, Bishop who was martyred in Auxerre in France along with three children.
  • Martyr Secundinus, in Cordoba in Spain under Diocletian (c. 306)
  • Saint Hospitius the Hermit of Nice, Wonderworker (581)
  • Saint Barrfoin (Bairrfhionn, Barrindus) of Killbarron (6th century)
  • Saint Gollen (Collen, Colan) of Denbighshire, a saint who has given his name to Llangollen in Wales (7th century)
  • Saint Isberga (Itisberga) of Aire, reputed sister of Charlemagne, nun at Aire (Aria) in the Artois, of which she is the patroness (c. 800)
  • Saint Ageranus (Ayran, Ayrman) of Beze, a monk at Bèze in France, martyred by the Vikings (888)
  • Saint Theobald (Thibaud), Archbishop of Vienne (970-1001)

    • Post-Schism Orthodox Saints

  • Blessed Constantine (Yaroslav), prince, and his children Michael and Theodore, Wonderworkers of Murom (1129)
  • Saint Cyril II (Kirill), Bishop of Rostov (1262)
  • Saint Basil of Ryazan, Bishop (1295)
  • Saint Helen of Decani, Serbia, Princess (c. 1350)
  • Venerable Cassian the Greek, monk of Uglich, Wonderworker (1504)
  • Saint Agapitus of Markushev (Vologda) the Hieromartyr, Abbot (1584)
  • Saint Constantine the Fool-for-Christ, of Novotorzanin, Russia (c. 16th century)
  • New Martyrs King Constantine Brancoveanu of Wallachia and his four sons Constantine, Stephen, Radu, and Matthew, and his counsellor Ianache (1714)
  • Martyr Pachomios of Patmos (1730)

    • New Martyrs and Confessors

  • Synaxis of Hieromartyrs of Karelia.
  • Synaxis of Hieromartyrs of Ufa.

    • Other commemorations

  • Uncovering of the relics (1998) of St. Andrew Ogorodnikov, fool-for-Christ of Simbirsk (1841)
  • Repose of Elena Pavlova of Chepel, Kharkov (1885)
  • Repose of Elder Isaac of Dionysiou Monastery of Mount Athos (1932)

    • Icons

  • Synaxis of the "Vladimir" Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos (1521)
  • Synaxis of the "Virgin of Tenderness" Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos from Pskov-Pechersk (1524)

    • References

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