May 10 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

May 9 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - May 11

All fixed commemorations below celebrated on May 23 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.

For May 10, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on April 27.

Saints

• Saint Simon the Zealot, Apostle (1st century)
• Martyr Hesychius the Palatine of Antioch (c. 304)
• Saint Isidora the Fool-for-Christ, of Tabennisi, Egypt (c. 365)
• Saint Isidore of Alexandria (Isidore The Simple-Minded) (319-404), (404)
• Venerable Passarion the Presbyter (Passarion of Palestine), Agapius and Philemon (mid-5th century)
• Blessed Thais (Taisia) of Egypt (5th century)
• Saint Laurence of Egypt, monk, of Egypt (6th century)

Pre-Schism Western saints

• Martyrs Calepodius, Palmatius, Simplicius, Felix, Blanda and Companions (c. 222–232)
• Martyrs Alphius, Philadelphus, Cyprian, at Lentini in Sicily (251)
• Martyrs Erasmus, Onesimus, and 14 other martyrs, in Sicily (251)
• Saint Aurelian of Limoges, Disciple of St Martial of Limoges in France (3rd century)
• Martyrs Quartus and Quintus, two citizens of Capua who were condemned and executed in Rome.
• Saint Conleth, hermit and first Bishop of Kildare (c. 519) <small>(see also: May 3 and May 4)</small>
• Saint Comgall, founder and abbot of Bangor (602)of Egypt
• Saint Cataldus, born in Munster in Ireland, became a monk at Lismore, then Bishop of Taranto; renowned for miracles (7th century)
• Virgin-martyr Solangia (Solange) (880)

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

• Saint Simon of Vladimir and Suzdal, Kiev Caves, Bishop (1226)
• Venerable Laurence, monastic founder at Mt. Pelion in Volos (late 14th century)
• Blessed Simon of Yurievets and Zharki, Fool-for-Christ (1584)
• Martyr Eustathios of Crimea (1745-1759), martyred in Theodosia, Crimea (1759)
• Saint Synesius of Irkutsk (1787)
• Saint Yoakim Krchovski (1820)
• Venerable Calistrat (Bobu) of Timișeni and Vasiova, Confessor at Timișeni Monastery and Vasiova Monastery (1975)
• Saint Eumenius (Saridakis) the Leper, of Crete (Eumenius the Younger), the God-bearer, father confessor to the Athens leprosy hospital (1999) <small>(see also: May 23 - NS)</small>

Other commemorations

• The passage of the relics (1087) of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker through the island of Zakynthos, while on their way to Bari.
• Translation of the relics (1670) of the blessed martyr Basil of Mangazea in Siberia (1602)
• "Kiev-Bratskaya" Icon of the Mother of God (1654)
• Repose of Eldress Thaisia of Voronezh (1840)
• Repose of Hieromonk Andrew (Abramius in Schema) of Whitehoof Convent (1902)
• Slaying of Soldier Eugene Rodionov in Chechnya (May 23, 1996)

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Notes

References

Sources

• May 10/23. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
• May 23 / May 10. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
• May 10. OCA - The Lives of the Saints.
• May 10. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
• May 10. The Roman Martyrology.

Greek Sources

• Great Synaxaristes: 10 ΜΑΪΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
• Συναξαριστής. 10 ΜαΐοϠ. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).

Russian Sources

• 23 мая (10 мая). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).
• 10 мая (ст.ст.) 23 мая 2013 (нов. ст.). Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR).