May 11 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

May 10 – Eastern Orthodox Church calendar – May 12

All fixed commemorations below celebrated on May 24 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.

For May 11th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on April 28.

Saints

• Martyr Evellius, under Nero (66)
• Martyrs Maximus, Bassus, and Fabius (284–305)
• Hieromartyr Mocius (Mucius), presbyter of Amphipolis in Macedonia, beheaded in Byzantium (288)
• Martyr Armodius.
• Saints Cyril and Methodius, Equal-to-the-Apostles and Enlighteners of the Slavs (869, 885) <small>(see also: July 17 )</small>
• Saints Clement of Ohrid (916), Sabbas (10th century), Angelarius (Angelyar) (c. 886), Gorazd (896), and Naum of Preslav (910) — Disciples of Saints Cyril and Methodius and missionaries of the Slavs, Wonderworkers and Equal-to-the-Apostles. <small>(see also: July 27 )</small>
• Saint Rostislav the Prince of Greater Moravia, Confessor of the Faith and Equal-to-the-Apostles (870) <small>(see also: October 29)</small>

Pre-Schism Western saints

• Hieromartyr Anthimus of Rome, and martyrs Sisinius the deacon with Diocletius and Florentius (disciples of St. Anthimus), (284–305)
• Saint Principia of Rome, a holy virgin in Rome and disciple of St Marcella (420)
• Saint Mammertus, Archbishop of Vienne (475)
• Saint Possessor of Verdun, Bishop of Verdun, he and his flock were greatly troubled by the barbarian invasions of Franks, Vandals and Goths (c. 486)
• Saint Tudy (Tudinus, Tegwin, Thetgo), a disciple of St Brioc in Brittany (5th century)
• Saint Credan of Cornwall, hogherd.
• Saint Gangulphus (760)
• Saint Fremund of Dunstable, Anglo-Saxon hermit, killed by his kinsman Oswy with the help of Danish invaders who had also murdered King Edmund (866)
• Saint Odo of Cluny, the second Abbot of Cluny (942)
• Saint Mayeul (Majolus, Maieul), Abbot of Cluny (994)
• Saint Odilo of Cluny (1049)

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

• Martyrs Olympia, Abbess of Mytilene, and nun Euphrosyne (1235)
• Saint Sophronius of the Kiev Caves, recluse (13th century)
• Saint Nicodemus of Pec, Archbishop of Serbia (1324)
• Hieromartyr Joseph, first Metropolitan of Astrakhan (1672)
• Blessed Christopher of Georgia (Christesias), monk at the Monastery of St. John the Baptist, at the David Gareja monastery complex, "The Thebaid of Georgia" (1771)
• New Martyr Dioscorus (Dioscorides) the New, of Smyrna, by beheading.
• New Martyr Argyrus (Argyrus, Argyres) of Thessalonica (1806)
• Saint Theophylact, Bishop of Stavropol and Ekaterinodar (1872)
• Venerable Saint Dionisie (Ignat) of Mount Athos, who lived at the Holy Cell of St. George at Kolitsou, under Vatopedi Monastery (2004)

New martyrs and confessors

• New Hieromartyr Michael Belorossov, priest (1920)
• New Hieromartyr Alexander (Petrovsky), Archbishop of Kharkov (1940)

Other commemorations

• Commemoration of the as Capital of the Roman Empire (330)
• Consecration of the first Saint Sophia Cathedral in Kiev, erected by Princess Olga (960)
• "Chelnsk" Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos.

Icon gallery

Notes

References

Sources

• May 11/24. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
• May 24 / May 11. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
• May 11. OCA - The Lives of the Saints.
• May 11. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
• May 11. The Roman Martyrology.

Greek Sources

• Great Synaxaristes: 11 ΜΑΪΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ
• Συναξαριστής. 11 ΜαΐοϠ. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).

Russian sources

• 24 мая (11 мая). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia – Pravenc.ru).
• 11 мая (ст.ст.) 24 мая 2013 (нов. ст.). Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR).