May 14 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

May 13 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - May 15

All fixed commemorations below celebrated on May 27 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.

For May 14th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on May 1.

Saints

• Martyr Maximus of Rome, under Decius (250)
• Martyr Isidore of Chios (251)
• Saints Alexander, Barbaras, and Acolythus (Acolouthus), martyred at the Church of St Irene (Holy Peace), near the sea in Constantinople.
• Martyrs Aristotle and Leandros.
• Saint Boniface of Tarsus, martyr (307)
• Venerable Serapion the Sindonite, monk of Egypt (5th century)
• Hieromartyr Therapontus, Bishop of Cyprus (632)

Pre-Schism Western saints

• Martyrs Justa, Justina and Henedina, in Sardinia (c. 130)
• Saint Pontius of Cimiez (Pons de Cimiez), martyred in Cimella (Cimiez) near Nice, whose relics gave his name to the town of Saint-Pons. (c. 258)
• Saint Aprunculus (Apruncule), first bishop of Langres, later of Clermont, Gaul (c. 488)
• Saint Boniface, Bishop of Ferentino in Tuscany (6th century)
• Saint Carthage (Carthach Mochuda) the Younger, founder and first abbot of Lismore (637)
• Saint Erembert, Bishop of Toulouse (657)
• Saint Tuto (Totto), monk and Abbot of St Emmeram in Regensburg in Germany, where he later became bishop (930)
• Saint Hallvard, of the royal family of Norway, patron saint of Oslo, martyr (1043) <small>(see also: May 15)</small>

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

• Saint Nicetas, Bishop of Novgorod and recluse of the Kiev Caves (1108)
• Saint Leontius II of Jerusalem, Patriarch of Jerusalem (1190)
• Saint Isidore of Rostov, Fool-for-Christ and Wonderworker (1474)
• New Martyr Mark of Crete, at Smyrna (1643)
• New Martyr John of Bulgaria (Raiko-John of Shumena), the goldsmith (1802)
• Saint Andrew, Abbot of the Holy Trinity–St. Raphael Monastery, Tyumen (1820)
• Synaxis of the Saints of Starobilsk, Luhansk Oblast (2014)

New martyrs and confessors

• New Hieromartyr Peter Rozhdestvin, Archpriest, of Lanino, Ryazan (1939)
• New Hiero-confessor Matthew, Hieromonk, of Yaransk (1927) <small>(see also: May 16)</small>

Other commemorations

• Commemoration of the martyrdom by the Poles (1609), of:

* Abbot Anthony with 40 monks and 1,000 laymen of the St. Paisius of Uglich Monastery; and

* Abbot Daniel with 30 monks and 200 laymen of the St. Nicholas Monastery, Kostroma.

• Synaxis of the Yaroslavsk-Pechersk Icon of the Mother of God (1823)
• First uncovering of the relics (1846) of Saint Tikhon, Bishop of Voronezh, Wonderworker of Zadonsk (1783)

Icon gallery

Notes

References

Sources

• May 14/27. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
• May 27 / May 14. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
• May 14. OCA - The Lives of the Saints.
• May 14. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
• May 14. The Roman Martyrology.

Greek Sources

• Great Synaxaristes: 14 ΜΑΪΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
• Συναξαριστής. 14 ΜαΐοÏÂ. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).

Russian Sources

• 27 мая (14 мая). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).
• 14 мая (ст.ст.) 27 мая 2013 (нов. ст.). Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR).