May 15 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

May 14 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - May 16

All fixed commemorations below celebrated on May 28 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.

For May 15th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on May 2.

Saints

• The Seven Apostolic Men, Martyr Bishops, ordained in Rome by Saints Peter and Paul, and sent to evangelize Spain (1st century):

* Saints Torquatus, Ctesiphon, Secundus, Indaletius, Caecilius, Hesychius, and Euphrasius.

• Saint Achillius (Achillios), Bishop of Larissa (330)
• Saint Pachomius the Great, founder of cenobitic monasticism (348)
• Saint Silvanus of Tabennisi, disciple of Saint Pachomius the Great (in the Thebaid) (4th century)
• Saint Pyrrhus of Breti, one of Thirteen Assyrian Fathers (6th century)
• Saint Barbarus the Myrrh-gusher of Greece (c. 820– 829)

Pre-Schism Western saints

• Martyrs Cassius, Victorinus, Maximus, and their companions, in the Auvergne, Clermont in France (c. 264)
• Saint Eutychius of Ferento, Bishop, Martyr (270)
• Martyr Simplicius of Olbia, Bishop, in Sardinia (c. 284–305)
• Virgin recluse Caesarea of Otranto.
• Saint Liberator, Bishop, Martyr.
• Saint Reticius, bishop of Autun (4th century)
• Saint Hilary of Galeata (Hilary of Tuscany), founder of the monastery called Galeata, later known as Sant'Ilaro (Sant'Ellero di Galeata) (558)
• Saint Colmán of Oughaval (Colman mac Ua Laoighse, Colman Mc O'Laoighse), a disciple of St Columba and St Fintan of Clonenagh (6th century)
• Virgin-martyr Dymphna of Geel, Flanders, and Hieromartyr Gerebern, Presbyter (c. 650)
• Saint Waldalenus, founder of Bèze Abbey in France (7th century)
• Saint Bercthun (Bertin), a disciple of St John of Beverley and first Abbot of Beverley in England (733)
• Saint Bertha of Bingen (c. 757), and her son Saint Rupert of Bingen (732)
• Saint Witesind of Córdoba, martyr (855)
• Saint Hallvard Vebjørnsson of Husaby, Norway (1043) <small>(see also: May 14 - West)</small>

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

• Saint Panegyrios of Cyprus (Panigerios, Panegyrius), Wonderworker of Malounta.
• Saint Anastasia of Latra.
• Saint Isaiah of Rostov, Bishop and Wonderworker (1090)
• Saint Isaiah of the Kiev Caves, Wonderworker (1115)
• Saint Andrew the Hermit, of Mt. Kalana, Epirus, Wonderworker (c. 1237–1271)
• Saint Pachomius of Nerekhta, Abbot (1384), and Saint Silvanus of Nerekhta (14th century)
• Saint Cali of Anatolia (14th century)
• Saint Euphrosynus of Pskov (Eleazar), Abbot and Wonderworker (1481)

* Saint Serapion of Pskov, disciple of St Euphrosynus of Pskov (1481)

* Saint Ignatius, Charalampius and Pamphilus, brothers and disciples of Euphrosynus of Pskov (15th century)

• Saint Pachomius of Keno Lake Monastery (1525)
• Saint Demetrius of Moscow the Wonderworker, Slain Crown Prince (1591)
• Saint James of Putna, Metropolitan of Moldavia (1778)
• Saint Elias (Chebotarev) of Verkhoturye, Schemamonk (1900)
• Saint Arethas (Katargin) of Valaam and Verkhoturye, Archimandrite (1903)

New martyrs and confessors

• New Hieromartyrs:

* Archbishop Pachomius (Kedrov) of Chernigov (1938),

* his brother, Archbishop Abercius (Kedrov) of Zhitomir (1937),

* their father, Priest Nicholas Kedrov (1936),

* their brother-in-law, Priest Vladimir Zagarsky (1937)

Other commemorations

• Discovery of the revered icon of Kamoulianos "Acheiropoieta" ("made without human hands").
• Translation of the sacred relics of the Holy Apostle Titus of Crete, from Venice (which had taken the relics in 1669), back to the Greek Orthodox (1966)
• Uncovering of the relics (1846) of Saint Tikhon, Bishop of Voronezh, wonderworker of Zadonsk (1783)
• Uncovering of the relics (1991) of Saint Arsenius of Konevits (1447)
• Uncovering of the relics (2012) of Saint Elias (Ganzha) of Makeevka (1946)

Icon gallery

Notes

References

Sources

• May 15/28. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
• May 28 / May 15. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
• May 15. OCA - The Lives of the Saints.
• May 15. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
• May 15. The Roman Martyrology.

Greek Sources

• Great Synaxaristes: 15 ΜΑΪΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
• Συναξαριστής. 15 ΜαΐοÏÂ. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).

Russian Sources

• 28 мая (15 мая). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).
• 15 мая (ст.ст.) 28 мая 2013 (нов. ст.). Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR).