May 17 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

May 16 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - May 18

All fixed commemorations below celebrated on May 30 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.

For May 17th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on May 4.

Saints

• Apostles Andronicus of Pannonia and his fellow labourer Junia, of the Seventy Apostles (1st century)
• Martyrs Solochon, Pamphamer, and Pamphalon, soldiers, at Chalcedon (c. 286-305)
• Martyrs Adrion, Victor and Basilla, in Alexandria.
• Saint Theodoret of Antioch, Hieromartyr (361–363)
• Venerable Dodo of the St David-Gareji Monastery, Georgia (6th century) <small>(see also: May 25, June 2)</small>
• Saint Stephen the New, Patriarch of Constantinople (893)

Pre-Schism Western saints

• Saint Restituta the martyr, in Carthage (255 or 304)
• Martyrs Heradius, Paul, and Aquilinus, near Lake Geneva (284-305)
• Saint Maden (Madern, Madron, Madrona) (c. 545)
• Saint Cathán (Catan, Chattan, Cadan), Bishop in the Isle of Bute in Scotland (6th century)
• Saint Mailduf (Maidulph, Maelduib), founder of Malmesbury Abbey (673)
• Saint Gerebernus (Gerebern, Gerebrand), Hieromartyr, priest from Ireland who accompanied St Dymphna to Belgium and shared in her martyrdom (7th century)
• Saint Rasso (Ratho), ascetic, founder of a Benedictine abbey at Wörth, later named Grafrath after him (953)

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

• St. Andronicus the Gravedigger, monk of the Zverinets Monastery, Kiev (1096)
• Venerable Eudoxia of Moscow, in monasticism Euphrosyne, Grand-Duchess of Moscow (1407) <small>(see also: July 7)</small>
• Saints Nectarius (1550) and Theophanes (1544) the gate-keepers, brothers, of Meteora.
• Great-martyr Nicholas of Sofia, Bulgaria (1555)
• Saint Nicolas (Basdanis) the New Martyr of Metsovo (St Nicolas the Vlach) (1617)
• Saint Athanasius the New, Bishop and Wonderworker of (1707-1708)
• Saint Jonah Atamansky, Archpriest of Odessa, Wonderworker (1924)

Other commemorations

• Commemoration of the Fall of Jerusalem in 614 AD to the Persians, with the loss of the True Cross to Persia, damage to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre by fire, and the martyrdom of over 65,000 Christians (614)
• Translation of the relics (1551) of Saint Adrian of Ondrusov, founder of Ondrusov Monastery, Karelia (1549)
• Synaxis of the Five Holy Hierarchs of Cytheria on Cyprus (2018):

* Saint Pappos (368) – <small>(October 24)</small>

* Saint Athanasios (4th century) – <small>(May 17)</small>

* Saint Fotinos (5th century) – <small>(August 2)</small>

* Saint Spyridon (8th century) – <small>(September 19)</small>

* Saint Demetrianus (c. 915) – <small>(November 6)</small>

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Notes

References

Sources

• May 17/30. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
• May 30 / May 17. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
• May 17. OCA - The Lives of the Saints.
• May 17. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
• May 17. The Roman Martyrology.

Greek Sources

• Great Synaxaristes: 17 ΜΑΪΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
• Συναξαριστής. 17 ΜαΐοÏÂ. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).

Russian Sources

• 30 мая (17 мая). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).
• 17 мая (ст.ст.) 30 мая 2013 (нов. ст.). Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR).