May 19 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

May 18 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - May 20

All fixed commemorations below celebrated on June 1 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.

For May 19th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on May 6.

Saints

• Hieromartyrs Patricius (Patrick), Bishop of Prusa, and his companions: the Presbyters Acacius, Menander, and Polyenos (c. 100 or c. 362)
• Martyrs Parthenius and his brother Calogerius, at Rome (250)
• Martyr Philoterus of Nicomedia (303)
• Martyr Acoluthus of Hermopolis, Egypt (303)
• Martyr Cyriaca (Kyriake) and the six holy virgin-martyrs in Nicomedia (307)
• Martyr Theotima of Nicomedia (311)
• Saint John, Bishop of Gothia in the Crimea (787)

Pre-Schism Western saints

• Martyr Pudens, the senator (c. 160)
• Virgin-Martyr Pudentiana (Potentiana), daughter of Saint Pudens the senator (160)
• Saint Cyril of Trier, Bishop of Trier, (5th century)
• Saint Adolphus (Hadulf), ascetic of the Benedictine Abbey of St. Vaast, in Arras, and later Bishop of Arras Cambrai in the north of France (728)
• Saint Dunstan, Archbishop of Canterbury (988)

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

• Right-believing Prince Vladimir II (Basil) Monomakh of Kievan Rus (1125) <small>(see also: July 15 - Synaxis of All Saints of Kiev)</small>
• Monk-martyrs and Confessors of the Monastery of Panagia of Kantara, on Cyprus, who suffered under the Latins (1231):

* Barnabas, Gennadius, Gerasimus, Germanus (Herman), Theognostus, Theoctistus, Jeremiah, John, Joseph, Conon, Cyril, Maximus and Mark.

• Right-Believing Great Prince Dmitry Donskoy, Great Prince of Moscow (1389) <small>(see also: May 9th)</small>
• Venerable Eudoxia of Moscow (in monasticism Euphrosyne), Grand-Duchess of Moscow (1407)
• Venerable Sinaites of Serbia (from Ravanica) (14th century): <small>(see also: May 6)</small>

* Romulus, Romanus, Nestor, Sisoes, Zosimas, Gregory, Nicodemus, and Cyril, the Sinaites - disciples of Gregory of Sinai (Mount Athos).

• Saint Cornelius of Paleostrov, founder of Paleostrov Monastery, Karelia (1420) and his disciple Abramius (15th century)
• Saint John (Ignatius), Prince of Uglich, tonsured as Ignatius in Vologda (1522)
• Venerable Cornelius of Komel (Vologda), Abbot and Wonderworker (1537)
• Saint Sergius of Shukhtov (Shukhtom), monk (1609)
• Saint Nicholas Rynin of Vologda, Fool-for-Christ (1837)

New martyrs and confessors

• Synaxis of the New Martyrs and Confessors of Belgorod (2011):

* Hieromartyr Matthew Voznesensky (1919)

* Hieromartyr Victor Karakulin (1937)

* Hieromartyr , Archbishop of Kursk and Oboyansk (1938) <small>(see also June 1)</small>

* New Hieromartyrs Anthony (Pankeyev), Bishop of Belgorod (1938), and with him:

:* Priests: Mitrophanes Vilgelmsky, Alexander Yeroshov, Michael Deineka, Hippolytus Krasnovsky, Nicholas Kulakov, Basil Ivanov, Nicholas Sadovsky, Maximus Bogdanov, Alexander Saulsky, Paul Bryantsev, Paul Popov, and Gregory (Bogoyavlensky).

:* Martyr: Michael (Voznesensky)

• New Hieromartyr Valentine Lukyanov, Hieromonk, of Romashkovo, Moscow (1940)
• Synaxis of the Hieromartyrs of Kharkov:

* Synaxis of the New Hieromartyrs of Sloboda, Ukraine (1993)

:* New Hiero-confessor Seraphim (Zagorovsky), Hieromonk, of Kharkov (1943) <small>(see also: September 30)</small>

Other commemorations

• Entrance into Georgia (323) of Saint Nina (Nino), Equal-to-the-Apostles (335)
• Translation of the sacred relics of Saints Julius the Presbyter (401) and Julianus (Giuliano) the Deacon (391)
• Commemoration of the ascetics of St. Athanasius of Syandem Monastery:

* Elias (also of Valaam), Theophanes, and Dionysius.

• Repose of Elder Cleopas of Valaam, disciple of St. Paisius (Velichkovsky) (1816)
• Slaying of Priest (1985) <small>(see also: May 6)</small>

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Notes

References

Sources

• May 19/June 1. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
• June 1 / May 19. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
• May 19. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
• May 19. The Roman Martyrology.

Greek Sources

• Great Synaxaristes: 19 ΜΑΪΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
• Συναξαριστής. 19 ΜαΐοÏÂ. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).

Russian Sources

• 1 июня (19 мая). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).
• 19 мая (ст.ст.) 1 июня 2013 (нов. ст.). Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR).