May 20 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

May 19 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - May 21

All fixed commemorations below celebrated on June 2 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.

For May 20th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on May 7.

Saints

• Saint Lydia of Thyatira (Lydia of Philippi), mentioned in Acts 16:14-15 (1st century)
• Martyrs Thalelaeus the Unmercenary, and his companions Alexander and Asterius, at Aegae in Cilicia (284)
• Martyr Asclas of the Thebaid, Egypt (287)
• Saints Zabulon and Susanna, of Cappadocia and Jerusalem, parents of St. Nina (Nino), enlightener of Georgia (4th century)
• Saint Mark the Hermit (Marcus Eremita) (5th century)
• Holy Martyrs of Mamilla, Jerusalem (614)
• Saint Thalassius the Myrrh-gusher, of Libya (648)
• Saints Nicetas, John and Joseph, founders of the Monastery of Nea Moni on Chios (c. 1050)

Pre-Schism Western saints

• Saint Plautilla the Roman, martyr, (67)
• Hieromartyr Baudelius, missionary in France and northern Spain, martyred in Nîmes (2nd or 3rd century)
• Virgin-martyr Basilla (304)
• Saint Hilary (Hilarius, Hilaire), Bishop of Toulouse in France (360)
• Saint Anastasius, Bishop of Brescia in Lombardy, in Italy (610)
• Saint Austregisilus (Aoustrille, Outrille), Bishop of Bourges and Confessor (624)
• Saint Theodore of Pavia, Bishop of Pavia (778)
• Martyr Ethelbert (Albert, Albright), King of East Anglia in England (794) <small>(see also May 29)</small>
• Saint Alcuin of York, monk (804)

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

• St. Daumantas of Pskov (Dovmont-Timothy), Prince of Pskov (1299)
• Saint Stephen, Abbot of Piperi Monastery in Serbia (1697)

New martyrs and confessors

• New Hieromartyr Pavel Lazarev, martyred on the feast of Pentecost (1919)
• New Martyr Olympiada Verbetskaya, Abbess of Kozelshchinsk Convent <small>()</small>, Poltava (1938)

Other commemorations

• Translation of the holy relics (1087) of Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker (343) <small>(see also: May 9)</small>
• Uncovering of the relics (1431) of St. Alexis, Metropolitan of Kiev and all Rus', Wonderworker (1378)
• Repose of Schema-monk Cyriacus of Valaam (1798)

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Notes

References

Sources

• May 20/June 2. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
• June 2 / May 20. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
• May 20. OCA - The Lives of the Saints.
• May 20. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
• May 20. The Roman Martyrology.

Greek Sources

• Great Synaxaristes: 20 ΜΑΪΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
• Συναξαριστής. 20 ΜαΐοÏÂ. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).

Russian Sources

• 2 июня (20 мая). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).
• 20 мая (ст.ст.) 2 июня 2013 (нов. ст.). Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR).