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May 26 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

May 25 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - May 27

All fixed commemorations below celebrated on June 8 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.

For May 26th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on May 13.

Saints

  • Apostles Carpus and Alphaeus (possibly Cleopas) of the Seventy Apostles (1st century)
  • Martyrs Abercius and Helen, children of Apostle Alphaeus (1st century)
  • Martyr Julius, Roman soldier, by beheading, at Dorostolum in Mysia (Asia Minor) (302)
  • Saint Synesius, Bishop of Karpasia in Cyprus, Wonderworker (c. 5th century)
  • Venerable John of Psichaita the Confessor, of Constantinople (c. 825) (<small>see also May 7</small>)

Pre-Schism Western saints

  • Hieromartyr Zacharias, Bishop of Vienne, suffered under Trajan (106)
  • Hieromartyr Simitrius priest, and 22 other martyrs, who suffered under Antoninus Pius, at Rome (159)
  • Saint Eleutherius, Pope of Rome (189)
  • Saints Fugatius (Fagan) and Damian (Deruvian), sent by Pope Eleutherius to England to preach the Gospel (2nd century)
  • Martyr Priscus, a Roman legionary officer, and a great multitude of other Christians of Besançon, near Auxerre (272)
  • Martyrs Felicissimus, Heraclius, and Paulinus, at Todi in Umbria (303)
  • Martyr Quadratus, a martyr in North Africa.
  • Saint Bécán, a hermit near Cork in Ireland in the time of St Columba; founder of Kilbeggan, Westmeath, worked in a monastery there (6th century)
  • Saint Augustine of Canterbury, Evangelizer of England (605)
  • Saint Oduvald, a noble who became a monk and later Abbot of Melrose Abbey in Scotland (698)
  • Saint Regintrudis, fourth Abbess of Nonnberg Abbey near Salzburg in Austria.
  • Saint Guinizo, born in Spain, became a monk at Montecassino in Italy (c. 1050)

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

  • New Martyr George of Sofia (George the New, George the Serbian) (1515)
  • New Martyr Alexander of Thessalonica, the former Dervish, beheaded at Smyrna (1794)
  • Saint Innocent, Bishop of Cherson (1857) (<small>see also May 25</small>)

New martyrs and confessors

  • New Hieromartyrs Milan Banjac and Milan Golubovic, of Drvar, Serbia (1941-1945)

Other commemorations

  • Translation of the relics of Saint Bertilla (692), Abbess of Chelles.
  • Uncovering of the relics (1521) of Venerable Macarius, Abbot of Kolyazin (1483)
  • Translation of the relics (1534) of New Martyr George of Kratovo and Sofia (1515)
  • The Icon of the Mother of God of Seligersk-Vladimir (16th century)

Icon gallery

Notes

References

Sources

  • May 26/June 8. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
  • June 8 / May 26. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
  • Complete List of Saints. Protection of the Mother of God Church (POMOG).
  • May 26. OCA - The Lives of the Saints.
  • Dr. Alexander Roman. May. Calendar of Ukrainian Orthodox Saints (Ukrainian Orthodoxy - Українське Православ'я).
  • May 26. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
  • May 26. The Roman Martyrology.

Greek Sources

  • Great Synaxaristes: 26 ΜΑΪΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  • Συναξαριστής. 26 ΜαΐοÏÂ. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).

Russian Sources

  • 8 июня (26 мая). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).
  • 26 мая (ст.ст.) 8 июня 2013 (нов. ст.). Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR).