May 27 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

May 26 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - May 28

All fixed commemorations below celebrated on June 9 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.

For May 27th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on May 14.

Saints

• Hieromartyr , Bishop, by beheading (259)
• Martyr Julius the Veteran, at Dorostolum in Moesia (297)
• Virgin-martyr Theodora, and Martyr Didymus the Soldier, of Alexandria (304)
• Martyr Eusebiotus, by fire.
• Martyr Alypius, by stoning.
• Martyr Juliana.
• Hieromartyr Helladios, Bishop (4th century)
• Saint Michael of Parekhi, Georgia (8th-9th century)
• Saint Basil of Khakhuli, son of King Bagrat III (11th century)

Pre-Schism Western saints

• Saint Restituta and Companions (272)
• Saint Eutropius of Orange (475)
• Venerable Melangell of Wales, Abbess (590)
• Martyr Ranulf (Ragnulf), in Thélus near Arras in France (700)
• Venerable Bede the Confessor, Hieromonk of Wearmouth-Jarrow (735)
• Saint Bruno of Würzburg, Bishop of Würzburg (1045)

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

• Venerable Therapont of White Lake, Abbot of Byelozersk (White Lake) and Mozhaisk (1426)
• Saint Philip I, Metropolitan of Moscow (1473)
• Venerable Therapont of Monza, Abbot of Monza (1597)
• Venerable Hiero-schema-monk Lazarus of Pskov-Caves Monastery (1824)
• Saint John the Russian the Confessor, whose relics are on the island of Euboea (1730)

Other commemorations

• Translation of the relics (1472) of Sts. Cyprian (1406), Photius (1431), and Jonah (1461), Metropolitans of Kiev.
• Translation of the relics (1667) of Venerable Nilus of Stolobny Island (1554)
• Blessed Zina of Vetluga (1960)

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Notes

References

Sources

• May 27/June 9. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
• June 9 / May 27. 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 27. OCA - The Lives of the Saints.
• Dr. Alexander Roman. May. Calendar of Ukrainian Orthodox Saints (Ukrainian Orthodoxy - Українське Православ'я).
• May 27. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
• May 27. The Roman Martyrology.

Greek Sources

• Great Synaxaristes: 27 ΜΑΪΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
• Συναξαριστής. 27 ΜαΐοÏÂ. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).

Russian Sources

• 9 июня (27 мая). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).
• 27 мая (ст.ст.) 9 июня 2013 (нов. ст.). Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR).