May 15 -Eastern Orthodox Church calendar -May 17

All fixedcommemorations below celebrated on May 29 byOrthodox Churches on theOld Calendar.^{[note 1]}

For May 16th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed onMay 3.

• HieromartyrAlexander of Jerusalem, Archbishop (251)^{[1][note 2]}
• Saint Papylinus the Martyr^[3]
• Martyrs Bachtisius, Isaac and Symeon of Persia (339)^{[4][5][note 3]}
• SaintTheodore the Sanctified ofTabennisi, disciple of SaintPachomios the Great (367)^[6]
• MartyrsAbda (Audas) andAbdjesus (Audiesus) the Bishops, Benjamin, and 38 other martyrs atBeth-Kashkar in the Persian Empire, underArdashir II (375), including:^{[7][8][note 4]}

• 16 priests, 9 deacons, 6 monks, and 7 unnamed virgins.

• Saint Neadius (Neadios), Bishop andWonderworker.^{[9][note 5]}
• Saint Bardas, founder of the monastery of the Forerunner in Petra, Constantinople (5th-6th century)^[5]
• Martyrdom of the 44 Holy Sabaite fathers, monk-martyrs of theGreat Lavra of St. Sabbas the Sanctified, massacred by the Saracens (610 or 614)^{[5][8][11][note 6]}
• Martyr Peter of Blachernae (761)^{[13][note 7]}
• SaintThomas I,Patriarch of Jerusalem (820)^[5]
• Saint George of Mitylene, Bishop (821 or 842)^{[14][note 8]}
• SaintNicholas Mystikos,Patriarch of Constantinople (925)^[16]

• Saint Fort (Fort de Bordeaux), firstBishop of Bordeaux in France, venerated as a martyr (c. 1st century?)^[17][18]
• SaintPeregrinus, Bishop of Terni (138)^[17][19]
• SaintPeregrine of Auxerre, martyr, the first bishop of Auxerre and the builder of its first cathedral (261 or 304)^[8][17][20]
• Martyrs Felix and Gennadius, atUzalis in Africa^[8][17][21]
• MartyrsVitus, Modestus, and Crescentia atLucania (c. 303)^[5][22]
• Saint Hilary,Bishop of Pavia, one of the bishops in the north of Italy who fought against Arianism (376)^[17]
• Saint Possidius, Bishop ofCalama in Numidia in North Africa, a friend of SaintAugustine of Hippo (c. 370 - c. 440)^[8][17]
• Saint Primael, ascetic, from Britain, he went to Brittany and became a hermit near Quimper (c. 450)^[17]
• Blessed child-saint Musa of Rome (5th century)^[5][22]
• Saint Carannog (Carantog, Caimach, Carnath), Welsh prince who aidedSt Patrick in the enlightenment of Ireland (5th century)^[17][23]
• Saint Fidolus (Phal), Abbot atIsle-Aumont, south ofTroyes (c. 540 - 549)^[8][17][24]
• SaintGermerius,Bishop of Toulouse in France for fifty years (560)^[17]
• SaintBrendan the Navigator, abbot ofClonfert (c. 577)^[8][17][25]
• Saint Domnolus,Bishop of Le Mans (581)^[8][17][26]
• SaintCarantoc, an abbot who founded the church ofLlangrannog in Wales (6th century)^{[17][27][note 9]}
• SaintHonoratus of Amiens, the seventh bishop of Amiens (c. 600)^[8][17][28]
• Saint Annobert (Alnobert), a monk atAlmenêches, consecratedBishop of Séez in France (c. 689)^[17]
• Saint Franchy (Francovæcus), a monk at St Martin de la Bretonnière in France, later a hermit in theNivernais (Diocese of Nevers) (7th century)^[17]

• Saints Cassian (1537) and Laurence (1548), disciples of Venerable Cornelius of Komel, Abbots of Komel ("Korneliev" Monastery),Vologda.^[29]
• New HieromartyrTeodor (Nestorović) of Vršac,Bishop of Vršac in Banat, Serbia (1595)^[30]
• New Martyr Nicholas ofMetsovo, at Trikala, whoserelics are atMeteora (1617)^[5][22][31]

• VenerableHieromonkMatthew of Yaransk theWonderworker ( 'Mitrophan Kuzmich Zvetsov') (1927)^{[32][33][note 10]}
• New MartyrVukasin of Serbia, under theUstashi terrorists (1941)^{[35][note 11]}

• Foundation of the church of SaintEuphemia, near theNeorion (port facilities), by theDolmabahçe Palace of Constantinople.^[36]
• Translation of the relics (1545) of Saint Ephraim, Abbot ofPerekop,Wonderworker ofNovgorod (1492)^{[37][note 12]}
• Commemoration of SaintMacarius (Notaras) of Corinth (1805) in the village of Myloi,Samos island.^{[38][note 13]}

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  St.Alexander of Jerusalem.
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  St.Abdias (Abidas or Obadiah) of Persia (Menologion of Basil II, 10th century).
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  PatriarchNicholas Mystikos.
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  The martyrdom ofVitus, Modestus, and Crescentia.
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  Martyrdom ofSaint Vitus.
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  Bishop St.Germerius of Toulouse, represented in a sculpture on the Church of Our Lady of Dalbade, Toulouse.
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  St.Brendan of Clonfert.
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  St. Domnolus, Bishop of Le Mans, stained glass.
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  St.Carantoc's Church, Crantock.
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  Tympanum of the southern door of the Cathedral of Amiens, showing the life of SaintHonoratus of Amiens, including his appointment as bishop, and translation of his relics.
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  St.Honoratus of Amiens.
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  Venerable Hieromonk Matthew of Yaransk, the Wonderworker.

• May. Self-Ruled Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America.
• May 16/29. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
• May 29 / May 16. 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 16. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
• May 16. The Roman Martyrology.

Greek Sources

• GreatSynaxaristes:(in Greek)16 ΜΑΪΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
• (in Greek) Συναξαριστής.16 Μαΐου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).

Russian Sources

• (in Russian)29 мая (16 мая). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).
• (in Russian)16 мая (ст.ст.) 29 мая 2013 (нов. ст.). Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR).

• May in the Eastern Orthodox calendar

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