May 19 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Encyclopedia
May 18
- Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - May 20
All fixed commemorations
below celebrated on June 1 by Old Calendarists
May 18 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
May 17—Eastern Orthodox Church calendar—May 19All fixed commemorations below celebrated on May 31 by Old Calendarists-Saints:* Martyr Venantius of Camerino...
- Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - May 20
May 20 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
May 19 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - May 21All fixed commemorations below celebrated on June 2 by Old Calendarists-Saints:* Saint Lydia of Thyatira , mentioned in Acts 16:14-15, * Saint Plautilla the Roman, martyr,...
All fixed commemorations
Synaxarium
Synaxarion, Synexarion, pl. Synaxaria —Latin: Synaxarium, Synexarium—the name given in the Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox and Eastern Catholic Churches to a compilation of hagiographies corresponding roughly to the martyrology of the Roman Church.There are two kinds of synaxaria:*Simple...
below celebrated on June 1 by Old Calendarists
Old Style and New Style dates
Old Style and New Style are used in English language historical studies either to indicate that the start of the Julian year has been adjusted to start on 1 January even though documents written at the time use a different start of year ; or to indicate that a date conforms to the Julian...
Saints
- Martyr Pudens, the senator (ca.160)
- Virgin-Martyr PudentianaPudentianaPudentiana is a traditional Christian saint of the 2nd century. She is sometimes called Potentiana and is often coupled with her sister, Praxedes....
(Potentiana), daughter of Saint Pudens the senator (160) - Martyrs Calocerus and PartheniusSaint PartheniusSaint Parthenius was an early Christian saint and martyr from Rome, venerated both by Catholic and Orthodox churches. His brother was Saint Calocerus...
, brothers (250) - Martyr Philoterus of Nicomedia (303)
- Martyr Acoluthus of the ThebaidThebaidThe Thebaid or Thebais is the region of ancient Egypt containing the thirteen southernmost nomes of Upper Egypt, from Abydos to Aswan. It acquired its name from its proximity to the ancient Egyptian capital of Thebes....
(303) - Martyr CyriacaCyriacaCyriaca, also known as Dominica, was a Roman widow, and patroness to St. Lawrence, and eventually suffered martyrdom. St. Lawrence, used her home in Rome, to give food to the poor. Cyriaca suffered martyrdom, through flagellation....
(Kyriake) and the six holy virgin-martyrs in Nicomedia (307) - Martyr Theotima of Nicomedia (ca.311)
- Hieromartyr Patricius of Prussa, Bishop, and with him the Presbyters Acacius, Menander, and Polyenus (362)
- Saint Cyril of Trier, Bishop of Trier, (5th c.)
- Saint Adolphus (Hadulf), ascetic of the Benedictine Abbey of St. Vaast, in ArrasArrasArras is the capital of the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France. The historic centre of the Artois region, its local speech is characterized as a Picard dialect...
, and later Bishop of Arras Cambrai in the north of France (728) - Saint John, Bishop of the Goths in Crimea (787)
- Saint DunstanDunstanDunstan was an Abbot of Glastonbury Abbey, a Bishop of Worcester, a Bishop of London, and an Archbishop of Canterbury, later canonised as a saint. His work restored monastic life in England and reformed the English Church...
, Archbishop of CanterburyArchbishop of CanterburyThe Archbishop of Canterbury is the senior bishop and principal leader of the Church of England, the symbolic head of the worldwide Anglican Communion, and the diocesan bishop of the Diocese of Canterbury. In his role as head of the Anglican Communion, the archbishop leads the third largest group...
(988) - Monk-martyrs and Confessors of the Monastery of Panagia of KantaraKantara CastleThe Kantara Castle is the easternmost of the castles situated on the Kyrenia mountain range in Cyprus. Laying at 630 metres above sea level it is well positioned to control the entrances to Karpass Peninsula and Mesaoria plain....
, on Cyprus, who suffered under the Latins (1231): - Barnabas, Gennadius, Gerasimus, Germanus (Herman), Theognostus, Theoctistus, Jeremiah, John, Joseph, Conon, Cyril, Maximus and Mark.
- Saint Dmitry Donskoy, great prince of Moscow (1389)
- Venerable Sinaites of Serbia (from RavanicaRavanicaRavanica can refer to:* Ravanica Monastery, a monastery in Pomoravlje District, Serbia* Vrdnik-Ravanica Monastery, a monastery in Srem, Vojvodina, Serbia* Ravanica, a river in Serbia...
) (14th c.): - Romulus, Romanus, Nestor, Sisoes, Zosimas, Gregory, Nicodemus, and Cyril, the Sinaites. - disciples of Gregory of SinaiGregory of SinaiSaint Gregory of Sinai was instrumental in the emergence of "technical" Hesychasm on Athos in the early 14th century....
(Mt. AthosMount-Displays and equipment:* Weapon mount, equipment used to secure an armament* Lens mount, an interface used to fix a lens to a camera* Telescope mount, a device used to support a telescope* A fixed point for attaching equipment, such as a hardpoint on an airframe...
). - Saint Cornelius of Paleostrov, Abbot (1420)
- Saint John, Prince of UglichUglichUglich is a historic town in Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia, which stands on the Volga River. Population: A local tradition dates the town's origins to 937. It was first documented in 1148 as Ugliche Pole...
, tonsured as Ignatius in Vologda (1522) - Venerable Cornelius of Komel (VologdaVologdaVologda is a city and the administrative, cultural, and scientific center of Vologda Oblast, Russia, located on the Vologda River. The city is a major transport knot of the Northwest of Russia. Vologda is among the Russian cities possessing an especially valuable historical heritage...
), Abbot (1537) - Saint Sergius of Shukhtov (Shukhtom), monk (1609)
- New Hieromartyr Victor (1937)
- New Hieromartyr Onuphrius (Gagaliuk), Archbishop of Kursk and Oboyansk (1938), and:
- Hieromartyrs Anthony, Bishop of Belgorod, and priests Mitrophan, Alexander, Michael, Matthew, Hippolytus, Nicholas, Basil, Nicholas, Maxim, Alexander, Paul, and Paul; and Martyrs Michael and Gregory (1938)
- New Hieromartyr Valentine (1940)
- New Hieromartyrs of SlobozhanschynaSloboda UkraineSloboda Ukraine was a historical region which developed and flourished in the 17th and 18th centuries on the southwestern frontier of the Tsardom of Russia....
(Slobodskaya) Ukraine (1937,1938,1940,1941)- New Hieromartyr John (Karastamatis) of Santa Cruz, martyred by Satanists (1985)
Other commemorations
- Entrance into Georgia (323) of Saint NinaSaint NinoSaint Nino , ), Equal to the Apostles in and the Enlightener of Georgia, was a woman who preached Christianity in Georgia....
(Nino), Equal-to-the-Apostles (335) - Translation of the sacred relics of Saints Julius the PresbyterJulius of NovaraJulius of Novara was a missionary priest to northern Italy.His cult is centered at Lake Orta in the Novarese highlands, and in particular on the island which has been named for him since at least the eighth century, Isola San Giulio, and where his presumed relics are preserved in the crypt,...
(401) and Julianus (Giuliano) the Deacon (391) - Repose of Schemamonk Cyriacus of Valaam (1798)
- Repose of Righteous Nicholas Rynin of Vologda (1837)
- Commemoration of the ascetics of St. Anthony of Syadem Monastery: Elias (also of Valaam), Theophanes, and Dionysius.
- SynaxisSynaxisIn Eastern Christianity , a Synaxis is an assembly for liturgical purposes, generally through the celebration of Vespers, Matins, Little Hours, and the Divine Liturgy....
of Hieromartyrs of Kharkov
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).
- Complete List of Saints. Protection of the Mother of God Church (POMOG).
- May 19. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
- May 19. The Roman Martyrology.
Greek Sources- 19 ΜΑΪΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.