May 12
Events Pre-1600
* 254 – Pope Stephen I succeeds Pope Lucius I, becoming the 23rd pope of the Catholic Church, and immediately takes a stand against Novatianism.
* 907 – Zhu Wen forces Emperor Ai into abdicating, ending the ...
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Eastern Orthodox Church calendar
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May 14
Events
Pre-1600
* 1027 – Robert II of France
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All fixed
commemorations below celebrated on May 26 by
Orthodox Churches on the
Old Calendar
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Principles
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For May 13th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on
April 30
Events Pre-1600
* 311 – The Diocletianic Persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire ends.
* 1315 – Enguerrand de Marigny is hanged at the instigation of Charles, Count of Valois.
*1492 – Spain gives Christopher Columbus ...
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Saints
* Saint-Righteous
Gamaliel the Elder, Pharisee, Teacher of The Law (mid-1st century)
* Virgin-martyr
Glyceria
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''Glyceria'' is known commonly as mannagrass in the United States, or, in the UK, sweet-grass. These are perennial Rhi ...
at
Heraclea,
Propontis
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(c. 138-161)
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The Roman Martyrology.
* Martyr Laodicius, jailer of Saint Glyceria (c. 138-161)
* Saint Theoctistus, monk from
Tekoa, Palestine
*
Saint Pausicacus, Bishop of
Synnada (606)
* Saint Nicephoros, Presbyter of the monastery of Ephapsios
[Ὁ Ὅσιος Νικηφόρος ὁ Πρεσβύτερος]
ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
* Saint Sergius (''George'') the
Confessor
In a number of Christian traditions, including Eastern Orthodoxy, Catholicism, Lutheranism and Anglicanism, a confessor is a priest who hears the confessions of penitents and pronounces absolution.
History
During the Diocletianic Persecut ...
of Constantinople, with his wife Irene and children (c. 829-842)
* Saint
Euthymius the New (''the Illuminator'') (1028), founder of
Iveron Monastery, and his fellow Georgian saints of
Mount Athos
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The mountain and most of the Athos peninsula are governed ...
:
:* His father monk-martyr
John of Iveron (998); his cousin monk-martyr
George of Iveron (1065); and monk-martyr Gabriel of Iveron (10th century)
[May 13/26]
Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
Pre-Schism Western saints
* Saint
Abban of Ireland, baptized in 165 AD, missionary in
Abingdon, Oxfordshire
Abingdon-on-Thames ( ), commonly known as Abingdon, is a historic market town and civil parish on the River Thames in the Vale of the White Horse district of Oxfordshire, England. The historic county town of Berkshire, the area was occupied f ...
(2nd century)
* Martyr Alexander of Rome (284-305)
* Saint Valerian of Auxerre, third
Bishop of Auxerre
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in France, and defender of Orthodoxy against Arianism. (350)
[May 13]
Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
* Saint Onesimus of Gaul, fifth Bishop of Soissons in France (361)
*
Saint Servatius
Saint Servatius (; ; ; died 13 May 384) was bishop of Tongeren (Latin: ''Atuatuca Tungrorum'', the capital of the Tungri). Servatius is patron saint of the city of Maastricht and the towns of Schijndel and Grimbergen. He is one of the Ice Saint ...
,
Bishop of Tongres, defender against
Arianism
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in the Netherlands (384)
* Saint Agnes of Poitiers, chosen by St.
Radegund
Radegund (; also spelled ''Rhadegund, Radegonde, or Radigund''; 520 – 13 August 587) was a Thuringian princess and Frankish queen, who founded the Abbey of the Holy Cross at Poitiers. She is the patroness saint of several churches in Franc ...
to be Abbess of Holy Cross at Poitiers in France (588)
* Saint
Mael (''Mahel''), Ascetic on the Isle of Bardsey (6th century)
* Saint Natalis (''Natale''), Bishop of Milan in Italy (751)
* Saint Anno (''Hanno, Annon''), Bishop of Verona in Italy (780)
*
Saint Merwenna of
Rumsey (''Merwinna, Merewenna''), first Abbess of Rumsey convent, in Hampshire (c. 970)
* Blessed Fortis Gabrielli, Ascetic (1040)
Post-Schism Orthodox saints
* Venerable monk-martyrs of
Iveron Monastery, martyred by the
Latins
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(c. 1259-1280)
[Martyrs killed by the Latins at the Iveron Monastery on Mt. Athos]
OCA - Feasts and Saints.
* Repose of Saint Macarius, Abbot of Glushitsa Monastery,
Vologda
Vologda (, ) is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, city and the administrative center of Vologda Oblast, Russia, located on the river Vologda (river), Vologda within the watershed of the Northern Dvina. Population:
The city serves as ...
(1480)
[May 26 / May 13]
HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
* Righteous Virgin Glyceria of Novgorod (1522)
New martyrs and confessors
* Hieromartyrs Basil Sokolov, Alexander Zaozersky, and Christopher Nadezhdin (1922)
[13 мая (ст.ст.) 26 мая 2013 (нов. ст.)]
Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR).
* Hieromartyr Macarius Telegin, and Martyr Sergius Tikhomirov (1922)
[
* 103 New Hieromartyrs of ]Cherkasy
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Cherkasy is the cultural, educational and industrial centre ...
(20th century)[
]
Other commemorations
* Consecration of the Monastery of Panagia Pantanassa (''Most-Holy Queen of All''), on the small island of Hagia Glykeria (Incirli Adasi) in the Bay of Tuzla (12th century)
* Translation of the relic
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s (1688) of Hieromartyr Saint Macarius, Archimandrite
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of Ovruch
Ovruch (, ) is a city in Korosten Raion, Zhytomyr Oblast, northern Ukraine, first mentioned as Vruchiy in 977. It was the capital city of the Drevlians in the 900s, later conquered by the Mongols in the 13th century, then later part of the Grand D ...
and Pinsk
Pinsk (; , ; ; ; ) is a city in Brest Region, Belarus. It serves as the administrative center of Pinsk District, though it is administratively separated from the district. It is located in the historical region of Polesia, at the confluence of t ...
, from Kaniv
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Kaniv is a historical tow ...
to Pereyaslavl (1678)
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* Repose of Rassophore Monk John, of St. Nilus of Sora Monastery (1863)
Icon gallery
File:Saint Glyceria.jpg, St. Glyceria
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''Glyceria'' is known commonly as mannagrass in the United States, or, in the UK, sweet-grass. These are perennial Rhi ...
.
File:St Euthymius of Athos (Akhtala fresco).JPG, St. Euthymius of Athos
Euthymius the Athonite ( ka, ექვთიმე ათონელი ''Ekvtime Atoneli''; 955–1024) was a Georgian monk, philosopher and scholar, who is venerated as a saint. His feast day in the Orthodox Church is May 13.
Euthymius was ...
File:St George of Athos (Akhtala fresco).JPG, St. George the Hagiorite
George the Hagiorite ( ka, გიორგი მთაწმინდელი) (1009 – 27 June 1065) was a Georgian monk, calligrapher, religious writer, theologian, and translator, who spearheaded the activities of Georgian monastic communi ...
.
File:Visioen van den H. Servatius.jpg, St. Servatius, Bishop of Tongres.
Notes
References
Sources
May 13
OCA - The Lives of the Saints.
Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
May 26 / May 13
HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
Protection of the Mother of God Church (POMOG).
May
Self-Ruled Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America.
* Dr. Alexander Roman.
'' Calendar of Ukrainian Orthodox Saints (Ukrainian Orthodoxy - Українське Православ'я).
Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
The Roman Martyrology.
Greek Sources
* Great Synaxaristes:
13 ΜΑΪΟΥ
ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
* Συναξαριστής.
13 Μαΐου
'' ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).
Russian Sources
*
Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).
*
13 мая (ст.ст.) 26 мая 2013 (нов. ст.)
Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR).
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