May 7
Events Pre-1600
* 351 – The Jewish revolt against Constantius Gallus breaks out after his arrival at Antioch.
* 558 – In Constantinople, the dome of the Hagia Sophia collapses, twenty years after its construction. Justinian I im ...
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Eastern Orthodox Church calendar
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May 9
Events Pre-1600
* 328 – Athanasius is elected Patriarch of Alexandria.
* 1009 – Lombard Revolt: Lombard forces led by Melus revolt in Bari against the Byzantine Catepanate of Italy.
* 1386 – England and Portugal formall ...
Old Calendar
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Principles
The prime objective of a calendar is to unambiguo ...
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For May 8th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on
April 25
Events Pre-1600
* 404 BC – Admiral Lysander and King Pausanias of Sparta blockade Athens and bring the Peloponnesian War to a successful conclusion.
* 775 – The Battle of Bagrevand puts an end to an Armenian rebellion against th ...
.
Saints
* Holy Apostle and Evangelist
John the Theologian
John of Patmos (also called John the Revelator, John the Divine, John the Theologian; ) is the name traditionally given to the author of the Book of Revelation. Revelation 1:9 states that John was on Patmos, an Aegean island off the coast of Ro ...
, the "beloved disciple" of the Lord ()
* The holy group of Soldier Martyrs
* Saint Augustina the Martyr, in Byzantium
* Saint
Agathius
Saint Acacius (Greek: Ἅγιος Ἀκάκιος; died 303), also known as Agathius of Byzantium, Achatius, or Agathonas to Christian tradition, was a Cappadocian Greek centurion of the imperial army, martyred around 304. A church existed in C ...
(Acacius of Byzantium) (303)May 8 , The Roman Martyrology.
* Saint Emilia, mother of saints Macrina,
Basil the Great
Basil of Caesarea, also called Saint Basil the Great (330 – 1 or 2 January 379) was an early Roman Christian prelate who served as Bishop of Caesarea in Cappadocia from 370 until his death in 379. He was an influential theologian who suppor ...
,
Naucratius
Saint Naucratius () was the son of Basil the Elder and Emmelia of Caesarea. He was the younger brother of Macrina the Younger and Basil the Great, and an older brother of Gregory of Nyssa
Gregory of Nyssa, also known as Gregory Nyssen ( ...
,
Peter of Sebaste
Peter of Sebaste (; c. 340 – 391) was a bishop, taking his usual name from the city of his bishopric, Sebaste in Lesser Armenia. He was the younger brother of Basil of Caesarea, Gregory of Nyssa, the famous Christian jurist Naucratius, and ...
, and
Gregory of Nyssa
Gregory of Nyssa, also known as Gregory Nyssen ( or Γρηγόριος Νυσσηνός; c. 335 – c. 394), was an early Roman Christian prelate who served as Bishop of Nyssa from 372 to 376 and from 378 until his death in 394. He is ve ...
(375)May 8/21 Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
* Saint
Arsenius the Great
Arsenius the Deacon, sometimes known as Arsenius of Scetis and Turah, Arsenius the Roman or Arsenius the Great, was a Roman imperial tutor who became an anchorite in Egypt, one of the most highly regarded of the Desert Fathers, whose teachings w ...
, of
Scetis
Wadi El Natrun (Arabic: "Valley of Natron"; , "measure of the hearts") is a depression in northern Egypt that is located below sea level and below the Nile River level. The valley contains several alkaline lakes, natron-rich salt deposits, ...
(448)
* Saint Hierax (Ierakos) of
Egypt
Egypt ( , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a country spanning the Northeast Africa, northeast corner of Africa and Western Asia, southwest corner of Asia via the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to northe ...
(5th century)
* Saint Milles the Melodist (hymnographer), monk
Pre-Schism Western saints
* Hieromartyr
Dionysius of Vienne
Dionysius was Bishop of Vienne. He was among the ten missionaries sent by Pope St. Sixtus I with St. Peregrinus to Gaul. Dionysius later succeeded St. Justus as Bishop of Vienne, in Dauphiné
The Dauphiné ( , , ; or ; or ), formerly know ...
(193)May 8 Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
* Martyr Victor of Milan (''Victor the Moor, Victor Maurus'') ()
* Saint Helladius of Auxerre (387)
* Saint Gybrian (Gobrian) of Ireland, Priest (509)
* Saint Desideratus, successor of St
Arcadius
Arcadius ( ; 377 – 1 May 408) was Roman emperor from 383 to his death in 408. He was the eldest son of the ''Augustus'' Theodosius I () and his first wife Aelia Flaccilla, and the brother of Honorius (). Arcadius ruled the eastern half of ...
as Bishop of Bourges, in France (550)
* Saint Iduberga, foundress of
Nivelles
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The Nivelles arrondissement ...
Pope of Rome
The pope is the bishop of Rome and the visible head of the worldwide Catholic Church. He is also known as the supreme pontiff, Roman pontiff, or sovereign pontiff. From the 8th century until 1870, the pope was the sovereign or head of sta ...
(685)
* Hieromartyr Indract of Glastonbury, and his companions at Shapwick (c. 7th or 8th century)May 21 / May 8 HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow) ''(see also:
February 5
Events Pre-1600
*
*2 BC – Caesar Augustus is granted the title ''pater patriae'' by the Roman Senate.
*AD 62, 62 – AD 62 Pompeii earthquake, Earthquake in Pompeii, Italy.
*756 – Chinese New Year; An Lushan proclaims himself E ...
)''
* Saints Wiro (Bishop of Utrecht) (710),
Plechelm
Plechelm, (Plechelm of Guelderland, Plechelm, also Pleghelm or Plechelmus; died 730), is honoured in both the Catholic Church and the Old Catholic Church as a patron saint of the Netherlands.
Life
According to Alban Butler, Plechelm was an Engl ...
(730), and Hierodeacon Otger (Odger) (8th century), Missionary bishops in the Maas Valley at Limburg
* Saint Macarius of Ghent, archbishop (1012)
Post-Schism Orthodox saints
* Saint Pimen the Faster, of the Far Caves in
Kiev
Kyiv, also Kiev, is the capital and most populous List of cities in Ukraine, city of Ukraine. Located in the north-central part of the country, it straddles both sides of the Dnieper, Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2022, its population was 2, ...
()
* Venarable Cassian, recluse and faster of the
Kiev Caves
The Kyiv Pechersk Lavra or Kyievo-Pecherska Lavra (), also known as the Kyiv Monastery of the Caves, is a historic lavra or large monastery of Eastern Christianity that gave its name to the Pecherskyi District where it is located in Kyiv.
Sinc ...
(13th-14th centuries)
* Saint Arsenius the Lover of Labor, of the
Kiev Caves
The Kyiv Pechersk Lavra or Kyievo-Pecherska Lavra (), also known as the Kyiv Monastery of the Caves, is a historic lavra or large monastery of Eastern Christianity that gave its name to the Pecherskyi District where it is located in Kyiv.
Sinc ...
(14th century)
* The Monks Zosima and Adrian of
Volokolamsk
Volokolamsk () is a town and the administrative center of Volokolamsky District in Moscow Oblast, Russia, located on the Gorodenka River, not far from its confluence with the Lama River, northwest of Moscow. Population: 25,729 (2024 Estimate ...
, founders of the Sestrinsk monastery on the banks of the River Sestra (15th-16th centuries)
Archangel Michael
Michael, also called Saint Michael the Archangel, Archangel Michael and Saint Michael the Taxiarch is an archangel and the warrior of God in Christianity, Judaism, and Islam. The earliest surviving mentions of his name are in third- and second ...
on Mount
Gargano
Gargano () is a historical and geographical sub-region in the province of Foggia, Apulia, southeast Italy, consisting of a wide isolated mountain massif made of highland and several peaks and forming the backbone of a promontory projecting into ...
near
Manfredonia
Manfredonia () is a town and Comune, commune of Apulia, Italy, in the province of Foggia, from which it is northeast by rail. Manfredonia is situated on the coast, facing east, to the south of Monte Gargano, and gives its name to the Gulf of Manf ...
in southern Italy, to Bishop Laurence of
Siponto
Siponto (, ) was an ancient port town and bishopric of Magna Graecia in Apulia, southern Italy. The town was abandoned after earthquakes in the 13th century; today the area is administered as a ''frazione'' of the ''comune'' of Manfredonia, in t ...
, in memory of which the famous Monastery of the Archangel was founded ()
* Commemoration of the miraculous healing of blinded Stephen by the Most Holy
Theotokos
''Theotokos'' ( Greek: ) is a title of Mary, mother of Jesus, used especially in Eastern Christianity. The usual Latin translations are or (approximately "parent (fem.) of God"). Familiar English translations are "Mother of God" or "God-beare ...
of
Kassiopi
Kassiopi or Cassiopi () is a fishing village and vibrant holiday-making destination of Ancient Greek origin. It is situated on the affluent northeast coast of Corfu, Greece. Historically significant due to its strategic position overlooking the C ...
, Corfu (1530)
* Translation of the relics (1785) of St. Arsenius of Novgorod,
Fool-for-Christ
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Schema
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* SCHEMA (bioinformatics), an algorithm used in protein engineering
* Schema (genetic algorithms), a set of programs or bit strings that have some genotypic similarity
* Schema.org, a web markup vocab ...
-hieromonk Michael of
Valaam
Valaam (; ) is an archipelago in the northern portion of Lake Ladoga, lying within the Republic of Karelia, Russia. The total area of its more than 50 islands is 36 km2. The largest island is also called Valaam. Other named islands are: Ski ...
John the Theologian
John of Patmos (also called John the Revelator, John the Divine, John the Theologian; ) is the name traditionally given to the author of the Book of Revelation. Revelation 1:9 states that John was on Patmos, an Aegean island off the coast of Ro ...
, the "beloved disciple" of the Lord.
File:Agathius-Acacius-Acacio-martyrdom.jpg, St.
Agathius
Saint Acacius (Greek: Ἅγιος Ἀκάκιος; died 303), also known as Agathius of Byzantium, Achatius, or Agathonas to Christian tradition, was a Cappadocian Greek centurion of the imperial army, martyred around 304. A church existed in C ...
(Acacius of Byzantium).
File:Arsenius the Great.jpg, St.
Arsenius the Great
Arsenius the Deacon, sometimes known as Arsenius of Scetis and Turah, Arsenius the Roman or Arsenius the Great, was a Roman imperial tutor who became an anchorite in Egypt, one of the most highly regarded of the Desert Fathers, whose teachings w ...
.
File:San Vittore in Ciel doro rit..jpg, St. Victor of Milan (Victor the Moor, Victor Maurus).
File:BenedictII.jpg, St. Benedict II, Pope of Rome.
File:Basilika roerdalen.jpg, Basilica of Sts. Wiro,
Plechelm
Plechelm, (Plechelm of Guelderland, Plechelm, also Pleghelm or Plechelmus; died 730), is honoured in both the Catholic Church and the Old Catholic Church as a patron saint of the Netherlands.
Life
According to Alban Butler, Plechelm was an Engl ...
us and Otgerus, at
Sint Odiliënberg
Sint Odiliënberg () is a village in southeast Netherlands, It is located in Roerdalen, Limburg, in the Roer River valley.
History
Romans settled here very early. Around 700, missionary monks from Northumbria,Sanctuary of Monte Sant'Angelo sul Gargano.
Notes
References
Sources
Complete List of Saints Protection of the Mother of God Church (POMOG)
May 8 OCA - The Lives of the Saints.
Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU)
May 21 / May 8 HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow)
VALAAM PATERICON
* 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: 8 ΜΑΪΟΥ ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
* Συναξαριστής. 8 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).
* 8 мая (ст.ст.) 21 мая 2013 (нов. ст.) Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR).
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