May 16 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

May 15 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - May 17

The Eastern Orthodox cross

All fixed commemorations below celebrated on May 29 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.[note 1]

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

Saints

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

Pre-Schism Western saints

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Post-Schism Orthodox saints

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New martyrs and confessors

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Other commemorations

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Notes

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  1. ^ The notation Old Style or (OS) is sometimes used to indicate a date in the Julian Calendar (which is used by churches on the "Old Calendar").
    The notation New Style or (NS), indicates a date in the Revised Julian calendar (which is used by churches on the "New Calendar").
  2. ^ Also commemorated on December 12.[2]
  3. ^ In the Slavonic Menaion these are observed on May 18.
  4. ^ It is well known that under the reign Shapur (309-379), Ardashir II had served as governor-King of Adiabene, where he had reportedly persecuted Christians.
  5. ^ His memory is preserved in a poem by St. Joseph the Hymnographer (9th century) - (Parisian Codex 1575, sheet 846).[10]
  6. ^ See also another group of Sabaite Fathers commemorated on March 20 († 796).[12]
  7. ^ It appears that Saint Peter was an ascetic in the city of Petra. Later he was buried in a church at Blachernae.
  8. ^ His feast day is on April 7. May 16 is likely the feast day of the translation his relics.[15]
  9. ^ He is linked with Crantock in Cornwall and Carhampton in Somerset in England and was also venerated in Brittany.
  10. ^ He is also commemorated on October 8 on the celebration of the "Synaxis of the Saints of Vyatka".[34] Saint Matthew was born in the city of Vyatka (now Kirov); in 1891 he became a monk at the Monastery of St. Alexander Nevsky, and was tonsured with the name Matthew; here he practiced asceticism, obedience, and unceasing prayer, and God blessed him as a Wonderworker. He reposed in peace in 1927.
  11. ^ See also: (in Serbian): Старац Вукашин. Serbian Wikipedia.
  12. ^ His feast day is on September 26.
  13. ^ His feast day is on April 17.[39]

References

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  2. ^ Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀλέξανδρος ὁ Μάρτυρας. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  3. ^ Ὁ Ἅγιος Παπυλίνος ὁ Μάρτυρας. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  4. ^ Οἱ Ἅγιοι Βαχθισόης, Ἰσαάκιος καὶ Συμεὼν οἱ Μάρτυρες. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g "Orthodox Calendar: May 16/29". Pravoslavie.Ru. Archived from the original on April 6, 2012.
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  8. ^ a b c d e f g h i May 16. The Roman Martyrology.
  9. ^ Ὁ Ὅσιος Νεάδιος. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  10. ^ Όσιος Νεάδιος ο Θαυματουργός. Ορθόδοξος Συναξαριστής.
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  12. ^ Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ἀββάδες Μαῦροι οἱ ἐν τῇ μονῇ Ἁγίου Σάββα ἀναιρεθέντες. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
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  14. ^ Ὁ Ἅγιος Γεώργιος ὁ Ὁμολογητής Ἐπίσκοπος Μυτιλήνης. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  15. ^ Ὁ Ἅγιος Γεώργιος ὁ Σημειοφόρος Ἐπίσκοπος Μυτιλήνης. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  16. ^ Ὁ Ἅγιος Νικόλαος ὁ Α’ ὁ Μυστικὸς, Πατριάρχης Κωνσταντινουπόλεως. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  17. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p May 16. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
  18. ^ Saint Fort de Bordeaux. Spiritualité Chrétienne.
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  20. ^ Ὁ Ἅγιος Περεγρίνος ὁ Μάρτυρας τῆς Ὡξέρρης. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  21. ^ Οἱ Ἅγιοι Φήλικας καὶ Γεννάδιος οἱ Μάρτυρες. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  22. ^ a b c Complete List of Saints. Protection of the Mother of God Church (POMOG).
  23. ^ Ὁ Ἅγιος Καραντόκιος ὁ πρίγκιπας. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  24. ^ Ὁ Ὅσιος Φιδωλός. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  25. ^ Ὁ Ὅσιος Βρενδανὸς ὁ Ἀναχωρητής. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  26. ^ Ὁ Ἅγιος Δομνόλος. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  27. ^ Ὁ Ὅσιος Καραντόκιος. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  28. ^ Ὁ Ἅγιος Ὀνωράτος Ἐπίσκοπος Ἀμιένης. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  29. ^ Οἱ Ὅσιοι Κασσιανὸς καὶ Λαυρέντιος. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  30. ^ Ὁ Ἅγιος Θεόδωρος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας Ἐπίσκοπος Βρσάκ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  31. ^ May. Self-Ruled Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America.
  32. ^ May 29 / May 16. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
  33. ^ (in Russian) Собор Вятских святых. Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR). Retrieved: 2012-08-31.
  34. ^ (in Russian) 8 октября (ст.ст.) 21 октября 2013 (нов. ст.). Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR).
  35. ^ Ὁ Ἅγιος Βουκασίνος ὁ Ὁσιομάρτυρας. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  36. ^ Μνήμη Ἁγίας Εὐφημίας πλησίον τοῦ Νεωρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  37. ^ Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἐφραὶμ ὁ ἐκ Ρωσίας. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  38. ^ Ὁ Ἅγιος Μακάριος ὁ Νοταρᾶς Ἀρχιεπίσκοπος Κορίνθου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
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Sources

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  • 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

  • Great Synaxaristes: (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).